A school bus route serving villages in the Larnaca district was suspended after vandals broke seats, with the transport ministry saying the service cannot run safely until those responsible are identified.
Okypy announced the completion of a new paediatric surgery department at Makarios hospital, part of a wider modernisation programme that also covers neonatal and children's intensive care units.
Deputy Minister of Innovation Nikodimos Damianou says Cyprus wants an age barrier for social media access and is helping design a common European age-verification tool.
Police say shots were fired late on Wednesday night at a building in Limassol's Linopetra area, damaging the glass door and first-floor windows. Exams at the vocational training institute housed there are going ahead.
Parents in Larnaca say hundreds of pupils have been left without transport as school bus services were repeatedly cancelled, and they are calling on the transport ministry to step in.
A House education committee meeting on Wednesday called for a strict schedule to install and switch on air conditioners in all schools, as many classrooms still lack working units.
A parliamentary committee demanded a review of school textbook contracts after deliveries for the 2026-2027 year ran late, with the education ministry conceding the contracts were problematic.
CyMA says it will map doctors working in unlicensed centres and review legal gaps, as police investigate two Larnaca clinics offering plasmapheresis.
Parliament's education committee, unions and parents demanded a clear timetable for installing working air conditioners in every school, while the ministry insisted the project will be 100% complete this school year.
