Top 10 places to entertain and educate children
School might be almost out but there are plenty of places around the island to both entertain and educate children of all ages. Annette Chrysostomou...
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A third of children under three cared for only by parents
IN Cyprus, only 32 per cent of children under the age of three were cared for solely by their parents in 2014, one of the...
Children’s festival for peace at H4C this weekend
On May 14 a festival will bring together children and their parents from all over the island in the buffer zone. The festival ‘Peace...
Call for volunteer teachers to help tutor needy kids
The Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council (PVCC) announced on Tuesday it was accepting expressions of interest from teachers who would like to donate some of their...
‘No longer acceptable by today’s norms’
THE head of the Animal Party Kyriacos Kyriacou said on Wednesday they had launched an investigation into reports of the alleged abuse of a pig...
Justice ministry failing children caught up in custody battles, MPs hear
Two committees set up by the justice ministry have failed to provide recommendations on bringing family law up to speed to resolve problems scores of...
Asylum law and access to services in Cyprus major concern for CoE Commissioner for Human Rights
The long and often unnecessary detention of migrants is a major issue that Cyprus must address, the Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks...
Hope For Children and University of Nicosia medical school sign deal to help kids
The International Humanitarian and Independent Institution Hope For Children (HFC) UNCRC Policy Centre and the Medical School of the University of Nicosia have signed a...
Ten children stabbed outside school gate in southern China
A knife-wielding attacker stabbed ten school children in southern China on Monday, severely injuring two, before killing himself, state media reported, the latest in a...
Increased levels of dust in the atmosphere
The Labour Inspection Department on Wednesday warned the public, especially vulnerable groups to stay indoors as much as possible due to an increase of dust...
Cyprus ranks 49th in the world on access to justice for children
Cyprus ranks 49th in the world on how effectively children can use the courts to defend their rights according to new research from Child Rights...
Britain may take in unaccompanied children fleeing Syria
Britain might take in refugee children who have been displaced by the war in Syria and have travelled to other countries in Europe, a government...
Left without their children
By Andria Kades Margarita Charalambous has not seen her children – Yerasimos and Olymbia aged six and five – since one Thursday afternoon last June...
Eight days in Moria
Aphrodite Iacovidou, a Cypriot junior doctor from a London hospital, describes her experience of volunteering at a Lesbos refugee camp dealing with up to 2,000 new...
Omirou hosts refugee children at the House
Refugee children residing in Cyprus from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Somalia were received by House President Yiannakis Omirou on Tuesday at...
Palace lunch for enclaved children, Helios orphans
The President and First Lady, Nicos and Andri Anastasiades hosted a lunch on Monday at the presidential palace for the enclaved children and the orphans...
Increased dust in the atmosphere
Increased dust levels were recorded in the atmosphere on Tuesday, the department of labour inspection (DLI) warned. The average hourly concentration of dust particles should...
Health minister meets overseas doctors
Health minister George Pamporides on Tuesday visited a group of specialist doctors from the Shriners Hospital for Children of Springfield, Massachusetts who fly to Cyprus...
‘Technology harming our children’ MPs say
By Andria Kades Lawmakers yesterday discussed what Greens leader Giorgos Perdikis called damning evidence of psychological and physical effects on children from using mobile phones,...
Scholarships for Helios children
THE cabinet has decided to grant scholarships to 11 children of victims of the 2005 Helios airline accident. According to an official announcement, nine underage...
