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Coronavirus: Primary school parents to join demo against online learning on Monday

Katy TurnerMarch 21, 2021

By Katy TurnerMarch 21, 20210818

Parents of primary age children will join a demonstration outside the Presidential palace on Monday to protest the ongoing online lessons for gymnasium students, they...

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Turkish Cypriots hold demo for freedom of speech, solution

Katy TurnerMarch 21, 2021

By Katy TurnerMarch 21, 20210741

Parties, organisations and unions held a demonstration on Saturday night in north Nicosia against freedom of speech under the slogan ‘We are not Afraid. We...

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Anti corruption demo passes off peacefully in Nicosia (update 2, photos, video)

George PsyllidesFebruary 20, 2021February 20, 2021

By George PsyllidesFebruary 20, 2021February 20, 202105503

Several thousand people marched in Nicosia on Saturday in a protest against state corruption and pandemic restrictions that ended peacefully, unlike a similar event last...

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Injured demonstrator says she will sue police officers

Gina AgapiouFebruary 16, 2021February 16, 2021

By Gina AgapiouFebruary 16, 2021February 16, 202103510

A young musician who risks losing her sight in one eye following injury by a police water cannon at a Nicosia protest will file a...

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Criminal investigators appointed to look into police behaviour at demo

Elias HazouFebruary 16, 2021

By Elias HazouFebruary 16, 20210822

Four criminal investigators were on Tuesday appointed by the independent authority investigating complaints against police to look into how heavy-handed officers’ behaviour was against protestors...

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Calls for minister’s resignation over police’s use of force at demo (Update 2)

George PsyllidesFebruary 15, 2021February 16, 2021

By George PsyllidesFebruary 15, 2021February 16, 202104544

Opposition parties called for the justice minister’s resignation on Monday following accusations that police had unnecessarily cracked down on demonstrators using excessive force and injuring...

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Government condemns demo outside TV station

Evie AndreouDecember 11, 2020

By Evie AndreouDecember 11, 202001701

The government on Friday condemned a protest held the previous night outside Sigma TV in Nicosia, during which a group of people stopped the traffic...

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Seven youths released after Limassol riot (Updated)

George PsyllidesOctober 29, 2020October 29, 2020

By George PsyllidesOctober 29, 2020October 29, 202009863

A Limassol court on Thursday released seven youths arrested during a riot the previous evening after it found no proof linking them to the trouble,...

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Demo to support Polish women to be held in Nicosia Thursday

Gina AgapiouOctober 28, 2020

By Gina AgapiouOctober 28, 202002284

A demonstration in support of protests in Poland over the ruling that bans abortions in cases of foetal defects will be held on Thursday in...

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March held in support of Armenia

Nick TheodoulouSeptember 30, 2020

By Nick TheodoulouSeptember 30, 202001612

A march in support of Armenia, amid the ongoing active conflict with Azerbaijan, was held in Nicosia on Wednesday, in front of the American, Russian...

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Coronavirus: Actors, other artists call for support (with video)

Annette ChrysostomouJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

By Annette ChrysostomouJuly 3, 2020July 3, 20200584

Actors and other cultural workers staged a protest outside the ministry of education on Friday morning demanding they be given the payments they were promised...

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Protest after more trees cut down

Staff ReporterJuly 2, 2020

By Staff ReporterJuly 2, 20200930

Cyprus environmental groups will hold a protest on Wednesday to protest the cutting down of urban trees after some were severely trimmed at the former...

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Bicommunal demo held to demand checkpoints reopen

Gina AgapiouJune 11, 2020

By Gina AgapiouJune 11, 20200521

Demonstrators from both sides of the divide submitted letters to the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders early on Thursday calling for the reopening of the...

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Demonstrators at Nicosia rally fined for breaking Covid measures

Nick TheodoulouJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020

By Nick TheodoulouJune 1, 2020June 1, 202002602

Demonstrators who were present and involved with Sunday’s march to protest the conditions at migrant camps have been fined, the police confirmed on Monday. The...

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March on Saturday to protest Akamas inaction

Gina AgapiouNovember 26, 2019

By Gina AgapiouNovember 26, 20190801

Eight NGOs will organise a protest march this Saturday in Paphos following recent arson attacks in the Akamas, urging relevant authorities to take the necessary...

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Demo protests arsons in the Akamas

Gina AgapiouNovember 16, 2019

By Gina AgapiouNovember 16, 201901304

Hundreds of protesters took the streets on Saturday demanding justice over the arson attacks in the Akamas this week. Demonstrators first gathered outside of agriculture...

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Demonstration to protest Varosha opening

Peter MichaelSeptember 14, 2019

By Peter MichaelSeptember 14, 201901389

A demonstration will take place in Deryneia on Saturday night to protest the recent visits of Turkish officials to Varosha and claims by Turkish Foreign...

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Protesters call on authorities to stop violence against women

Peter MichaelJuly 2, 2019July 2, 2019

By Peter MichaelJuly 2, 2019July 2, 201901894

Hundreds of women, men, and women’s groups gathered outside the police headquarters on Tuesday afternoon to protest violence against women and the recent murders committed...

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Protest for leaders to ‘get the job done’

Evie AndreouMay 20, 2017May 20, 2017

By Evie AndreouMay 20, 2017May 20, 201726 151

An event is being organised on Monday in the buffer zone at the end of Ledra Street, Nicosia in support of the settlement talks where...

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Farmers protest, demand payment of state subsidies (Update)

George PsyllidesDecember 17, 2015January 2, 2016

By George PsyllidesDecember 17, 2015January 2, 201668 123

By Angelos Anastasiou FARMERS protested outside the presidential palace in Nicosia on Thursday demanding the immediate payment of state subsidies, as well as resolution of...