The House plenum passed an education ministry bill on Thursday night introducing strict provisions for the establishment and operation of branches of foreign universities in Cyprus.
Greek ambassador Ioannis Papameletiou was present during the voting, as Greek universities – Kapodistrian and National Technical (Metsovio) – have already expressed an interest to set up departments in Cyprus.
Akel had submitted three amendments to the bill, which were dismissed with 31 votes
