#justice

The judicial service on Tuesday requested additional judges, support staff and infrastructure funding in its 2026 budget review before the House legal committee to cut the backlogging of justice. The proposed ...

Cyprus was ranked 30th out of 143 countries in this year’s edition of the World Justice Project (WJP)’s annual rule of law index, moving up a single place since ...

Former judge gives up attempt to sue after phone loss A former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) told the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday that he has ...

Minister of Justice Marios Hartsiotis, on Friday expressed strong confidence in the upcoming contributions of the newly formed national coordinating body for the prevention and combating of violence against women. ...

Cyprus recorded the highest number of lawyers per capita but one of the longest delays in resolving cases according to a new Council of Europe (CoE) report released on Wednesday. ...

The government’s unwavering goal and priority is to strengthen people’s sense of security, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday during an event in Larnaca, where he told ...

The courthouse in the village of Lefka is to recommence operations on Monday after being closed for over five years due to renovations. The building had been closed in 2018 due ...

The government was given until the beginning of 2026 to open a juvenile detention centre by the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday. Committee chairman Nikos Tornaritis said the plans to ...

The new e-justice platform, the “biggest and strongest column” of the justice edifice is beset with problems, President of the Cyprus Bar Association Michalis Vorkas said on Monday. “Things cannot ...

Every passing day that the case of former guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou remains open is a blow to Cyprus’ justice system, the judge hearing the case said on Wednesday, as she ...

Digitisation long overdue for Cyprus justice system Proper reforms are needed to ensure justice is properly served in Cyprus, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said on Tuesday, ahead of ...

The European Commission is set to raise concerns over Cyprus’ justice system in its Rule of Law report set to be published later this month. In a teaser article on ...

An effort to modernise and improve the way the judicial system operates is in the pipeline, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Tuesday, saying new courts will be established. “This ...

The theories advanced by some lawyers with regard to the sanctions imposed by the United States and Britain were laid to rest by the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, ...

A biography about Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s life has been published by British writer Jennifer Vardy, reports from the north said on Tuesday. According to Kibris, the launch ...

Three-quarters of Cypriots are unsatisfied with the justice system, while many retain reservations about the impartiality of judges, a new survey has shown. Conducted from December 9 to 14 by IMR and ...

Cyprus has been ranked 18 out of 140 countries for 2022 in the World Justice Report, which measures the adherence to the rule of law in states across the globe. The country jumped ...

Juvenile crime remains very low in Cyprus, but we still need a designated detention centre A law establishing a criminal justice system catering to juvenile offenders was voted in a ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Economic indicators confirm that Cyprus enjoys a satisfactory standard of living. However, the periodic crises, experienced during recent decades, as well as the new ...

New court cases will be filed electronically instead of in physical form as of February 1, the supreme court announced on Thursday. The notice applies to all courts, except the International ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that the justice system faces imminent collapse unless a reform drive goes through now as a broad meeting of stakeholders was held at the ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides and Justice Minister Stephie Drakou appealed to MPs for the umpteenth time on Wednesday to pass vital justice reforms, despite the supreme court’s opposition to certain ...

Cyprus has made some progress toward tweaking its justice system, but there remains work to be done on improving transparency and accessibility to public documents, mechanisms to combat corruption, and ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis praised parliament’s passing of a bill which will overhaul the way in which minors are treated and handled across the justice system. According to Yiolitis, ...