Top court rejects man’s murder sentence appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal to reduce the 17-year sentence handed down by the criminal court to a 23-year-old convicted of the...
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Supreme Court hikes sentence for 64-year-old who raped autistic man aged 25
A 64-year-old man who raped a 25-year-old autistic man had his prison sentence increased to 10 years, following a Supreme Court decision. In assessing the...
Supreme court backs communications commissioner over SOS phones
A Supreme Court decision found the communications commissioner did not exceed his authority through his efforts to mediate a dispute between state telecoms Cyta and...
‘Terrifying increase’ in drug use in Cyprus
There is a “terrifying increase” in drug use in Cyprus, bringing about impoverishment of the public, the Supreme Court said on Friday rejecting two appeals...
Sentence of man who killed father reduced
The Supreme Court has agreed to an appeal reducing the prison sentence of a man who killed his father in Lefkara from 16 years in...
Anastasiades appoints new judges to supreme court
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday appointed Judge Antonis Liatsou to the position of president of the Supreme Constitutional Court and Judge Katerina Stamatiou to the...
Jail sentence for drugs increased
The Supreme Court decided to increase a prison sentence for illegal cannabis possession from 3.5 years to seven. The case concerns an individual caught with...
Our View: Can’t protesting lawyers find a better way to make their case?
The public protest has for years been a popular alternative to political discourse. If an interest group thinks its arguments are not being heard or...
Lawyers go on two-hour strike over new ‘express trials’
Lawyers in Cyprus on Thursday morning held a pre-warned two-hour work stoppage protesting against new rules issued by the Supreme Court that would open the...
Supreme Court deems VAT reduction unconstitutional
The full bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided the law on reducing VAT for electricity is unconstitutional, as it violates the separation of...
