There is a need for a new paediatric oncology centre in Cyprus, Health Minister Popi Kanari said about the treatment of cancer in children and adolescents. She argued that extensions and renovations
British Bases police are continuing investigations into a marine accident between two jet skis driven by Ukrainian parents that claimed the life of their 6-year-old daughter. The incident occurred on Saturday evening
Former Larnaca Bishop Chrysostomos on Monday was found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a historic case dating back 42 years. The high-ranking priest was found guilty after a year-long
In the past two years, the number of child sexual abuse cases referred for investigation has remained consistently above 400, the humanitarian body, Hope For Children, warned. HFC said that despite the
On appeal, the Supreme Court has extended the sentence of a man earlier convicted for “extremely vile” crimes of sexually abusing three children for another five years to a total of 15.
Since its operation in September 2017, the Children’s House centre has received referrals of 1,565 children that were sexually abused, the Hope For Children Organisation said. In 2017-2018 when the House operated
A pioneering study showed that Cyprus has among the world’s highest incidence rates for cancer in children with leukaemias, the most frequent. Cancer in children and adolescents epidemiology was never before examined,
In its report released Monday, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Road Safety Performance Index notes that during 2019-2021, Cyprus recorded the second lowest child road mortality ratio (2%). Cyprus has relatively
A 47-year-old man who sexually abused an underaged child has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after the Limassol Criminal Court found him guilty on all charges. The court proceedings were
Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Despo Michaelidou, has lashed out at authorities over the deportation of the migrant Georgian father of a 15-year-old born and raised in Cyprus. In a letter to Interior
