#large families

The government will retain income criteria for child benefits for families with three or more children, despite calls from MPs and social organisations for their abolition, the House labour committee ...

Since assuming office three years ago, the government has demonstrated in practice its determination to move forward with substantive reforms focusing on the child, the mother and the family, President ...

Families with multiple children voiced strong objections before the House finance committee on Friday over the government’s proposed tax reform. The Pancyprian organisation of large families argued that in ...

To address declining birth rates, Archbishop Georgios announced on Thursday the immediate launch of a new financial support scheme for families with more than three children, amounting to around €2 million ...

Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios will be dipping into church coffers to support families with three children, in an effort to help the island recover from its bleak demographics, it was ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Wednesday extolled the virtues of large families at the Nicosia district’s “large families’ celebration”. Speaking to parents who attended the event, she said, “you, ...

Child allowance is increased by 5 per cent and half the allowance will still be given for children of large families who are now university students. With the government proposals now ...

With the aim of tackling low birthrates and the demographic aging of the population, the government is drafting a comprehensive family policy, which will include incentives for large families and ...

Large families are set to get a boost as President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday announced improved benefits. Addressing the Pancyprian Organisation of Large Families on Mother’s Day, he said ...

A mother of ten and grandmother of 23 said she wanted as many children as God wished to send her but that the state can do more to support large families. “...

Presidential candidate and Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Thursday one of his goals if elected will be to financially support large families with dedicated tax reliefs. Neohpytou met the ...

The organisation representing large families on Friday sent a message to presidential candidates asking that the island’s “tragic” demographic situation be treated as a national problem before it’s ...