Ombudswoman targets official failings in brutal mother and son murders
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Saturday expressed her disappointment and sorrow over what she described as the official failure – once again – to properly assess...
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Cabinet announces action plan for reform of welfare services
The cabinet on Wednesday approved an action-plan for the reform of the welfare services, which will be co-funded by the EU with €7.4m. Deputy government...
MPs press state services over child protection after teen suicide
The House human rights committee on Monday called on state services to implement all procedures at their disposal to protect children in cases of violence....
Parents of dead baby remanded again
The Paphos district court on Monday remanded the parents of the three-month old baby boy who died on February 22 from head injuries for another...
News podcast: songbirds continuously slaughtered in Cyprus
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Missing boy found at house of middle-aged man
An arrest warrant was issued on Monday against a 45-year-old man after it emerged that an eight-year-old boy, reported missing on Sunday, had spent the...
Businessman the father of boy whose mother died in squalid flat
By Constantinos Psillides A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy, who found his Romanian mother dead in their filthy Larnaca apartment on January 23, was thrown back into the...
Welfare under fire over dead mother
By Stefanos Evripidou THE WELFARE Services came under fire yesterday from the Ombudswoman over their handling of the death of a 40-year-old Romanian last month...
Living conditions contributed to death of Romanian mother
By Constantinos Psillides THE 40-year-old woman found dead in a Larnaca flat waist-deep in garbage on Thursday died from peritonitis, a bacterial or fungal infection...
How could they let this happen?
By Constantinos Psillides SERIOUS questions pertaining to lapses in the system were raised yesterday when a 40-year-old woman from Romania was found dead in her...
Welfare staff on ‘brink of burnout’
WORKERS at the welfare services were on the brink of burnout due to understaffing and rising needs amid the deepening recession sweeping the island, lawmakers...
