#Court case

The trial of a 49-year-old German woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot property in the north began on Wednesday, nine months after her initial arrest. The Nicosia ...

The appeal court has unanimously rejected the attorney-general’s appeal against the acquittal of ten defendants in the high-profile cooperative bank case, it was reported on Wednesday. The ruling confirms ...

Metadata from photographs and videos taken on former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis’ mobile phone was the focus in Monday’s hearing of the court case regarding the three people facing ...

Criminal prosecutions are currently underway for debts owed by football clubs to the social insurance fund, Minister of Labour Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting on ...

A 48-year-old man was on Tuesday found guilty in the north of having fatally stabbed 40-year-old Vietnamese national Dam Thi Hop 33 times. Later on Tuesday afternoon, he was sentenced to 39 ...

Paphos criminal court set the next hearing in the case of escaped convict Doros Theofanous for May 14. The two men, who became friends serving their sentences in prison, appeared before ...

Nicosia criminal court on Monday agreed to hear by videoconference the testimony of a key prosecution witness in the ongoing trial relating to Cyprus’ now-defunct citizenship-by-investment programme. In the case ...

Monday’s court hearing regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the ...

A Nicosia football club will be facing trial this week over the non-payment of €2.3 million in social insurance contributions, it emerged on Monday. It is apparently the first such trial ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki appeared in Nicosia District Court on Wednesday with a new lawyer, having failed to find one since Yiannis Polychronis walked out on November 28 following a ...

The Nicosia court on Wednesday postponed until March next year, the case brought against a German real estate agent charged on 44 counts related to the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property ...

The ‘golden passports’ trial linked to the Al Jazeera documentary will begin on January 13, Nicosia criminal court said on Monday after a request for another delay was rejected. Prosecution requested ...

A new lawsuit has been filed against Odysseas Michaelides for moral damages due to “illegal actions and omissions” by the former auditor-general. The lawsuit was filed at Limassol district court ...

Nicosia district court has dismissed a lawsuit against the state, the Central Bank and the Bank of Cyprus over the 2013 ‘haircut’ on deposits, the attorney-general’s office stated on Monday. ...

A fourth report into the collapse of the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, which killed 24 Cypriot children, 11 Cypriot adults, and 37 others, was completed and forwarded to ...

The two monks on trial for forgery and money laundering have been hit with another five charges, bringing them to a total of 24, Nicosia criminal court heard on Wednesday. Archimandrites ...

Two 23-year-olds facing charges for firing gunshots at a Paphos wedding will make their plea before court on November 14. During their hearing at Paphos district court on Thursday, their defence ...

A man is suing a doctor and the hospital at which he was treated after undergoing an operation on his left knee when he had intended to undergo an operation ...

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 ...