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Police on Saturday warned they will intervene if protests turn into mobs that disturb the peace and called on organisers of such events to comply with the measures. Citing upcoming ...

Hundreds of people gathered outside the justice ministry on Sunday to protest Covid restrictions and for the release of those arrested during the week in connection with an attack on ...

Police on Friday released a doctor arrested in connection with a large protest outside the presidential palace against Covid vaccinations and the government’s SafePass measures last Sunday that was ...

Police on Friday published the photos and names of four people wanted in connection with an assault against a television station last Sunday following a large protest against vaccines and ...

Two more men, 30 and 38, were remanded for eight days on Wednesday in relation to the Dias attack over the weekend, raising the number of suspects under police detention to 14, while ...

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday outside the presidential palace in Nicosia to protest against the blanket introduction of the SafePass as of Tuesday. The crowd at Human Rights Square ...

Famagusta municipality on Tuesday invited refugees from the occupied town and everyone else join them on Monday July 19 evening at the protest in Dherynia against Turkish moves in Varosha. The ...

Lawyers, members of the Nicosia Bar Association, gathered on Thursday morning outside the Supreme Court in protest over its decision to resume operations suspended due to the pandemic. The Supreme ...

A second peaceful protest, a global ‘freedom rally,’ against the violation of fundamental human rights and tyranny in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic will be held in Paphos on ...

It may have won audiences in Europe, but Cyprus‘s entry for the Eurovision song contest has raised hackles at home, scandalising the faithful for paying homage to the devil. “...

Anti-government protests in Colombia entered their third week on Wednesday as unions, student groups and other organizations convened a national strike after fruitless talks with the government. Demonstrations fueled by ...

Germany’s domestic spy agency is monitoring individuals who have joined anti-lockdown protests to decide if their rejection of government curbs amounts to subversion and incitement to violence. The surveillance ...

Around 50 people gathered outside the presidential palace on Sunday to demonstrate against vaccines, police said on Sunday. The demonstration took place between 12-1pm from members of a group called ‘...

A large protest is planned for March 27 by the municipality of Dhali to push for the immediate closure and removal of an asphalt plant from their area, which they say ...

Media professionals in the north along with hundreds of their supporters marched on Monday afternoon in support of freedom of expression in the press. Organised by press workers’ union Basin ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Cypriot authorities to lift the “unlawful and disproportionate” blanket ban on demonstrations while also criticising the police for using unnecessary and excessive use of ...

Responding to widespread accusations of state corruption, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Monday that corruption is something that all governments around the world must deal with. “Corruption has always ...

Amid a public outcry over police’s heavy-handed handling of an anti-corruption demonstration in Nicosia last Saturday, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides has asked police to explain their actions. In a ...

Those who took to the streets on Saturday demonstrating against corruption and pandemic measures did not expect the police to use batons, teargas and water cannon to break up the ...

A 25-year-old woman who was injured by a police water cannon during a protest in Nicosia on Saturday underwent an eye operation on Monday. Local musician Anastasia Demetriadou participated in ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou will ask the independent authority for the investigation of complaints against the police (Aadipa) to probe whether officers exerted excessive or disproportionate violence during the protest ...

Non-profit organisations will hold a protest march against corruption and state authoritarianism on February 13 in Nicosia, despite a ban on protests during the pandemic, it emerged on Friday. In a ...

Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who ...

A 41-year-old man, suspected of being one of the organisers of a protest that took place in Eleftheria Square, in Nicosia, is facing five charges, some drug related. According to ...