Filenews 23/4
The presence and action of the Police last night was intense, throughout Cyprus, with organized patrols in key points of urban areas, with the aim of preventing serious criminal acts, ensuring public order and increasing the sense of security of the public.
As a result of the preventive policing operations, three persons were arrested. During the night, 316 vehicles were stopped for inspection and 420 drivers and passengers were checked. At the same time, 40 inspections of premises were carried out, from which two complaints emerged.
During traffic checks carried out, 140 complaints were made about various traffic violations, of which 48 concern driving at excessive speed. A total of 72 alcohol tests were carried out during which one driver tested positive. Also, as part of the police examinations, five vehicles were detained.
Coordinated policing operations, for the prevention and suppression of crime, continue daily, with an increased/enhanced police presence, targeted controls and immediate operational action, with the aim of increasing the sense of security of citizens/protecting citizens and ensuring public order.
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They filed an application with the Supreme Court under other names, and in the report they later filed they appeared under other names. In fact, the judge who examined the application rejected it without a second thought, pointing out the following: "I find it difficult to understand who the applicants are in the end."
This incredible story reached the Supreme Court, which in a recent decision spoke of a haze that prevents him from examining the merits of the case.
With a unilateral application, two persons requested to be granted permission to register an application by summons for the issuance of a privileged Mandamus warrant "ordering 1. The Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection and 2. The Director of the Immigration Department as the Competent Persons and Departments, and to comply with the provisions of article 11 of Law 7(1)/2007 and to receive the applicants' application for the granting of a residence card to Applicant no. 1 as a family member of a European citizen."
The application is allegedly submitted by A.M. from Nigeria and now a resident of Agios Dometios in the Nicosia District, and L.C.R., from England and now also a resident of Agios Dometios in the Nicosia District. "However, in the attached Report (and I do not need to comment on the fact that it is submitted "in accordance with the Regulations of the High Court of England 1883, D.59, Can.3(2)"), under the title "Name and description of the applicant", it is stated that applicant 1 is T.S.S.M.E. from Egypt, permanently established in Cyprus for eight years, and applicant 2 M.M from Greece, permanently settled in Cyprus for seven years", says the judge.
In the multi-page written statement of the lawyers, in support of the application, it is reiterated that the applicants are T.S.S.M.E. and M.M., and that it is in relation to them that the written statement is submitted.
"With due respect to the authors of the above documents, I find it difficult to understand who the applicants are. The Nigerian A.M. and the Englishwoman L.C.R. or the Egyptian T.S.S.M.E. and the Greek M.M., as mentioned in the Report? I should note here that the Report, which is imposed by the Supreme Court (Jurisdiction to Issue Orders of a Privileged Nature) Procedural Regulation of 2018 (5/2018), has its importance, since it is required to record the name and description of the applicant", the Court emphasizes.
And he adds: "As said, in the Report, persons other than those who allegedly submit the application are mentioned as applicants. I am of the humble opinion that this haze constitutes an obstacle to the examination of the application on its merits. Moreover, it is not for the Court to dispel the fog that prevails in the present case. In any case, in the event that my above approach was to be considered strict and that the application is submitted on behalf of the couple from Nigeria and England respectively, I fail, with due respect, to understand exactly what the couple's complaint is."
Following that conclusion, the Court dismissed the application.
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The new incident of violence between minors, which is coming to light, is appalling.
The video broadcast by "Sigma" records the violent attack that a 14-year-old girl received from her peer, about two weeks ago, during the Easter holidays, in an area of Nicosia.
The attack takes place in front of a group of minors, five girls and two boys, who watch without intervening. Two of them even record the attack with their mobile phones.
The video captures nine consecutive slaps and one kick in the face and head of the minor, while the attacker pulls the victim's hair in a state of complete frenzy. At the same time, the insults and threats against the girl continue. The situation gets completely out of hand when the attacker throws the minor to the ground and beats her mercilessly with punches and kicks all over her body. The inaction of the minors present turns into awareness as soon as the situation reaches extremes, with some running to stop the violence.
It is noted that the Police were informed about the incident, while the video reached the hands of the Commissioner for Child Protection.
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Cy Mail
A 32-year-old man accused of attempted murder in Cyprus has been arrested in Romania, with extradition procedures now underway.
According to a police statement issued on Thursday, the suspect was detained by Romanian police last week under a European arrest warrant, with Cypriot officials subsequently informed.
The process for his return to Cyprus is in progress and will depend on proceedings before the Romanian courts.
The case relates to an incident in November 2025 in Larnaca, where the man allegedly stabbed his employer in the neck at a construction site, whereupon he was swiftly arrested and held in custody.
The suspect was due to appear before a criminal court on February 3 but did not attend, having been transferred to Athalassa hospital under a psychiatric hospitalisation order.
An arrest warrant was issued the same day following his failure to appear.
However, the warrant was not executed and the suspect subsequently left Cyprus.
Information from relevant services indicates that his departure followed a repatriation process arranged while he was receiving medical care.
Authorities involved were reportedly informed at the time that no pending legal restrictions prevented his return to Romania.
An investigation was launched to examine the circumstances under which the suspect left the country.
