Man awarded €247,000 in damages for injuries sustained during 2011 Mari explosion
A 67-year-old man has been awarded €247,000 in damages for long-term injuries he sustained in naval base munitions explosion nine years ago. The Larnaca district...
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Parents of monk to appeal decision acquitting Limassol bishop of brainwashing him
The parents of a monk are planning to appeal a court decision that acquitted Limassol Bishop Athanasios and others of proselytizing their son about 18...
Coronavirus: fines of €6,400 imposed on 13 people violating movement restrictions
Famagusta district court on Tuesday fined 13 people a total of €6,400 for violating the decree on restrictions of movement during the pandemic. According to...
Man arrested after Ledra Street scuffles released pending April 9 hearing
A 55-year-old man who was remanded on Sunday by the Nicosia district court after he admitted to pushing a national guardsman during scuffles at the...
Club chairman, referee to be charged in connection with match-fixing
Authorities on Thursday are expected to file charges against a second division club chairman and a referee in connection with match-fixing. Ayia Napa chairman Demetris...
Man loses fight to serve less time in army on citizenship grounds
The supreme court has rejected the case of a man who wanted to serve six months in the national guard as opposed to what was...
Suspected people smugglers deny charges
Five men held in connection with smuggling 131 migrants in November denied related charges before the Paphos criminal court on Tuesday. The migrants, mostly Syrians,...
Deal signed for metal detectors at courts
A seven-year contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of a metal and radiocommunication detector system at courts across the island worth more than €1...
Culinary students protest, oppose Filoxenia being turned into a court
The students’ union of the Higher Hotel Institute (HHIC) demonstrated on Tuesday demanding the government rethinks its decision to convert the Filoxenia conference centre into...
GC driver who killed a pedestrian released on bond but must stay in the north
A Greek Cypriot driver who accidentally killed a Turkish Cypriot pedestrian named Hüseyin Aşık on the Kyrenia-Morphou road on October 11 has been released on...
Greek Cypriot driver held in north after hitting and killing pedestrian
A Greek Cypriot aged 59, was remanded into custody for three days by a court in the north on Saturday after he hit and killed...
Arrested mother and daughter freed by court in the north (Update 2)
The mother and daughter arrested on Sunday for taking photos in Morphou have been freed, authorities in the north announced. They reportedly appeared before a...
Our View: Delays in justice will not be overcome until number of cases drops
A circular sent to the presidents of the different courts by President of the Supreme Court Myron Nikolatos comes as the latest initiative to tackle...
Lawyer in Napa rape case quits (Updated)
The lawyer of a British woman, 19, who claimed she had been forced by police to withdraw a gang-rape complaint has quit over disagreements with...
British woman’s lawyer says disseminating sex video was a worse offence (Updated)
The lawyer for a British woman 19, has allegedly falsely claimed that 12 Israeli tourists gang-raped her said on Tuesday the dissemination of the video...
Clerides: respect the office of the AG or face the consequences
Costas Clerides warned on Thursday that he would take measures against anyone insulting the office of the Attorney-general after being called “a disgrace” to the...
Top lawyer calls AG ‘a disgrace’ during courtroom spat (update 2)
By Evie Andreou Attorney-general Costas Clerides and lawyer Polys Polyviou clashed again in the courtroom on Wednesday with the latter calling the former “a disgrace”...
Judges cannot sit in judgment in their own cause
By Alper Ali Riza THERE is no such beast as the law of necessity in constitutional law. What the common law and human rights law...
House passes law to safeguard protected witnesses
Two significant amendments were approved by the plenum on Friday allowing courts to collect statements from protected witnesses in a different room than the courtroom...
Cyprus has not fully complied with any Greco recommendation
Cyprus was among countries that have not fully complied with any of the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco)...
