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The anti-corruption authority confirmed on Tuesday that it will not open its own investigation into claims made by former energy minister George Papanastasiou regarding the Vasiliko gas terminal, saying that ...

Akel has requested the anti-corruption authority investigate claims by former energy minister George Papanastasiou that political interference and vested interests are delaying the construction of the Vasiliko natural gas terminal. ...

The Independent Authority Against Corruption has found no evidence of corruption or other wrongdoing involving ten individuals named in a complaint filed on behalf of a retired National Guard officer, ...

The anti-corruption authority will soon commence its probe into the ‘spy van’ affair, it told MPs on Monday. Officials with the authority were answering questions about their work, during a ...

The anti-corruption authority has to date received some 900 complaints, and has examined about 70 per cent of them, its chairman said on Tuesday. Harris Poyadjis was speaking at the Cyprus Forum, ...

The law firm of former president Nicos Anastasiades has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals against the anti-corruption authority, demanding access to the complete report compiled by its ...

The anti-corruption authority said on Tuesday that deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides had always been within the scope of its expanded investigation into the “black van” surveillance case, disputing an account ...

The Transparency Commissioner, Haris Poyiadjis, who heads the anti-corruption authority, told the House institutions committee on Wednesday that an announcement about the ‘black van’ spying case would be issued on ...

Criminal and disciplinary investigations are underway against police officers accused of accessing information from police computer systems without authorisation and passing it to third parties. Speaking to Politis on Wednesday, ...

The anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement on the ‘black van’ spying case on Monday, its commissioner Haris Poyiadjis informed the House institutions committee on Wednesday. Poyiadjis was responding to ...

RETIREMENT is something that Nik I is just not comfortable with. He just refuses to accept that he no longer has a role to play and keeps finding excuses to ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday issued an 8,400-word defence of his actions before and during his term in office, pushing back on allegations levelled at him in the anti-corruption ...

The new parliament that emerged from May’s elections has a demanding legislative agenda ahead of it when the session reopens at the beginning of September, with important bills and ...

Cyprus is continuing to fall short on key rule of law reforms, with the European Commission cautioning that delays in overhauling the legal service, slow moving courts and weak oversight ...

Criminologist Ilias Anagnostopoulos is officially on the team of independent criminal investigators in the Mafia State case, following Wednesday’s approval by the cabinet. Anagnostopoulos is replacing Christos Mylonopoulos, who ...

The government consulted the anti-corruption authority before appointing Ilias Anagnostopoulos as the second criminal investigator in the Mafia State case, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Commenting on reactions to ...

The anti-corruption authority on Monday declined to comment on reports that it is investigating a former member of parliament over alleged fraud and misappropriation of funds linked to a non-profit ...

The government on Thursday named the team of five criminal investigators it is to appoint to examine the findings reached by the anti-corruption authority during its own probe into the ...

The government intends to table legislation granting investigative powers to the Anti-Corruption Authority, the permanent secretary of the justice ministry, Giorgos Panteli, told parliament’s legal affairs committee on Wednesday, ...

The police’s investigation into allegations of fraud, forgery, conspiracy to commit fraud, and the circulation of forged comments levelled against former Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos is expected to be ...

Answers for every accusation levelled at him in the anti-corruption authority’s Mafia State report were offered by former president Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday, in an hour-long address. Regarding the ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades went on the defensive on Tuesday, speaking for over an hour at journalists’ house in Nicosia fighting against allegations levelled at him in the anti-corruption authority’...

Both attorney-general George Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelides on Wednesday announced that they will recuse themselves from any involvement with further investigations into a report conducted by the anti-corruption ...

Lawyer Achilleas Demetriades called for sweeping reforms to Cyprus’ anti-corruption framework, arguing that the independent anti-corruption authority must be given greater powers to act. Speaking on Wednesday, he further stressed ...