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...
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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...
Shriners doctors will be in Cyprus next week to aid sick children
A group of specialist orthopaedic doctors from the Shriners Hospital for Children of Springfield, Massachusetts will be in Cyprus next week to examine children with...
Lack of buses with child-safe seats, MPs hear
The lack of buses with three-point seatbelts have made the implementation recently-passed legislation regarding the addition of child seats on buses difficult, the house transport...
Family mediation a solution for child abduction
Monday marked the beginning of International Mediation Week which aims to promote the importance of family mediation in parental abduction cases, Hope For Children CRC...
Never born but still my babies
Miscarriages are common, until they happen to you says Maria Gregoriou By Maria Gregoriou Experiences are said to be unique only because we all live...
Union calls on teachers to abstain from extracurricular activities
By Evie Andreou Primary teachers’ union, Poed has called on its members to abstain from extracurricular activities outside school, including escorting pupils to parades, citing...
US military may house immigrant kids amid Trump policy confusion
The US military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, officials said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump‘s efforts to...
Almost half of Cypriot kids now overweight, Mediterranean diet ‘gone’
By Annette Chrysostomou Of all Europeans, Cypriots have the highest rate of overweight and obese children, 43 per cent of both boys and girls, the...
Government approves centre for unaccompanied minors
Cabinet approved the construction of a reception centre for unaccompanied minors to help meet future demands and handle such cases more efficiently. The centre, which...
Struggling to bring up a dead sister’s children
Nikola Nikolov is the only working member of his family but, along with wife Blaga Petkova, was determined to keep the promise he made to...
At least 224 people dead in Mexico quake
Rescuers frantically worked to dig a young girl out from under the rubble of a partially collapsed school in Mexico City on Wednesday, offering a small glimmer...
Parents of disabled children want more school chaperones
Around 50 parents have filed complaints with the children’s rights commissioner over the last few days over the non-appointment of school chaperones for their disabled...
Seven immigrants picked up in Akaki
Police found seven illegal immigrants around midnight on Tuesday in Akaki, Nicosia who had crossed from the north. One of them is a 24-year-old woman...
Bill to establish child-friendly justice system
The best interests of the child will be taken into account in a new bill regulating issues of youngsters who are suspects that was presented...
Children’s watchdog wants theatre performances rated
CHILDREN’S Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba said on Friday that the country should introduce a rating system at theatres following a number of complaints filed to...
Children hit by cars in separate Paphos incidents
A 20-month-old toddler was injured on Friday, after he was hit by a car in an apartment complex parking lot in Paphos, police announced. According...
Serbian children were not deported, foreign ministry says
THE foreign ministry on Tuesday denied Turkish Cypriot reports that authorities had deported a group of Serbian children who arrived on the island through Larnaca...
Bikers raise awareness for children with cancer
With the aim of collecting money in support of the ‘A dream a wish’ association which seeks to help children suffering from cancer, motorcyclists for...
