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European leaders are torn between the human rights of refugees and the fear of local people of being swamped by refugees The racist attacks on refugees in Limassol and Paphos ...

The ad hoc committee on demographics, chaired by nationalist party Elam, will be restricted to discussing only the topic under its remit, House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Friday. Speaking ...

The attorney general on Tuesday ordered a police investigation after a Limassol municipal councillor was caught on video during Friday’s anti-migrant protest saying he would kill any delivery driver ...

By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades More than 1,000 people from all over Cyprus descended on Limassol on Monday evening to attend an anti-fascist protest organised by Akel. The protest was ...

Calls on politicians not to pander to racists for votes The attacks on migrants and their properties in Chlorakas a week ago by thugs was a direct consequence of the ...

Foreign nationals on Limassol’s beachfront may have been targeted for their skin colour on Friday night, but by Saturday morning they pledged they would not let the violence scare ...

Shameful images from the riots The anti-immigrant protest held in Limassol on Friday night revealed a rampant extremism that had no qualms about destroying everything in sight, and a shocking ...

A new wave of protests began in Chlorakas on Monday night with groups of people chanting “get out” as part of a fresh attack against migrants living in the area. ...

Police did everything necessary to ensure calm, order and security in Chlorakas, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday, saying that they are “unjustly receiving criticism” and that on four ...

Political parties on Monday condemned the attacks on people and homes in Chlorakas during an anti-migrant protest overnight, while far-right opposition Elam has instead blamed the attacks on migrants. The ...

An amendment to the Refugee law drafted by Elam, which will mean that all asylum seekers who refuse to consent to medical examinations to determine their age will be presumed ...

The nationalist Elam party late on Thursday hit back at what they called a manufactured political outcry over an alleged walkout from parliament during a minute’s silence held by ...

Reactions continued to mount on Wednesday over the proposed amendments by far-right party Elam to the bill on the criminalisation of “conversion therapies” that use pharmaceutical, counselling, behavioural, psychiatric, psychotherapeutic ...

The family planning association on Tuesday spoke of “dangerous practices” after a bill criminalising conversion therapies for LGBTQI+ people was postponed as far-right party Elam filed an amendment last week ...

Allowing conversion therapies to be carried out by priests and to LGBTQI+ people who agree to them is contrary to scientific evidence available, the Cyprus psychologists’ association said on Friday. ...

Migrant support group Kisa on Thursday slammed a proposal tabled by the Elam party mandating the age-testing of asylum seekers claiming to be minors. In a statement, Kisa called the ...

The nationalist Elam party on Thursday said they were advising their supporters to vote by conscience in Sunday’s runoff election. In a recorded message, Elam leader Christos Christou – among ...

Elam will determine who the next president is, according to the party – which has sent a list of questions to be answered by the two remaining presidential candidates. Elam’s ...

Independent candidates and smaller parties were on Monday being courted for the runoff presidential elections set to be held between Andreas Mavroyiannis and Nikos Christodoulides this Sunday. Mavroyiannis had meetings ...

Far-right party Elam candidate Christos Christou and his party have seen an uptick in the 2023 presidential elections in comparison to 2018, official results showed on Sunday’s first round. In 2018’s ...

Deputies from the Green Party and Elam on Wednesday said they would not be voting in favour of the 2023 state budget as the second day of discussions unfolded. So far ...

Christos Christou, Elam’s MP and president, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections after Elam’s central committee unanimously ratified his candidacy on Sunday. This brings the ...

Leader of the far right Elam, Christos Christou will be the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential elections, it announced on Sunday. He was named after a unanimous vote by ...

Vandals spray painted nationalist and racist slogans on the walls of a technical school in Nicosia, it emerged on Wednesday. Staff and pupils of the First Technical School, which is ...