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Attorney-general issues further appeal to MPs to pass justice reform bills (updated)

George PsyllidesSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 2021

By George PsyllidesSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 20210669

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...

Cyprus

EC report says more needs to be done to upgrade justice

Elias HazouJuly 20, 2021July 20, 2021

By Elias HazouJuly 20, 2021July 20, 20210773

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,...

Cyprus

Justice minister welcomes changes to justice system for children

Nick TheodoulouApril 9, 2021

By Nick TheodoulouApril 9, 20210254

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...

Featured Our View

Our View: After endless preparation, justice reform placed in the hands of a committee

CM: Our ViewSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 2020

By CM: Our ViewSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 202001052

Although all our politicians, judges and lawyers publicly talk about the need to speed up the administering of justice, the astounding slowness of which reflects...

Cyprus

Two new ministers sworn in (Update 2)

Nick TheodoulouJune 29, 2020June 29, 2020

By Nick TheodoulouJune 29, 2020June 29, 202002358

The new ministers for justice and defence, Emily Yiolitis and Charalambos Petrides respectively were sworn in at the presidential palace on Monday morning. First up...

Cyprus Featured

Justice reform to be approved by Easter, minister says

Evie AndreouJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020

By Evie AndreouJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 202001022

Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said Wednesday the state aimed to have a package of bills designed to reform the island’s justice system passed by parliament...

Cyprus Featured

Supreme court tells judges to speed up justice

Lizzy IoannidouAugust 22, 2019August 22, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouAugust 22, 2019August 22, 201901541

The president of the supreme court has threatened judges with possible disciplinary measures if they continue to delay wrapping up cases. In a circular recently...

Cyprus Featured

Justice in Cyprus among the slowest in the world

Katy TurnerMarch 29, 2019

By Katy TurnerMarch 29, 20190563

Cyprus ranks among the slowest countries in the world in terms of receiving swift justice, a conference in Nicosia heard, where it was reported that...

CM Regular Columnist Opinion

The independence of the judiciary must be sacrosanct

Alper Ali RizaJuly 8, 2018July 7, 2018

By Alper Ali RizaJuly 8, 2018July 7, 20185 130

Some East European countries that joined the EU in 2004 were not really fit to join an association of liberal democracies so soon after the...

Cyprus Featured

Bill to establish child-friendly justice system

Evie AndreouMay 30, 2017May 30, 2017

By Evie AndreouMay 30, 2017May 30, 20170155

The best interests of the child will be taken into account in a new bill regulating issues of youngsters who are suspects that was presented...

Crime Cyprus

Prison guard suspended

Philip MarkDecember 16, 2016December 17, 2016

By Philip MarkDecember 16, 2016December 17, 20162 188

A prison guard was suspended from his duties on Friday after being arrested for allegedly trying to influence a convicted man not to testify in...

Cyprus

‘Justice going through a crisis’ says ex-judge

George PsyllidesNovember 26, 2016November 26, 2016

By George PsyllidesNovember 26, 2016November 26, 201617 121

CORRUPTION has crept into the island’s justice system, negatively affecting the level of court decisions, a former top judge has charged, casting more doubt over...

Cyprus

Supreme court reduces pedophiles’ jail terms

Philip MarkNovember 23, 2016November 23, 2016

By Philip MarkNovember 23, 2016November 23, 201620 204

Well known businessman Akis Lefkaritis, 59, who was sentenced to 12 years in jail after pleading guilty to charges of sexually exploiting two girls, aged...

Cyprus

A son’s long fight for justice

Annette ChrysostomouNovember 20, 2016November 21, 2016

By Annette ChrysostomouNovember 20, 2016November 21, 20168 211

By Annette Chrysostomou For taxi driver Tasos Lambrou, whose father was a victim of negligent medical treatment, justice has finally been done, but it has...

In Cyprus, justice is never blind

George KoumoullisAugust 28, 2016November 14, 2016

By George KoumoullisAugust 28, 2016November 14, 2016139 210

A series of attacks on Turkish Cypriots, in particular a massacre from 1974, have gone unpunished. Why? By George Koumoullis THEMIS, the Goddess of Justice...

Letters

No justice in this justice system

CM Reader's ViewMay 22, 2016May 21, 2016

By CM Reader's ViewMay 22, 2016May 21, 20161134

When will someone investigate the hundreds of backlogged and un-served police warrants stacking up in the police stations? What justice is there for those who...

Cyprus

Bouloutas and Foros will ‘sooner or later’ be brought to justice, Nicolaou says

Elias HazouMay 16, 2016

By Elias HazouMay 16, 20162 125

Two former bankers sought on an international arrest warrant will ‘sooner or later’ be tracked and brought to account, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on...

Opinion Our View

Our View: Limiting access to courts would speed up justice

CM: Our ViewApril 19, 2016November 3, 2016

By CM: Our ViewApril 19, 2016November 3, 201611 41

THE CASE, reported in the last issue of the Sunday Mail, about a Limassol man waiting for more than five years for the Supreme Court...

Cyprus

Long fight for justice

Jean ChristouMay 10, 2015May 10, 2015

By Jean ChristouMay 10, 2015May 10, 201537 323

By Jean Christou There has been a lot written in the news lately about the clogged-up judicial system and the amount of time it takes...

Cyprus

Judge in trouble after contested ruling

FORMER STAFFMarch 31, 2015

By FORMER STAFFMarch 31, 201510 117

By Angelos Anastasiou A DISTRICT court ruling in a civil suit concerning inheritance rights was overruled on appeal because the presiding judge improperly admitted testimony...