Babycare

The Cyprus Council of Ministers approved a decree during Tuesday's session, which imposes a zero VAT rate on the delivery of certain products until October 31.

These include bread, milk, eggs, baby food, baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, and adult diapers.

It wasn't too cold the first night Marie spent on the streets of downtown Athens even though it was already early December. She had a small school bag with some milk, biscuits, diapers and baby wipes. She had been planning to spend the night in the courtyard of Agios Panteleimonas Church, but felt that she would be safer in Victoria Square, where there were police officers, so she went there.

An 1,800-year-old marble bathtub, which was about to be sold by smugglers in the western province of Aydın's Karacasu district, has been delivered to the Aphrodisias Museum Directorate.

It was reported that the bathtub, with the lion's head reliefs on it, is unique in Turkey as it is made of marble entirely.

The Greek Freak is starting a campaign to give back to the community named “Maverick’s Diaper Mission”

Ukraine's human rights ombudswoman has appealed to authorities to find a solution for scores of infants born to surrogate mothers for foreign parents who are stranded because the country's borders are closed under coronavirus restrictions.

Banu Baltacı, who lives in Bursa, takes her disabled dog out every day on a baby stroller.

Ninety-seven percent of bathing sites monitored last year in Greece were found to have excellent water quality, according to a report by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA) published Thursday.
The annual report monitors bathing sites across the European Union that meet the "most stringent quality standards for water cleanliness."

France's national health agency Anses says it has found chemicals in babies' nappies that exceed safety levels, reported BBC. 

Tests found levels above safety thresholds for substances potentially dangerous to human health, and lower levels of others including the controversial weedkiller glyphosate.

Anses said its nappy tests were the first of their kind in the world.

Greek women are increasingly choosing to breastfeed their newborn babies after years of relying on formula, according to a report conducted by the Children's Health Institute in 2017.

Based on the data, seven in 10 women last year breastfed their infants for the first few months, reversing a four-to-10 ratio recorded in a similar report in 2007. 

Thousands of mothers from all over Athens gathered at Syntagma Square on Sunday, November 5 to send a positive message about breastfeeding. Their goal was to raise awareness and encourage mothers to prefer the natural way of feeding their children and avoid formulas.