Cabinet approves bill to allow curbs in case of price gouging
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill giving trade and energy minister Natasa Pilides the power set a maximum gross profit margin for traders in...
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When ruling by decree, proportionality is key
For the past 18 months we have been governed by a British Quarantine Law nearly one hundred years old. A change was long overdue, but...
Coronavirus: Decree challenger loses court case
The Nicosia district court rejected defence arguments concerning the legality of the quarantine measures and fined a man €1,000 on Tuesday for attending a church...
Coronavirus: Legal case focuses a spotlight on scientific team
In at least one meeting, members of the Covid scientific advisory committee said most transmission of the virus occurred within households rather than in retail...
Coronavirus: Court backs government, rejects challenge to Covid decrees
The Nicosia district court has rejected a motion filed by 186 people asking for an interim order exempting them from health ministry decrees imposing restrictions...
Coronavirus: Govt avoids decree constitutionality case
The attorney-general on Thursday sought to downplay the implications of a court case, where the state stayed the prosecution against a man facing charges of...
Coronavirus: Anastasiades says if Covid situation worsens, decree-breakers will be to blame
The government “completely respects” civil liberties, President Nicos Anastasiades said but if the epidemiological picture worsens it will be the fault of decree-breakers such as...
Coronavirus: Advisory committee to meet on relaxing measures
The coronavirus advisory committee will meet on Tuesday evening to lay down a framework for the potential relaxation of measures, committee member Maria Koliou said...
Coronavirus: Akel says government failed in handling second wave
Akel, through it’s Nicosia-Kyrenia Secretary Christos Christofides, on Sunday slammed President Nicos Anastasiades for saying in a Politis interview that the government had successfully managed...
Coronavirus: police to file case with AG’s office after funeral allegedly violated decrees
Police will submit a criminal case file to the attorney general’s office concerning the funeral of a coronavirus patient which was attended by more than...
