Coronavirus: business leaders call on organisers to cancel planned demos
The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) have called on people in Cyprus to refrain from staging...
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India summons British envoy over “unwarranted” criticism of farm protests
India’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the United Kingdom’s high commissioner over what it called “unwarranted and tendentious discussion” of Indian agricultural...
Lebanon’s caretaker PM pleads for a new government as protests continue
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident...
Russia beefs up fines for protest violations after Navalny rallies
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved legislation on Wednesday beefing up fines for offences committed during street protests after thousands were detained at unsanctioned rallies in...
Hundreds of officers deployed, as demos planned in Nicosia and Limassol
Hundreds of officers will be deployed in Nicosia and Limassol on Saturday to oversee protests considered high-risk following trouble during a demonstration in the capital...
TCs express support for GC protesters
Turkish Cypriots on Friday expressed their solidarity with Greek Cypriots fighting against police violence and corruption. In a video published on social media, Turkish Cypriots...
Cyprus protest draws international scrutiny (Updated)
The fallout from Saturday’s protest – with footage of police violence shocking many observers – has engulfed the local political landscape but has also drawn...
Second protest slated for coming weekend
A second protest march against state authoritarianism has been announced for next Saturday, following scenes of police brutality in their efforts to disperse protesters at...
Carrefour Brasil expresses regret after new protests about Black killing
Supermarket chain Carrefour Brasil said on Tuesday that it deeply regretted that a Black man was beaten to death by security guards last Thursday at...
Police scouring social media, warn protest organisers against planning any demos
Police said on Thursday they had identified and warned certain members of the public who were planning to participate in demonstrations after the health minister...
‘There is another wall in Cyprus – the privileged and non-privileged’
A protest was held in the centre of Nicosia on Saturday against government corruption, following the exposure the citizenship by investment scheme. The protest by...
Police crack down on marathon anti-Kremlin protest in Russia’s Far East
Police in Russia’s Far East broke up a long-running anti-Kremlin protest with force on Saturday, detaining 25 people according to local authorities, in response to...
Famagusta hospital will remain Covid facility, health ministry says
The health ministry has made clear that until the end of the pandemic, Cyprus needs a reference hospital for Covid-19 patients. The ministry was responding...
Coronavirus: authorities draw up guidelines allowing protests (Update 2)
Police will not act against hundreds of demonstrators who staged a protest against Covid restrictions outside the presidential palace on Saturday night, it was announced...
‘Putin, have some tea’: Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest
Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s handling of a...
Controversial works on Limassol street to begin Friday
Works on Nikos and Despina Pattichis Street in Limassol will begin on Friday, the public works department announced amid threats from business owners that they...
Hong Kong protesters face off with police in mall protests
Hong Kong riot police swept into several shopping malls on Saturday, chasing off and arresting some anti-government Hong Kong demonstrators who had gathered to press...
Protests everywhere
Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs too. And what they’ve written this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the...
Hong Kong braces for weekend mass demonstrations after Halloween clashes
Hong Kong cleaned up its famed party zone Lan Kwai Fong on Friday after a night of clashes marred Halloween festivities when police fired tear...
Hong Kong braces for Halloween havoc as protesters target party district
Hong Kong is bracing for a rowdy and possibly hugely dangerous Halloween on Thursday, when thousands of pro-democracy protesters, many wearing banned face masks, plan to...