CHILDREN of illegal immigrants in Cyprus could be at the mercy of human traffickers as they are not officially registered anywhere.
“The Children of no identity”, as Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba described them yesterday, have absolutely no protection from the state as they virtually do not exist in the eyes of the law.
IT HAS BEEN 18 months since alarm bells first sounded over how dire conditions are at the Nea Eleousa home and still nothing has been done.
A public intervention by newly appointed Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba in late January still failed to prompt the state into taking action.
A DRUG used by female breast cancer patients to stop their menstrual cycle has now completely run out and is not even available from the private sector.
Despite a number of public warnings that started over three weeks ago, DISY deputy and head of Europa Donna Cyprus Stella Kyriakidou yesterday announced that not only had nothing been done, the specific injections had run out.
STATE bureaucracy is ultimately to blame for delays in the use of renewable energy sources, said Energy Regulator Costas Ioannou yesterday, warning that consumers would end up paying the price for civil service inefficiency.
THE CYPRUS Stock Exchange (CSE) reacted positively to an upturn in European and Asian markets yesterday, with titles listed on the CSE general index rising by 1.4 per cent, with bank shares leading the increase.
THE COMMITTEE on Missing Persons (CMP) yesterday unveiled a new building set to play a crucial role in the missing person’s saga.
A TOTAL of six Cyprus Airways flights will be affected by today’s 24-hour national strike in Greece.
The GSEE and ADEDY strike, under whose umbrella the Greek Civil Aviation Authority lies, will affect three return flights to Athens, Salonica and Heraklion.
Cyprus Airways said yesterday it had readjusted its flight schedule to accommodate travellers.
CHIEF Migration Officer Anny Shiakalli has been accused of racism by the National Association of Private Tertiary Education Schools.
The charges were filed in writing and handed to the President of the House Interior Committee, Andros Kyprianou, who described them as very serious and informed Interior Minister Neoclis Silikiotis about them.
THE HOUSE Communications Committee yesterday examined two bills regarding tinted car windows and windscreen stickers.
If the new bill is passed, drivers may soon no longer need to stick their MOT and Road Tax stickers on the windscreen.
YOU HAVE a choice as regards who you can appeal to for redress when you have been wronged by the state authorities: you can either move legally or appeal to the office of the Ombudsman.
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