Final touches being put to gender identity bill, Cyprus lagging behind other CoE states
Officials are putting the final touches to a draft bill on gender identity – a revamp of a previous version that was drafted in 2019,...
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Council of Europe calls for reversal of Turkish decisions on Varosha
The Council of Europe has called for the reversal of a Turkish decision to further re-open the fenced-off area of Varosha and hopes for renewed...
Cyprus: How an EU-CoE cooperation project helped justice reform
The Council of Europe (CoE) on Tuesday lauded the announcement last week by the Cyprus Supreme Court on the adoption of new rules of civil...
CoE calls on Turkey to provide info on 1996 buffer zone deaths
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Turkey to provide by year’s end additional information on a number of issues concerning the...
CoE to monitor Cyprus’ progress in implementing European Charter of Local Self-Government
A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) will monitor the application of the European Charter of...
Council of Europe pressures government over treatment of migrants
The Council of Europe has called on Cyprus to justify its prevention of boats with migrants from arriving on the island, conditions at reception centres...
EU and CoE ‘concerned’ over freedom of the press in the north
The EU and the Council of Europe (CoE) are watching “with serious concern” any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press in the Turkish...
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...
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...