Cabinet grants monthly stipend to ‘encroached’ families in Strovilia
The cabinet decided on Thursday to give three families in the Strovilia area of the buffer zone a monthly stipend of €500 due to the...
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Saudi Arabia to let women enter sports stadiums in 2018
Saudi Arabia will for the first time allow women to attend sports events, preparing special sections in three selected stadiums from early next year in another...
House to stop Church control over funeral charity collections
A GOVERNMENT bill stipulating that only the family of a deceased person will be able to decide how the money donated at their loved one’s...
AG says no re-opening of Mari case despite requests by families for more prosecutions
Attorney-general (AG) Costas Clerides said on Sunday he respects the pain of the relatives of the Mari naval base blast, but that he did not...
Court awards compensation to families of Mari victims
The family of fire sergeant Andreas Papadopoulos who was killed in the 2011 Mari Naval blast which killed 13 people will be given €628,000 in...
Two years on, MH370 families say search for missing jet must continue
By Rozanna Latiff The families of passengers lost aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say the two-year search for the missing aircraft must go on beyond...
Friendship programme receives over 200 applications
More than 200 applications have been received for the 2016 bi-communal Cyprus Friendship Programme (CFP), compared to around 160 over the two previous years. Sotia...
Seven children christened in first mass baptism
Seven young children of varying ages were baptised en masse on Sunday at the the Sofia tou Theou Church in Strovolos in Nicosia as the...
Gift of love: urgent appeal for baby goods
By Bejay Browne ORGANISERS of the Gift of Love appeal are desperate for the public to step in and help with this year’s campaign. The...
State defends refugee housing policies
By Evie Androu Around 900 families that have been approved as beneficiaries are waiting in line to receive a house in refugee housing estates, the...
A society shaken by the crisis
THE ECONOMIC crisis has shaken Cypriot society affecting not only obvious issues like crime and poverty but family structures, habits and population according to an...
Over 600 families a week need food bank support in Larnaca
Over 600 families per week need support from food banks in Larnaca, city councillor Elia Elia said Friday after receiving a €2,000 donation from Hellenic Bank, Pancyprian Insurance and...