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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 ...

Police on Thursday rescued an eight-year-old girl whose inflatable boat had been carried out to sea. The girl was paddling on the inflatable off a beach in Protaras, when winds ...

The cabinet has approved €16 million to subsidise the cost of nursery schools for children up to four years old. It will subsidise the cost to families and feeding the children. ...

With cases of child sexual abuse on the rise, the cabinet on Wednesday morning approved the expansion of the Children’s House, where affected youngsters are supported. “It was considered ...

Ronald McDonald House Charities wants to provide accommodation so that kids’ support systems are close Cyprus’ first Ronald McDonald House will be ready to host family members of children treated ...

The island’s state health services organisation (Okypy) announced that it would begin charging Gesy beneficiaries for excessive visits to family GPs and paediatricians, In its statement, Okypy said the ...

Children in Cyprus are among the most at risk of obesity in the European Union, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report published on Wednesday. According to the report, ...

Two children in Cyprus have in recent months have contracted hepatitis (liver inflammation) of unknown origin, the health ministry said Thursday, adding that it continues monitoring the situation amid an ...

No cases have so far been reported in Cyprus of the children’s hepatitis which has required some to have liver transplants, but a local expert has said that infections ...

Disappointment and discontent were expressed by the 15-year-old who addressed a conference on Monday, organised to present a report on the impact of the pandemic measures on children, an initiative ...

Cyta and DeeJay Radio partnered up to acquire 40 tablets for the Nicosia municipality, which will donate them to the children at the Nicosia Municipal Multipurpose Centre, according to an announcement ...

The education ministry on Wednesday unveiled a national fitness assessment programme for secondary school children (Aristotelis) as part of concerted efforts with the health ministry to combat child obesity. Education ...

Hope Foundation (Elpida) will be hosting war-stricken Ukrainian children with cancer and providing treatment. Most Ukrainian children suffering from cancer have been left without treatment because of the war. Lymphomas, ...

The booster jab against coronavirus will start being administered to children aged 12 and over who are severely immunosuppressed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The decision to extend the lower ...

The health ministry on Saturday said it hopes to vaccinate 75 per cent of the overall population against Covid-19, while calling on people to keep abiding by the personal protection measures. ...

The operation on a three-year-old boy who was transferred to Athens with serious heart disease was postponed because he was diagnosed with viral pneumonia, the health ministry has told the ...

Covid vaccinations for children aged 5-11 have reached around 9 per cent, health ministry director-general Christina Yiannaki said on Saturday. She was visiting the walk-in vaccination centre operating at the State ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorised the use of a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, and narrowed the interval ...

Seeking to facilitate parents and guardians of children aged 5 to 11, the health ministry said on Tuesday it will operate large vaccination centres for children in cooperation with the Society of ...

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after having been found guilty of sexually molesting his two nephews. In handing down the sentence, Nicosia criminal court noted ...

Saying there is high interest among people to get vaccinated against coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Friday that over 94,500 people had received a jab over the last ten days. ...

The government has recently improved maternity benefits, but will this encourage couples to have more children? New government measures to fight falling birth rates and “safeguard Hellenism” have been dismissed ...

Children between six and 11 were the age group with most Covid cases recorded in the past four weeks, according to a by-age breakdown published on Tuesday by the health ministry. ...