EC report says more needs to be done to upgrade justice
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,...
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Justice minister welcomes changes to justice system for children
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...
Our View: After endless preparation, justice reform placed in the hands of a committee
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...
Two new ministers sworn in (Update 2)
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...
Justice reform to be approved by Easter, minister says
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...
Supreme court tells judges to speed up justice
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...
Justice in Cyprus among the slowest in the world
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...
The independence of the judiciary must be sacrosanct
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...
Bill to establish child-friendly justice system
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...
Prison guard suspended
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...
‘Justice going through a crisis’ says ex-judge
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...
Supreme court reduces pedophiles’ jail terms
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...
A son’s long fight for justice
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
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...
No justice in this justice system
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...
Bouloutas and Foros will ‘sooner or later’ be brought to justice, Nicolaou says
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...
Our View: Limiting access to courts would speed up justice
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...
Long fight for justice
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...
Judge in trouble after contested ruling
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...
Editor’s choice: Reader’s letter
Arbitration an effective form of justice I REFER to the article “Lawyers and judges admit to ‘big delays’ in justice” (Cyprus Mail, October 17)...