there are armenian elementary schools in cyprus in the cities of larnaca, limassol and nicosia and a gymnasium in nicosia. the melkonian educational institute was the most renowned co-educational institution of armenian-cypriots. founded in 1926, the melkonian institute was open to armenian students from all over the world and offered a comprehensive secondary school curriculum. all subjects, except for the armenian language, were taught in english and foreign languages offered included greek, french, arabic, persian, russian and bulgarian. a daily hourly radio programme by the cyprus broadcasting corporation in armenian includes extensive interviews, news coverage, cultural reports and music. two armenian monthly newspapers have been founded on the island, artsankank (1995) and azad tsayn (founded 2003), which provide national and international news, primarily in armenian and with certain columns printed in greek and in english.