Court hearing for 13 Limassol rioters postponed
The court hearing for the 13 men on trial in connection to the racist riots in Limassol in September was postponed again on Monday and will resume on November 22.
A number ...
Our View: President now bound to make wrong choice over police chief
The replacement – or not – of police chief Stelios Papatheodorou has dragged on for a month, with President Nikos Christodoulides still unable to decide what to do. The chief has refused ...
Straight to criminal court for those arrested in Limassol violence
Thirteen people arrested during racist riots in Limassol last week are appearing in criminal court in October, the Limassol District Court decided on Wednesday, after they filed the case directly ...
Deputies lambast police chief over feeble response to violence
Deputies on Wednesday grilled Cyprus’ police chief on institutionalised racism within the force and whether this was a factor in the observer status police took, as mobs attacked migrants in ...
Time to decide ‘what type of democracy we want’
Cyprus is at a critical juncture where we must decide what kind of democracy we want to live in and this will be determined by its citizens’ level of democratic ...
Ombudswoman says police had legal right to intervene in violence
Ombudswoman Maria Sylianou Lottides in a strongly worded letter to police leadership weighed in on Friday’s racial violence in Limassol, adding to the growing number of voices denouncing police ...
Worried groups urge migrants to stay indoors during Wednesday’s demo
Concerned pro-migrant activist groups have urged vulnerable minorities to keep a low profile when another anti-migrant protest takes place on Wednesday evening, this time outside the presidential palace in Nicosia.
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Police ‘will be called to account’ over violence response – government
Police will be held accountable no matter their ranking in the force’s hierarchy, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday.
He was speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, in ...
Over 1,000 attend anti-fascist protest in Limassol
By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades
More than 1,000 people from all over Cyprus descended on Limassol on Monday evening to attend an anti-fascist protest organised by Akel.
The protest was ...
Tourists beaten in Limassol riots to be offered free accommodation
The tourists of Arab origin who were attacked during the anti-migrant riot in Limassol on Friday will be offered free accommodation for their next trip to Cyprus.
The move was ...
Calls for police chief and minister to resign
Calls for the resignation of Cyprus’ police chief and justice minister were still on the table on Monday, as the police’s widely condemned failure to deal with Friday’s ...
Hundreds attend Limassol anti-fascist demo (Update)
Limassol’s seafront thundered to the sounds of over 500 people chanting “hands off migrants” on Saturday evening, in a peaceful demonstration showing solidarity to foreign nationals who have been subject ...
A spirit which won’t be broken: migrants pick up the pieces a day later (with videos)
Foreign nationals on Limassol’s beachfront may have been targeted for their skin colour on Friday night, but by Saturday morning they pledged they would not let the violence scare ...