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1. Education Ministry denies excluding children with disabilities from schools

The Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth on Friday rejected social media claims that it plans to bar children with disabilities from public schools, calling the reports “misleading” and emphasizing its commitment to inclusive education....

2. Parents concerned as storage rooms repurposed for classrooms in special schools

Parents of children with disabilities have raised concerns about facilities in special schools across Nicosia, Limassol, and Larnaca, according to AKEL MP Christos Christofides....

3. Families of children with disabilities left waiting months for benefits, commissioner says

The Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s Rights, Despo Michaelidou, has condemned delays and the refusal to pay retroactive benefits for children with disabilities....

4. President of Disabled People's Organization: Disability in Cyprus means destitution

People with disabilities in Cyprus face widespread poverty due to state policies that tie support to strict income criteria, the head of the Cyprus Confederation of Disabled People’s Organizations....

5. Seven weeks after bridge incident, crew still trapped on Baltimore ship

As a controlled explosion rocked the Dali on Monday, nearly two dozen sailors remained on board, below deck in the massive ship's hull....

6. School escorts back on track to aid hundreds of disabled students

The perennial issue of meeting the needs of students requiring school assistants has resurfaced as the new school year begins. ...

7. Cyprus government approves 24-hour care facilities for disabled adults

The Council of Ministers has given its nod to a proposal by the Ministry of Social Welfare, paving the way for the acquisition of five buildings designated for 24-hour care facilities for adults with disabilities. Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou made this announcement following the Council of Ministers' meeting on Tuesday....

8. Fattal Group acquires yet another holiday property in Cyprus

The facelift at Elias Latsi Holiday Village Resort is progressing smoothly, thanks to the recent positive response from the Environmental Authority....

9. Struggle for disabled children from Ukraine continues in host countries

A recent survey conducted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has revealed that approximately 12% of families who fled Ukraine due to the conflict have at least one member with a disability....

10. Child deaths in Khartoum orphanage amid Sudan conflict

At least 60 infants, toddlers, and older children perished over the past six weeks while trapped in harrowing conditions in an orphanage in Sudan’s capital as fighting raged outside....

11. Bicycle subsidy platform now open for new applications

The Department for Transport, Communications and Works announces the opening of applications for the revised Bicycle Purchase Grant Scheme for 2022 - 2023....

12. Lidl continues to expand its stationary trade and now operates more than 12,000 stores internationally

Lidl continues to expand its operation in Cyprus and is opening a new store in Limassol on Thursday, July 28. ...

13. Cyprus - Greece ferry connection: Tariffs and dates

After 21 years, the maritime passenger connection between Cyprus and Greece becomes a reality. On June 19, M/V Daleela will set sail from the port of Limassol on its first of many roundtrip voyages to Piraeus, thus inaugurating the new service put in place by the Ministry of Shipping....

14. Bicycle subsidies for Cyprus

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that on November 1, 2021 it will launch the first electronic platform through which citizens can apply for a subsidy to purchase a new non-electric bicycle....

15. Travel categories of SMS system that returns Sunday

The SMS system that Cyprus was happy to be rid of in late spring last year will be returning on Sunday as the island grapples with the rampant spread of coronavirus that has left the healthcare system increasingly burdened....

16. SMS system returns as Cyprus enters three-week lockdown

Cyprus Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced the new restrictions agreed upon by the Cabinet on Friday, which include a clampdown on unnecessary movements, and social and professional gatherings....

17. New measures announced, 9pm curfew imposed islandwide

Health minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday announced the Cabinet’s decisions on the new restrictions that will affect the Republic of Cyprus in December, with the starkest among them being an island-wide 9pm curfew....

18. Partial lockdowns on Limassol, Paphos, migrant camps

The health minister Constantinos Ioannou announced stricter measures late on Wednesday night, with restrictions to be even harsher in the Limassol and Paphos districts that have developed into the epicentres of the island’s recent pandemic flare-up....

19. Cyprus tightens restrictions, imposes 11pm curfew

In a national address on Wednesday night, the Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the government was obliged to take tough decisions for stricter measures as the island was no exception to Europe’s second coronavirus wave, before the health minister stepped in to outline the new measures that come into effect on Thursday....

20. Cyprus tightens restrictions as virus flares

The health ministry tightened its grip on the island in a bid to slow down the recent extreme flare-up of the virus that has sent daily new cases into three-digit numbers....

21. Justice minister determined to tackle poor driving culture

Justice minister Emily Yioliti met on Friday with the chief of police Stelios Papatheodorou to discuss ways of curbing road accidents, from which 23 people lost their lives just this year, and which are widely accepted to be caused by an broader lack of conscientiousness in the island’s driving culture....

22. New decree enforces ban on car sales, exempts certain groups from movement ban

23. Financial measures tackle coronavirus in Cyprus

Measures of Financial Support to address the Impact of the Coronavirus have been announced by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus...

24. Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76

The power of his intellect contrasted cruelly with the weakness of his body...