Requests to cancel extrajudicial traffic fines will be rejected, AG’s office says
The legal service said on Wednesday that all requests to cancel out extrajudicial traffic fines which became steeper and tougher on October 1, will not...
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Slight decrease in traffic fines after charges go up
Police booked 1,792 drivers for traffic offences during the first weekend since fines were increased, head of Nicosia traffic police Yiannakis Georgiou told the Cyprus...
New traffic fines fail to intimidate drivers, no fall in violations in first 24 hours
More than 600 traffic offences were recorded in the first 24 hours after heftier fines came into force on Thursday, the head of Nicosia traffic...
New laws in sight after bad year on roads
A fatal traffic accident earlier this week pushed the number of deaths on the roads to the highest it’s been in two years, but the...
New handheld devices for Paphos traffic wardens
Paphos traffic wardens have entered a ‘new era’ of digital technology as state-of-the-art handheld devices will soon go into operation, the municipality said. “The new...
Means-tested traffic fines bit of a tricky solution, minister says
JUSTICE Minister Giorgos Savvides on Friday called on the House transport committee to speedily move forward with its article-by-article discussion of the package of seven...
Dangerous drivers warned: expect huge increase in fines
Fines for traffic offences will go up significantly and police officers will have the right to suspend driving licences immediately, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou announced...
Former MP accuses AG of waiving traffic fines for his friends
By George Psyllides Former Disy MP Andreas Themistocleous, who had his driver’s licence revoked last year over traffic violations, accused Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Thursday...
Tourists leaving thousands of traffic fines unpaid
Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos called for a change of policy on Tuesday to make sure that tourists are made to pay traffic fines before...
Speeding and traffic fines on the up
POLICE reported 475 people who were speeding in an island wide campaign on Thursday and found another 218 guilty of other traffic offenses. As part...
Police issuing travel ban ‘threats’ for those who don’t pay fines
A woman has lodged complaints with the attorney-general and the justice minister after receiving a notification from a police station in Nicosia asking her to...
Police lag in issuing cam fines… and there are only two cameras so far
By Andria Kades Around 17,000 traffic violations recorded on the two sole cameras in Nicosia are outstanding with some drivers waiting months to be notified...
KISA’s Polycarpou released after ministerial intervention
By Elias Hazou A well-known human rights activist was late on Thursday night released from the Central Prisons where he spent several hours after being...
Traffic fines down 40 per cent this year
By Peter Stevenson There has been an almost 40 per cent reduction in the number of traffic fines given out during the first ten months...
