Teddy bears donated for child patients
Teddy bears were distributed on Friday to the ambulance service and hospital A&Es by road-safety NGO Reaction and the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) as a...
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Spike of RSV and influenza A at Makarios children’s hospital
The pediatric clinic at Makarios Hospital in Nicosia is currently at full capacity after a spike in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and influenza A cases....
Court orders Belgium to take back woman and children from Syria
A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to repatriate from Syria within 75 days a woman whose husband fought for Islamic State and her children. The...
Dangerous children’s clothing to be removed from shops
The consumer protection service has launched a campaign to identify and remove from the market any children’s clothing they deem dangerous for children. The checks...
Free sports and beach games event for children in Paphos
A free sports event aimed at children in Paphos will be held at a popular local beach on Tuesday, according to Paphos municipality. ‘Games on...
Kids lock teachers in class, trash school, union says
PRIMARY teachers on Friday called for more measures to tackle youth delinquency after a group of schoolchildren locked two teachers in a classroom and bullied...
Cyprus has second-highest number of households with children
Among European member-states, Cyprus has the second highest number of households with children, Eurostat said on Monday. On the occasion of the global day of...
A bicommunal event organised for children in Nicosia
A bicommunal event to mark International Children’s Day will be held on June 1 at Cetinkaya football pitch in northern Nicosia, organised by the Intercommunal...
Jordanian father remanded over abduction of his children
A 42-year-old Jordanian man was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday in connection with abducting his three children from Limassol and fleeing to...
Child disappearance protocol wasn’t used in case of missing Sierra
Humanitarian organisation Hope for Children on Monday urged all stakeholders to better use existing mechanisms better in order to save children’s lives following what might...
Koursoumba highlights plight of unaccompanied minors
STATE policies and programmes for the transition of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum into independent adulthood are severely lacking, the Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s...
1.4 per cent of Cypriot children have unmet medical needs
In Cyprus in 2017, 1.4 per cent of children aged below the age of 16 had medical needs that were not treated, slightly lower than...
Paediatricians say children must not be treated by GPs under Gesy
If not enough paediatricians join the National Health Scheme (Gesy), the government must find a way to make sure children will not be treated by...
98 per cent of Cypriot children in good health
Some 98 per cent of Cypriot children were deemed to be in good health in 2017, compared with the EU average of 95 per cent,...
An incredibly dangerous precedent
The fine levied on the unnamed woman for calling people who adopted Asian children Idiots is an incredibly dangerous precedent. Free speech is the voicing...
Child rapist was allowed public access to children
By Ioannis Androlikou A convicted child rapist has been allowed to take children on horse and carriage rides along the Paphos coast and in Peyia...
Christmas ‘Gift of Love’ urgent appeal for 20 more bags
By Bejay Browne Organisers of the Gift of Love, an appeal that ensures that hundreds of children of needy families in Paphos will receive a...
Eighteen new assistant posts for special-needs schoolchildren
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of 18 additional posts as assistant to schoolchildren with special needs for the year 2019. The cost is...
Ten per cent increase in complaints to child commissioner
By Evie Andreou Children’s Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba on Thursday said that her office has seen a more than 10 per cent increase last year...
Children’s watchdog calls for end to indiscriminate pardons
By George Psyllides The head of a children’s watchdog on Thursday handed President Nicos Anastasiades her recommendations relating to the release of child molesters from...
