Start of the 2026 Pancyprian Access Examinations

The 2026 Pancyprian Access Examinations began on Monday, June 8, with the Modern Greek language paper. A total of 5,139 candidates participated, with approximately 600 of them taking the tests under special arrangements. The exam session lasted from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The main essay topic focused on the ethics of advertising and consumerism, requiring students to discuss the impact of advertisements on modern society. The literature portion included works by Yiannis Ritsos, I.M. Panagiotopoulos, and Klairi Angelidou. Minister of Education Athena Michaelidou visited the Kykkos B Lyceum in Nicosia to mark the commencement and announced that final results are expected by the end of July. Candidates generally reported that the topics were manageable and accessible, contrary to earlier anxieties about potential difficulty. The examination period is scheduled to continue until June 26, culminating in the common core mathematics paper.