#protest

A protest calling for better support for children with disabilities will take place on Monday outside the ministry of education in Nicosia. The event is being organised by the Agalia ...

An investigation into whether offences were committed by officers during last Thursday’s protest for Gaza at the foreign ministry is to be launched by the independent authority for the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening insisted that “no one is banned from protesting” in the wake of anger at a heavy-handed response on the part of the police to ...

A day after a demonstration against Israel’s capture of the Global Sumud flotilla was violently broken up by police in Nicosia, a second protest was held – organised by Akel, ...

The use of force by the police outside the foreign ministry, and across the road from the presidential palace, on Thursday night, to disperse a small crowd of demonstrators, protesting ...

Protesters rallied on Friday evening outside the presidential palace and the foreign ministry in Nicosia, denouncing Israel’s blockade of the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to Gaza and the ...

A demonstration outside the foreign ministry building in Nicosia went awry on Thursday afternoon when police clashed with pro-Palestine demonstrators. At one point the riot squad used pepper spray as ...

Greek trains, ferries and taxis were halted on Wednesday as thousands of workers, including teachers and seafarers, marched to parliament in Athens in a one-day general strike against labour reforms ...

Dozens of protesters gathered in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate outside the British high commission against Israel and the British military bases in Cyprus. The protest, called “Global Rally ...

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Osce) has delivered a damning report on a law passed in Cyprus this summer regulating public gatherings and parades, calling many of ...

Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel has dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections on March 5 following a week of deadly violence that culminated in the appointment of the country’s ...

Approximately 90 Nepalese residents of Paphos gathered peacefully on Wednesday at the city’s town hall square to honour the victims of the recent mass anti-government protests in Nepal. Holding candles, ...

A solidarity gathering was held on Wednesday outside the central prisons in Nicosia, calling for the immediate release of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz. Supporters demanded his freedom either through a ...

British police arrested dozens more people on Saturday under anti-terrorism laws for demonstrating in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned by the government as a terrorist organisation. Britain ...

Under the slogan “Stop the famine – stop the genocide”, the Cyprus Peace Council is calling on the public to join a protest next Saturday in Nicosia “against the man-made humanitarian ...

Thousands of Australians joined anti-immigration rallies across the country on Sunday that the centre-left government condemned, saying they sought to spread hate and were linked to neo-Nazis. March for Australia ...

A protest march will be held in Nicosia on Saturday September 13 to raise awareness about the situation in Gaza. The demonstration is organised by the Cyprus peace council and is ...

Despite being called off, more than 200 people turned up outside the presidential palace in Nicosia on Monday evening, giving speeches and holding banners demanding accountability over the Limassol wildfire. The ...

A second protest is set to take place in Limassol on Friday evening, following a mass demonstration on Thursday night over the government’s handling of last week’s deadly ...

Two large-scale demonstrations are being held in Limassol on Thursday afternoon, to protest the government’s perceived inactivity during the deadly fires which swept through the mountainous area of the ...

Residents of Fyti village in Paphos have sent a letter of protest to the ministers of interior and energy, demanding a halt to plans for multiple photovoltaic parks close to ...

An estimated 150 protestors came together in Nicosia on Tuesday evening to protest the capture and deportation of activists aboard the Madleen, which was sailing to Gaza as part of the “...

Workers at the cooperative growers marketing union Sedigep in Lysi, decided on Friday to stage two-hour work stoppages on June 14 and 18, to protest their employer’s failure to pay contributions ...

Hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to voice solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounce both Israel’s military actions in Gaza and the Cyprus government’s silence. The demonstration, ...