
The rate of child poverty in Cyprus is on a “steady decline” , social welfare deputy minister Marilena Evangelou said on Thursday.
Speaking to CyBC radio, she highlighted the fact that according to the latest figures released by the European Union’s statistical agency, Eurostat, the island has the second-lowest proportion of children who are considered to be “in danger of poverty and social exclusion”.
In total, 14.8 per cent of