The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday upheld the Cypriot authorities’ decision to impose salary and pension cutbacks on civil servants in the midst of the 2011-2012 financial crisis, finding that the austerity measures did not violate these persons’ right to property.
The case concerned laws passed in Cyprus in 2011 and 2012 reducing civil servants’ salaries and pensions amid the global financial crisis . The applicants taking
