#Court case

The court case over the death of a Cypriot medical student who was electrocuted during a flood in the Turkish Aegean city of Izmir in July began on Thursday. Ozge ...

The European Commission acknowledged in its rule of law report for 2024 that some progress had been made by Cyprus in tackling long term weaknesses of the system of justice, but ...

The 50-year-old man held for killing his brother-in-law in Peyia is going straight to trial for manslaughter after he admitted to the crime. Paphos deputy operations chief Michalis Nicolaou on ...

Two monks involved in a financial scandal at the infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery were released on bail but were imposed with a travel ban on Thursday. The two monks, Nektarios ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ cross examination was adjourned on Thursday at the Supreme Constitutional Court, as one of the judges had a medical issue and was unable to attend the hearing. ...

Attorney General George Savvides would be happy to see Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides “completely annihilated,” the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. The statement was made by Michaelides as he ...

Court proceedings are set to continue on Thursday over the request of the Attorney General, Giorgos Savvides, to suspend Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides for improper conduct. The latest advance in ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zanettou will appear in Famagusta Criminal Court on July 12, in a forgery case against him for using EU funds to upgrade a hotel in the area ...

The hearing seeking to cancel the warrants that have frozen the assets of scandal-hit monks at Osiou Avakoum monastery was postponed again on Thursday at Nicosia district court.  The Legal ...

An ‘unprecedented mass claim’ of Laiki and Bank of Cyprus depositors and bondholders amounting to US$600 million was dismissed at the International Arbitral Tribunal of the World Bank, the Legal ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has stepped in to stop the state broadcaster (CyBC) from appealing a €1 million payout in damages to journalist Evdokia Loizou. In a statement on Tuesday, Loizou said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides can stop the state broadcaster (CyBC) from appealing a court decision to pay €1 million in damages to journalist Evdokia Loizou, her lawyer said on Thursday. The statements ...

Lawyers for Thanasis Nicolaou’s family, the national guardsman who died in 2005, objected to actions by a prosecution witness on Wednesday, saying the attorney-general’s office has for 18 years been ...

The legal service will examine 20 cases of violations on Akamas agricultural property next to the protected Natura 2000 zone, the interior ministry announced on Thursday. Owners have ignored warnings from the ...

Every passing day that the case of former guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou remains open is a blow to Cyprus’ justice system, the judge hearing the case said on Wednesday, as she ...

A Larnaca cardiologist suspected of issuing fake Covid-19 vaccine certificates has been called to testify in Larnaca Criminal Court, it was announced on Monday. The doctor, now 55, had issued fake ...

A 30-year-old man admitted on Monday to charges of importing and illegally possessing around 15kg of drugs for the purpose of supply at the Paphos criminal court. However, he pleaded ...

Two suspects involved in the killing of a 35-year-old in Xylotymbou pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, when they appeared at the Famagusta District Court. According to police, the two suspects, ...

The trial of a 30-year-old man suspected of being involved in the transport of more than 15kg of cannabis to Cyprus via the Paphos airport is set to begin on ...

The District Court of Famagusta rejected another citizen lawsuit against the state for losses incurred through the 2013 haircut on bank deposits. According to a statement from the Legal Service, the ...

Scores of riot police officers surrounded Limassol criminal court on Wednesday, as 13 suspects linked to the racist violence against migrants last month arrived for their hearings. The date of the ...

The four defendants in the ‘golden passports’ scandal exposed by Al Jazeera in October 2020, and a subsequent independent investigation, will appear again before the Nicosia court on September 12 after the ...

The District Court of Nicosia dismissed a case brought against the Bank of Cyprus, the Central Bank and the Republic of Cyprus for the haircut on deposits during the financial ...

After 19 months in prison, David Hunter is expected to hear the verdict from a three-panel judge today, over the killing of his wife Janice who was suffering from cancer, which ...