Cyprus: 2nd highest number of lawyers per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe
Cyprus is among the European countries with the highest number of lawyers in proportion to their population, according to a report on the efficiency and...
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UN should take over Varosha, Cypriot property applicants say in letter to CoE
Turkey’s plan to reopen Varosha is a further violation of their property rights, Greek Cypriot applicants say in a letter to the Council of Europe,...
Cyprus remains destination for trafficked persons report says
The number of presumed victims of trafficking referred to Cyprus police between 2015 and 2019 was 801, of whom 190 were formally identified as victims,...
Cyprus shows climate of tolerance says CoE report
Despite there being room for improvement, a general climate of tolerance exists in Cyprus as far as the Armenian, Maronite and Latin minorities are concerned,...
Cyprus ‘particularly sensitive to preservation of cultural heritage’
Cyprus is particularly sensitive to the need to protect cultural heritage from destruction or damage and to combat the illicit trafficking in this area, Foreign...
Nicosia Council of Europe conference focuses on protecting cultural heritage
A conference to promote the Council of Europe’s convention on offences related to cultural property within governments and civil society kicked off in Nicosia on...
Turkey fails to remove Titina Loizidou case from CoE list
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers will continue to monitor the execution by Turkey of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision in...
Cyprus needs to do more on racism and intolerance, CoE body says
Cyprus has only partially implemented recommendations made by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe body in 2016 the body...
Cyprus to host CoE prison directors’ conference
The annual Conference of directors of prison and probation services of the Council of Europe, will take place in Ayia Napa, on May 21 and...
CoE urges Turkey to assist CMP
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has urged Turkish authorities to assist the Committing on Missing Persons (CMP) in any way it...
Nicosia prepares bill to counter Turkish arguments on missing persons’ compensation
Nicosia is preparing a draft bill to counter Turkish arguments that it is not ready to distribute the compensation owed by Ankara to the relatives...
Cyprus urges Council of Europe to resist Turkish ‘blackmail’
Cyprus is urging the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to “resist what blatantly amounts to blackmail on behalf of Turkey” in relation...
Cyprus protests to CoE over land development in the north
Nicosia has protested to the Council of Europe (CoE) over the exploitation of Greek Cypriot property in the north saying illegal developments continues unchecked. In...
Greek Cypriot wants Turkish assets in Europe seized
A Greek Cypriot wants the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body, to take “strong and effective” action to confiscate holdings of Turkey in...
European governments need to do more for internally displaced persons, CoE says
By the end of 2017, there were close to four million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Europe, mostly in Ukraine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Serbia and...
Greek Cypriots report IPC ineffectiveness to Council of Europe
Greek Cypriot owners of land in Famagusta and Kyrenia have written to the Council of Europe to report the ineffectiveness of the immovable property commission...
New report and video highlights the issues facing child migrants
A new report and video prepared by the Council of Europe which is based on feedback from children migrating to Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece and...
Cyprus’ arrest warrant for Efimova sparks CoE media freedom alert
The arrest warrant issued by Cypriot authorities against Maria Efimova, the source for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has attracted the attention of the...
No mistreatment but poor conditions for those detained in British bases – report (Updated)
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on Friday issued its first-ever report on conditions of detention and the treatment of...
Turkey to cut European rights funding to protest award for jailed judge
Turkey said on Thursday it would cut back its funding to the Council of Europe human rights body, in protest at an award given to a...
