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With a generous state subsidy ‘a lot more women than we realise choose to freeze their eggs’ Cypriot women are increasingly “shutting their ears to outdated ideas” and moving to ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari unveiled a new children’s health awareness campaign on Tuesday called the Children’s Protection Shield. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of ...

A group of children animated the characters of Batman, Minnie Mouse, Frozen, Spiderman, and various other beloved children’s heroes, transforming a section of the parking area at Larnaca airport ...

Hope for Children group doing a sterling job of supporting abused minors Cyprus, where at least one in four children is believed to have been sexually abused, needs to invest ...

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. “...

The director of the prosthetics and orthopaedics department from Shriners Hospital travelled to Cyprus over the last four days to provide specialised care, an announcement from the George and Thelma ...

The “very serious restrictions” imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic may have had unintended consequences which explain the unusually high rate of respiratory illnesses in children this winter, according to a ...

Bikers converged on Ayia Napa Sunday morning as part of the 23rd annual ‘Ride of Love’ for children with cancer and the organisation ‘A Dream A Wish’. Ayia Napa deputy ...

Despite efforts to combat it, the number of children referred for investigation of sexual abuse has remained consistently high for the past two years, with over 400 cases reported annually, Hope ...

Education must be prioritised against the backdrop of economic recession, Hope For Children CRC Policy Centre said on Tuesday. About 123 million young people aged 15 to 24 world-wide lack basic literacy skills, ...

An eight-year-old is being treated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia after she was found to have a Strep A infection. According to Politis, the girl was taken to the hospital ...

The children of Rizokarpaso keep alive the hope that one day they will be able to live there as free citizens, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday during the annual ...

Police’s underwater demolition team swam 1.5 kilometres on Saturday as part of an event to support children with cancer. Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou kicked off the event. Participants swam in ...

The state health services Okypy is doing everything possible to tackle the increasing number of children in hospital during the winter period, it said on Friday amid increasing unrest across ...

Remember the days when people used to avidly send Christmas cards and postcards to friends and relatives? Pen on paper, stamps from the post office and wishes from the heart – ...

The health ministry on Thursday published information on Streptococcus type A infection in light of recent child deaths in the UK, but clarified that similar incidents have not yet been ...

A 12-year-old child was injured on Friday evening after being struck by a car while trying to cross Anavargou avenue in Paphos. The child was taken to the emergency department ...

Despite the progress achieved, children’s unhindered access to their rights remains an open challenge, Children’s Comissioner Despo Michaelidou said on Sunday, International Children’s Rights Day. “Wars, the ...

Sex education needs to have a place in teaching as part of a broader government strategy to protect children from sexual abuse, children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou said on ...

Police on Thursday reiterated calls to parents over child safety in cars following a Limassol accident that led to the hospitalisation of a 7-year-old child who was reportedly not wearing ...

Cyprus is among the countries with the highest rates of childhood obesity in the EU, MPs heard on Thursday during a session of the House health committee. They were told ...

In the run up to the start of the new school year the Consumer Protection Service announced on Monday that it will carry out inspections on the safety of children’...

Police investigators on Friday submitted to the legal service the case file into the drowning of a three-year-old girl at a hotel in Paphos on August 14, Cybc reported. Police took ...

Police are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl who was found floating unconscious in a hotel swimming pool in Kato Paphos on Sunday. The child was on holiday with ...