A man who sexually abused his underaged goddaughter has been sentenced to 9 years in prison, as the Nicosia Criminal Court found him guilty of all seven charges. Furthermore, an order was
Cyprus’ Supreme Court approved an appeal filed by Attorney General George Savvides overturning an “insufficient” prison sentence handed to a man convicted of sexually abusing a minor, increasing jail time from nine
An increase in sexual abuse and exploitation of children has reached alarming levels resulting in more cases before the courts, said Deputy Attorney General Savvas Angelides. Angelides was speaking at a training
A Larnaca General Hospital A&E doctor was sentenced to 18 months in prison with a three-year suspension after being found guilty of medical negligence in the death of 10-year-old boy Stavros Giorgallis.
A Larnaca General Hospital A&E doctor was found guilty of medical negligence in the death of 10-year-old boy Stavros Giorgallis, who died after sustaining a head injury in May 2018. The Larnaca
Health professionals are ready to deal with cases of acute hepatitis on the island among children, Head of Cyprus Paediatric Society Dr Michalis Anastasiades told the Cyprus News Agency. An increased number of
Reports of ‘appalling’ living conditions of unaccompanied migrant children at the Pournara reception centre have main opposition party AKEL demanding that Interior Minister Nicos Nouris resign. AKEL, on Friday, demanded that Nouris
A three-year-old girl was found wandering alone in the buffer zone near Athienou by a UN patrol pre-dawn Tuesday while the peacekeeping force was assisting the search for her missing twin sister.
In collaboration with the Cyprus Pediatric Society, the Health Ministry will start vaccinating children aged 5-11 from 2 January at the vaccination centres. A Health Ministry statement said the decision was taken
A special police task force set up to handle cases of child sex abuse in the first nine months had to respond to 209 cases, with some of them involving teachers. Police
