At the informal ‘Justice and Home Affairs’ meeting organised in Nicosia on Friday 23 January by the Cyprus Presidency of the EU, the European Justice Ministers agreed on the need for tougher action on the return of illegally exported cultural goods. Following the debates, Costas Fitiris, Cypriot Minister of Justice and Public Order, announced that he had “called on the Commission to submit relevant impact studies” on the subject.
In his view, this is “particularly important...