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A nationwide operation targeting people residing illegally in Cyprus has been underway since Sunday morning, with authorities already making dozens of arrests, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said. According to a ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris met on Thursday with representatives of the firefighters’ union as well as trade union Pasydy president Stratis Mattheou, reaffirming the government’s support of the fire ...

Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut has formally requested to be transferred to Israel to serve the remainder of his five-year prison sentence imposed by a Cypriot court, with Israeli ...

Cyprus could have a new central prison the earliest in four years, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said on Wednesday, clarifying that the new institution would be built outside urban areas. ...

Cyprus, which officially takes over the rotating EU Council presidency tomorrow, will use it to demonstrate what it can offer Europe, including its geostrategic importance, experience in security and cooperation ...

Positions remain hardened over a recently announced police reform aimed at adjusting working hours and holiday regulations for officers of all ranks, with police unions threatening protests following a meeting ...

Justice Minister Constantinos Fitiris was urged on Friday by the association for the protection of the rights of prisoners to take immediate action to address the situation at the central ...

New Justice Minister Constantinos Fitiris on Thursday pledged immediate steps to address severe failings in the prison system, following a damning report by the European council. The minister spent more ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis has revived a shelved bid to legalise the police use of tasers, ordering an updated study on the stun weapons five years after the proposal was ...

“The aim is for the old city of Nicosia to regain its rightful place, with safe and peaceful coexistence of residents, businesspeople, students and visitors,” Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said ...

Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou may have been appointed by President NiKos Christodoulides, but this did not stop him slamming the government’s proposals for the radical reform of the audit service. ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday said that “we had absolutely no loss of life” in the wildfire which has been raging in the Limassol district since Wednesday, except for ...

Improving safety in Larnaca was the focus of a broad meeting held on Friday at the justice ministry, aimed primarily at tackling crime and delinquency. The initiative is a joint ...

Akel MP Aristos Damianou on Thursday cast doubt on the effectiveness of the justice ministry’s newly approved measures granting police enhanced powers to combat football hooliganism. Speaking on CyBC’...

The government said Monday it is doing what it can to return a sense of safety to the wider public and to crack down on organised crime, part of it ...

The government is determined to clamp down on racist attacks against delivery drivers, which are primarily unfolding in Limassol, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday. In statements after a ...

Trade unions Isotita and Pasydy announced on Monday that they decided to postpone protests at the central prison scheduled for October 1 at the request of Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis. The ...

Football is a healthy sport and games should not be turned into a hotbed of conflict, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Sunday ahead of an Apollon-Ael match deemed high ...

The fire brigade is in the final stage of recruiting a total of 259 new firefighters. The new recruits will be added to the fire brigade’s current staff, which at ...

Police must crack down on migrant smuggling networks, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Thursday, amidst a surge in arrivals. Over a dozen boats from Lebanon have reached Cyprus’ shores ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Thursday pledged “unwavering support” to police and firefighters in Cyprus during International Day of Remembrance for fallen officers, celebrated annually on March 7. “Today we pay ...

By Tom Cleaver and Jonathan Shkurko The Footballers’ Association (Pasp)’s executive president Spyros Neofytides on Wednesday called for Cyprus to ratify the Saint-Denis convention to enhance the safety of ...

Attorney-client privilege is crucial to jurisprudence, and any restrictions on it must take into account a person’s right to a fair trial and the principle of proportionality, new Justice ...

New Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis pledged to strengthen the police force during his first visit to their Nicosia headquarters on Monday. He said frontline police services will “inevitably” be strengthened ...