#Limassol violence

Thirteen people arrested during racist riots in Limassol last week are appearing in criminal court in October, the Limassol District Court decided on Wednesday, after they filed the case directly ...

Deputies on Wednesday grilled Cyprus’ police chief on institutionalised racism within the force and whether this was a factor in the observer status police took, as mobs attacked migrants in ...

Cyprus is at a critical juncture where we must decide what kind of democracy we want to live in and this will be determined by its citizens’ level of democratic ...

Ombudswoman Maria Sylianou Lottides in a strongly worded letter to police leadership weighed in on Friday’s racial violence in Limassol, adding to the growing number of voices denouncing police ...

Concerned pro-migrant activist groups have urged vulnerable minorities to keep a low profile when another anti-migrant protest takes place on Wednesday evening, this time outside the presidential palace in Nicosia. ...

Police will be held accountable no matter their ranking in the force’s hierarchy, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He was speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, in ...

By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades More than 1,000 people from all over Cyprus descended on Limassol on Monday evening to attend an anti-fascist protest organised by Akel. The protest was ...

The tourists of Arab origin who were attacked during the anti-migrant riot in Limassol on Friday will be offered free accommodation for their next trip to Cyprus. The move was ...

Calls for the resignation of Cyprus’ police chief and justice minister were still on the table on Monday, as the police’s widely condemned failure to deal with Friday’s ...

Limassol’s seafront thundered to the sounds of over 500 people chanting “hands off migrants” on Saturday evening, in a peaceful demonstration showing solidarity to foreign nationals who have been subject ...

Foreign nationals on Limassol’s beachfront may have been targeted for their skin colour on Friday night, but by Saturday morning they pledged they would not let the violence scare ...