Cyprus’ justice system is getting the biggest makeover in its history, as MPs vote on constitutional changes, allowing for the restructuring of the courts. MPs on Thursday passed the necessary legislation laying
Justice reform, a long-overdue process to slash legal proceedings by half the time and decongest the courts, is begrudgingly getting underway, but Cypriots have lost confidence and trust in public institutions. Historical
Justice Minister Stephi Dracos has decided to suspend the senior police officer accused of trying to blackmail the prison governor with a compromising video. After prison boss Anna Aristotelous made a formal
Cyprus finds itself at the bottom of another ranking list compared to its fellow EU states, this time the Justice Scoreboard measuring the judicial system’s independence, quality, and effectiveness. According to the
Justice Minister Stephie Dracos argued that Cyprus’ notoriously slow justice system would be fast-tracked provided MPs passed three much-needed reform bills reshaping the court system. The three bills tabled by Dracos’ ministry
Easter is a time when we are supposed to show compassion and empathy for those who are suffering or less fortunate to face the hardships that life and circumstance throw at us.
It took a young British woman undaunted by her traumatic experience to give the dysfunctional Cyprus justice system a bloody nose. She had to suffer being victim-blamed in a rape case, branded
EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira said Brussels is helping Cyprus reform its notoriously slow justice system. She participated in the presentation by the Supreme Court of the Cypriot reform
Justice Minister Stephie Drakou was in parliament this week, where she told MPs the new framework for an independent anti-corruption agency would be in place at the beginning of 2022. Naturally, MPs
A Cypriot court’s conviction of a young British woman for lying about being gang-raped by Israeli tourists was a miscarriage of justice, lawyers appealing the ruling said Thursday. The unnamed woman, who
