Mother fears for son, after court rules he must return to father in US (Updated)
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Saturday pledged the state’s support to a woman ordered by courts to hand her young son over on Monday, so...
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Supreme court postpones return of child to US
The supreme court on Wednesday rejected a Paphos family court ruling issued just hours earlier that a woman must immediately return her underage son to...
Greek Cypriot woman remains in custody in the north after child taken away
A 32-year-old Greek Cypriot woman who has been living in the north for several years, remains in detention in the north after trying to jump...
Police involved after mother leaves Cyprus with children
Paphos police are investigating a case of child abduction by a Palestinian mother who has joint custody of their three children with her husband. According...
Police investigate child abduction attempt
Police on Tuesday were investigating two reports relating to at least two attempts to abduct children from two schools in Nicosia last week and Monday....
Father in court for abducting son
A 39-year-old man was to appear in Paphos court on Wednesday on suspicion of abducting his nine-year-old child. The child was taken on Tuesday from...
Trial for those accused of kidnapping little Marie-Eleni
The trial of five people in connection with the kidnapping of Marie-Eleni Grimsrud by her Norwegian father in April 2017 was referred to the Nicosia...
Abduction of school boys was a ‘heinous, brutal’ crime (Update2)
The 35-year-old man who abducted two 11-year-old school boys last September from their school in Larnaca was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Wednesday...
Israeli woman to be extradited in child abduction case
An extradition procedure is to begin on Saturday for a 61-year-old woman wanted in Israel for a case concerning child abduction who was arrested on...
Is Marie-Eleni in Turkey? (Updated)
Reports that four-year-old Marie-Eleni Grimsrud, who was abducted by her father in April, was located on a boat docked at a marina in Antalya, Turkey...
Child abduction cases on the increase
Child abductions and the withholding of access of a child by one or the other parent is on the increase Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou...
Police ‘incapable’ of finding Marie-Eleni
One and a half months since little Marie-Eleni Grimsrud was abducted by her father on April 27 outside her kindergarten in Dasoupolis in Nicosia, police...
A story of betrayal: kidnapped Marie’s family speaks out
The Norwegian man who abducted his four-year-old daughter last month never legally requested contact with her in custody disputes but has always been bent...
Third suspect in Marie abduction to be released
A 49-year-old Dutch woman who was remanded last week in connection with the abduction of four-year-old Marie Eleni Grimsrud some two weeks ago was to...
Police focus on Paphos man’s role in Marie’s abduction (Updated)
Two men, both aged 44, believed to be involved in the abduction twelve days ago of four-year-old Marie Eleni Grimsrud were released on Monday after court...
Further arrest in girl abduction case
A 46-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday morning in connection with the abduction of four-year-old Marie Eleni Grimsrud on April 27, police announced....
Investigation into kidnapped girl ‘going well’
The investigation into the abduction of four-year-old Marie Eleni Grimsrud is going well, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Wednesday, as new evidence came to...
Mother loses baby after abducting her other children
A young mother who abducted her three underage children from a shelter in Paphos where they were staying under the guardianship of the courts, was...
Four-year-old allegedly abducted by mother, taken to Romania
A four-year-old child from Kiti was allegedly abducted by her 36-year-old mother and taken to Romania. The 32-year-old father who has joint custody reported to...
Police foil plan to take child to join father in Norway
By Andria Kades Police on Monday averted what they believe was a concrete plan to kidnap a three-year-old girl, after they arrested three men from...