#anti-corruption

Law Office senior attorney Alexia Kalispera is the first Cypriot to be elected to the bureau of the group of states against corruption (Greco) – the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called on the authorities to speed up their investigations into matters involving corruption and organised crime. Christodoulides held a meeting on the subject of corruption ...

MPs on Wednesday derided attorney-general George Savvides’ position regarding his decision to not prosecute former police drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos for refusing to answer questions put to him by ...

Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides on Friday slammed the finance minister’s stance as “unacceptable” saying he would refer the case of secretarial allowances to the anti-corruption authority if overpayments continue. The ...

According to the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Wednesday, Cyprus ranks 49 out of 180 countries, showing a concerning trend towards higher corruption levels. The index offers ...

Lobby groups can register with the anti-corruption authority as of Monday, November 27, an announcement said on Tuesday. The goal is to update the list of groups active in Cyprus in ...

The government will make full use of recommendations by the Group of States against Corruption (Grec), according to an official statement on Tuesday. The recommendations by the EU body on ...

The first real test for the recently established anti-corruption authority is set to begin with the arrival of experts from abroad – starting with the ‘golden passports’ case. But of the 80 ...

Hungary will create an anti-corruption authority and a working group involving non-government organisations to oversee the spending of European Union funds, the government said in a decree in its official ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has chaired the first meeting of the team coordinating the investigation of corruption, where participants laid out a road map for the handling of such cases. The ...

The newly-appointed transparency commissioner and members of the independent anti-corruption authority were on Friday urged by President Nicos Anastasiades to work with determination and demonstrate zero tolerance in the fight ...

The Green Party on Tuesday said its worst fears about the anti-corruption authority had come true, piggybacking on media reports that one of the authority’s members has a questionable ...

It is difficult not to view the anti-corruption authority, whose members were appointed by President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday, with a dose of cynicism. This has nothing to do with ...

A newly established unit coordinating the investigation of corruption cases convened for the first time on Thursday, with attorney-general Giorgos Savvides stressing that the department and its work are distinct ...

The government on Friday welcomed the passing of a law establishing an anti-corruption authority, saying the effort to combat the phenomenon on all levels “must and will continue”. The law ...

The government on Friday lauded parliament for passing a law to protect whistleblowers, which was hailed by MPs as an important step in cracking down on corruption in the public ...

The legislature dives back into business this week and the next, with a packed agenda featuring a number of important bills and issues, starting with the presidential veto of a ...

University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Integrity Forum have joined forces to fight corruption. With the aim to promote initiatives supporting national legal and regulatory reforms to combat corruption and ...

After five years, MPs on Wednesday concluded discussion of a bill on the protection of whistleblowers, which is now headed for the plenum to be put to the vote. The ...

Ahead of Saturday’s planned protest march against corruption and state authoritarianism, police warned on Friday that a ban on mass gatherings remains in force. Citing the health ministry’s ...