#demonstration

Wednesday’s parliamentary session on controversial protest legislation abruptly ended after too few MPs turned up to begin the debate. A key discussion on a bill to replace Cyprus’ current ...

“The government will not be drawn into pre-election campaigning,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, dismissing criticism against his administration as political posturing. The president was responding to criticism about ...

Every time a bill aimed at promoting law and order and helping the police do their job, is discussed, either in public or at the legislature, there will be some ...

Students and their families in eastern Limassol braved the icy weather on Tuesday to demonstrate against the education ministry’s decision to dismiss plans for a regional gymnasium in Parekklisia. ...

The Limassol police directorate is putting plans into place to prevent any disturbances tonight as it braces for a tense situation involving two competing demonstrations. The march, organised by the ...

A demonstration was held in Nicosia’s central Eleftheria square on Sunday over the train crash which killed 57 people between the Greek villages of Tempi and Evangelismos on the mainline ...

Hundreds of demonstrators on Thursday afternoon booed Israeli president Isaac Herzog and shouted “killer go home” as he departed the presidential palace in Nicosia after a meeting there with President ...

Peaceful rallies were held by Syrians in Cyprus on Sunday after rebels announced the seizure of Damascus and the toppling of President Assad. In Nicosia Syrians gathered on the walls ...

Limassol police have been on alert since the early hours of Sunday morning in advance of a planned protest later in the day in support of those fighting in Syria. ...

Hundreds of demonstrators lined up outside the base of Akrotiri on Sunday to protest about the ongoing killing in Gaza and calling on the government to take action against military ...

Hundreds of people marched across northern Nicosia on Friday night to demand justice for the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the hotel they were staying in in Turkey collapsed ...

By Robert Morgan A protest against racism and in support of migrant rights is being organised for Saturday at noon in Solomos Square, Nicosia. “Racial discrimination in Cyprus is becoming ...

Over 100 people gathered at a pro-Palestine protest in Nicosia’s Eleftheria Square on Saturday, calling for an end to the war in Gaza. This is the 18th consecutive week in ...

Hundreds marched on to Akrotiri base on Sunday against the British Bases turning Cyprus into an “aggressive launch pad” for the war in Gaza. Carrying flags and banners, around 500 people ...

A protest is being organised against the Sovereign British Bases in Cyprus and their use in running what organisers call military operations out of the island to Gaza, it was ...

Hundreds of people marched in Nicosia on Saturday in support of Palestine, calling for a ceasefire as Israel continued to bomb Gaza. The march started in Eleftheria Square and continued ...

A demonstration in solidarity with Palestine will take place in Eleftheria Square in Nicosia on Sunday at 2pm. The demonstration, organised by the group called “United for Palestine”, aims to ...

Trade union Peo on Wednesday reiterated its support for the Palestinian people by urging people to take part in a peaceful demonstration scheduled for December 3 at Eletheria Square in Nicosia. “...

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to British nationals living or visiting Cyprus, noting the heightened chance of demonstrations relating to the tension in the Middle East. ...

Hundreds attended the Cyprus Stands with Israel rally in Larnaca on Tuesday evening during which visibly shaken Israeli ambassador Oren Anolik called for strength and resilience in the face of “...

Demonstrations in support of both Palestinian and Israeli communities are being held in Cyprus to express solidarity with those in the neighbouring country. Since last weekend small groups of Palestinians ...

Opposition party Disy is to table a bill which seeks to ban face coverings at demonstrations and large gatherings, claiming that “disruptive elements” infiltrate such events by becoming unrecognisable. Disy ...

With the participation of 50 to 60 tractors, farmers from western Nicosia closed the Kokkinotrimithia roundabout on Sunday in protest over the unequal treatment they receive. The farmers gathered at the Akaki ...

Teachers responsible for afternoon classes demanded job security during a protest outside the education ministry on Wednesday. The independent group of teachers who offer lessons in 14 programmes held a nationwide ...