Our View: Government must give police more powers to deal with sports hooligans
“Enough with this [fan rioting] issue. It has been discussed over and over, and every time following incidents there are meetings upon meetings,” President Nikos...
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President calls for calm, warns all fans will be banned from sporting events
Fans need to behave otherwise all sporting matches will be held without spectators, President Nikos Christodoulides warned on Tuesday following violent clashes at a basketball...
Larnaca seafront the scene of New Year’s Eve violent scuffles
Violence that broke out in Larnaca in the early hours of Sunday left a 26-year-old man with two of his fingers amputated and multiple fractures...
Mexican president condemns gun attack on prominent journalist
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday condemned an apparent assassination attempt on a prominent news anchor and critic of the president who said...
Stash of flares, Molotovs and fireworks found at Ypsonas home, one arrest
A 22-year-old man has been arrested following a raid on his home in Ypsonas Limassol during which police found fireworks, flares, Molotov cocktails, smoke bombs...
Parents associations condemn rising school violence
The acts of violence that have recently been recorded at a Limassol high school were on Saturday condemned by the Pancyprian Federation of Parents’ Associations,...
Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist
Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through...
Events held in schools to condemn violence
Primary schools across the island staged initiatives condemning violence on Monday, in the aftermath of last week’s attacks on schools which included arson and a...
Two more arrests after Paphos coach injured during U19 football violence
Police on Wednesday said they arrested two more suspects in relation to Saturday’s violent attack at the U19 championship Apoel-Pafos FC match in Kouklia, in...
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as...
