Emily Yiolitis resigns as justice minister (Update 2)
By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides After just a year in office, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis has resigned, confirmed by the presidential palace during the...
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Police chief: we may have gone too far over fake Yiolitis Twitter account
Opposition MPs on Monday piled on Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis for having reported to authorities a Twitter parody account – leading to police raiding the...
Justice minister defends police action over fake Twitter account
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Wednesday said police followed standard procedure while handling her complaint last December against a parody account on Twitter, which had...
Akel says it’s not letting go of Yiolitis Twitter storm
Main opposition Akel sought to keep up pressure on the government on Monday over an apparently wrong police raid at a private citizen’s home after...
Yiolitis highlights work to tackle corruption
With wishes for Christmas and the new year, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Thursday took stock of her first six months in office, highlighting work...
Yiolitis urges MPs to make judicial reform an urgent priority
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis urged parliament to make justice reform its priority or risk delaying much-needed changes for another year. The reform bills had been...
Coronavirus: Yiolitis satisfied with Paphos airport measures, visits police HQ
Justice Minister Emily Yioliti was at Paphos airport on Tuesday to inspect whether safety measures related to the coronavirus were being adhered to. In her...
New justice minister visits Nicosia prisons
Newly-appointed Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Friday discussed issues plaguing the prisons including overcrowding, during her visit and tour with Prison Director Anna Aristotelous. Yiolitis...
Coronavirus: be nice to the public, justice minister tells cops
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides urged police on Wednesday to show kindness and understanding during routine checks on movement restrictions, reminding them of the unprecedented and...
Coronavirus: ‘painful but necessary’ to take away civil liberties, justice minister says
Three times more printed forms were used than text messages from those seeking permission to be outside, prior to the stricter restrictions introduced this week,...
Police to step up road safety measures
Police will increase their presence on the roads and step up drink driving and drug tests, as part of measures to curb fatal and serious...
Fan card here to stay, justice minister insists
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said on Wednesday the institution of the fan card has been very successful and has helped curb violence at football games....
Justice Minister hosts football meeting following match-fixing arrests
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides is chairing a meeting regarding the latest developments in the match-fixing scandal with representatives from the police, the Cyprus Football Association...
Justice minister: it will take time to clean up football
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides has once again called on anyone who is in possession of useful information about corruption and bribery in Cypriot football to...
Means-tested traffic fines bit of a tricky solution, minister says
JUSTICE Minister Giorgos Savvides on Friday called on the House transport committee to speedily move forward with its article-by-article discussion of the package of seven...
Interpol chief says Cyprus considered one of the ‘safest countries’
Cyprus is considered a very safe country, evidenced by the millions of tourists who choose to holiday here this year, Interpol’s Secretary-General Jurgen Stock said...
New justice minister sworn in (updated)
The new justice minister said Friday the reform of the island’s justice system is a big challenge, which he will try to see through in...
Nicolaou quit for reasons of ‘political ethics’
Outgoing justice minister Ionas Nicolaou struck a defiant note on Thursday, saying he was leaving the office with ‘a clear conscience’ and the conviction he...
President appoints new justice minister (updated)
The president has appointed lawyer George Savvides as justice minister, it was announced on Thursday. Savvides, 60, will succeed Ionas Nicolaou who resigned after it...
Minister, police chief to brief president on Mitsero murders
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou and police chief Zacharias Chrysostomou will brief President Nicos Anastasiades on the investigations into the Mitsero murders at a meeting at...