Greek president hopes CMP’s work will accelerate, visits lab, court and museum
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday said she hoped the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) would accelerate, so that relatives could have...
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Deadline for asylum appeals cut from 75 to 15 days
Parliament on Friday amended the constitution to allow for a reduction in the time limit for filing appeals against the decisions of the asylum service...
Turkish Cypriots determined to go to supreme court over nationality issue
A coalition of Turkish Cypriot trade unions have stated their intent to take recourse to the supreme court in the Republic to pursue a demand...
Supreme court rejects notion of unfair treatment for judge applicants (updated)
The supreme court on Friday rejected suggestions the council currently in charge of appointing and promoting judges discouraged people from applying for a position because...
Syrian national loses third asylum appeal due to suspected Isis links
A Syrian national who has been held at the Menoyia detention centre for around a year, this week saw his appeal for release rejected by...
Lawyers call for changes to judge appointment procedures
The council currently in charge of appointing judges discourages people from applying for a position because they think they will not be treated fairly, the...
Supreme court vital for judicial reform says minister
The supreme court is one of government’s essential partners in efforts to reform the judicial system, Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said on Wednesday. He was...
New president of the Supreme Court appointed (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday appointed Supreme Court Judge Stelios Nathanael, 67, as the new President of the Supreme Court. Judge Nathanael succeeds Judge Myron...
Government says it respects court decision on disputed foreclosure bills
The government said Thursday it fully respected the supreme court decisions on three bills referred to it by the president, including one that has an...
Supreme court backs House over foreclosure bills (Updated)
The supreme court full bench on Wednesday ruled that two bills passed relating to foreclosures were constitutional while a third on bank contract clauses was...
Supreme court orders extradition of Hezbollah suspect to US
The supreme court on Friday ordered the extradition of a man with links to a terrorist organisation wanted by the USA for money laundering. The...
Coronavirus: court registrars to open from May 4
The supreme court decided Thursday to reopen court registrars from May 4 to let people submit lawsuits, criminal cases, applications and get sworn statements. Courts...
The protection of a non-existent right is unachievable
YOU ARE probably aware that the decision of the supreme court on the constitutionality of the law by which the salaries in the public sector...
Coroanvirus: Supreme court to use summer to catch up on delayed cases
The supreme court decided on Tuesday to schedule hearings during the summer in a bid to catch up with the cases that have been delayed...
Civil servants vow to fight court’s ‘bizarre’ decision on pay cuts
The main union representing civil servants vowed on Monday to “fight on” to overturn a decision last Friday by the supreme court denying them retroactive...
Sigh of relief from govt after supreme court ruling (Update 4)
The supreme court plenum on Friday upheld by majority decision state appeals against a ruling by the administrative court to reverse austerity-driven pay cuts imposed...
Supreme Court upholds state’s appeal, orders resumption of drugs trial
The supreme court on Wednesday upheld a state appeal and ordered the resumption of a trial, which had been suspended and two defendants were acquitted,...
Briton loses appeal in property dispute, vows to take case to ECHR
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the appeal against a defamation by Conor O’Dwyer, a British man who has been involved in a lengthy court...
Supreme court increases man’s sentence for child sexual assault
The supreme court on Monday increased a 46-year-old man’s prison sentence from four to seven years, after judging the original sentence for sexual assault was...
After 15 years, British man hopes property fight is finally over
A tortuous 15-year fight over a dodgy property sale and defamation case may finally be coming to an end this Friday when the supreme court...
