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Despite years of efforts to ensure gender equality, there are still major hurdles such as underreported sexual harassment, the fact that contraception is not available for free, and the wage ...

Cyprus is treating the upcoming holiday period as ‘high-risk’ in light of the war raging in the Middle East, and upping security measures amid fears of a ‘lone wolf attack’, ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou met with scientists from the forensic laboratory of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Cing) on Monday with the aim of boosting forensic technology to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that he has nothing to announce just yet as to the possible appointment of a new police chief, as speculation grew on Monday about a possible ...

Economic interests have transformed faith into a marketable commodity making it challenging to balance between the need for financial support and preservation of religious values, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou ...

Cyprus and Lebanon stand by each other in fighting forest fires, officials of the two countries said during a ceremony held on Thursday. Cypriot authorities organised the ceremony at the ...

Cyprus needs to address the rhetoric that stigmatises, targets, and victimises members of the LGBTI community, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou has said. The minister made an extensive reference to ...

Resistance to reforms and changes promoted comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on ...

Understaffing and a lack of interest have left the prisons psychiatric department without fulltime employees for the past year, the justice ministry said on Tuesday, after the subject surfaced at ...

In its 45 years of operation, the state archive has preserved records that fill almost 20 kilometres of shelves with information from the public and private sector, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said ...

Proposals from the justice ministry to decongest prisons will be sent to the president next week, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. “The president will assess the proposals that ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou on Tuesday met the ambassador of Kazakhstan Satybaldy Burshakov, with whom she discussed, among other things, the bilateral agreements between the two countries. According to a ...

The investigation into possible disciplinary offences committed by former drug squad (Ykan) chief Michalis Katsounotos is underway, with a conclusion expected in the next few weeks, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou is set to receive the report detailing the results of the disciplinary investigation concerning former senior police officer and drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos in the ...

The goal is to have a trustworthy, reliable, and responsive fire brigade, Justice Minister Anna Koukides-Procopiou said during her first official visit to the fire service headquarters on Friday. The ...

The justice reform in Cyprus is currently focusing on speeding up the adjudication of backlogged cases and simplifying procedures, Justice Minister Anna Prokopiou said during the second day of the ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou offered a positive review of her time in the post on Tuesday ahead of president-elect Nikos Christodoulides’ incoming government. Dracou, appointed in June 2021 after the resignation ...

The efforts made by the government to protect and further promote the rights of LGBTI+ people, have moved from words to deeds, Justice Minister Stephie Drakou said on Sunday in ...

A report relating to allegations and counter-allegations between the central prisons director and the head of the Drugs Squad was handed over to the attorney-general on Thursday. The report was ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakou on Wednesday hit back at allegations by a Cypriot MEP about surveillance at the Nicosia central prisons, calling them “misinterpretations” and saying the claims were unsubstantiated. ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou tested positive for Covid-19, her ministry announced on Saturday morning. The fully-vaccinated minister has not presented any symptoms, the announcement said, adding that in the coming ...

The senior police officer, who allegedly colluded with an inmate to damage the reputation of the central prisons director Anna Aristotelous, was on Wednesday suspended until July 20. Justice Minister Stefi ...

Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Wednesday pledged to hold meetings will all stakeholders so that progress is made on the discussion in parliament of 45 pending bills, including the ones on ...

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 day. In a brief statement ...