Attorney-general defends his role in police probe into judge
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Monday released a statement seeking to set the record straight regarding his ordering a police probe into a district court judge....
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District court judge under investigation after tampering allegations
A district court judge is under investigation for allegedly tampering with court transcripts, it emerged this week. Daily Phileleftheros, which broke the story, said a...
Annoyed Clerides snubs House Co-op discussion
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has snubbed an invitation to attend a parliamentary discussion convened for Wednesday where MPs will be reviewing the deal between Hellenic Bank...
Our View: The Co-op show unlikely to reveal anyone to blame
It’s show-time folks. These should be the first words spoken every time the authorities announce there will be an investigation into something that went badly...
AG says he knows the law after being called on to probe Co-op (updated)
Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday he knew his job well and didn’t need encouragement or prompting on whether he would launch a probe into...
Supreme court throws out AG’s appeal in Bank of Cyprus case
The supreme court on Tuesday threw out an appeal filed by the attorney-general against the same court’s prior decision of December 6 last year concerning...
Disciplinary procedure for state lawyer in email case (Updated)
A senior state attorney whose work emails had been hacked and published online could be facing a disciplinary procedure in connection with leaving her laptop...
Our View: Decision shows banks alone can’t be blamed for collapse
Four of the five former members of the Bank of Cyprus top brass who were facing criminal charges for market manipulation, concealing the capital requirements...
Bar association backs AG’s appeal over Loizidou emails (Updated)
The bar association said on Wednesday that the attorney-general was right to appeal for an end to a public debate over the state attorney...
Our View: Many causes of 2013 crash will go unpunished
EVERY once in a while politicians and newspapers bring up the criminal investigation into the collapse of the economy and vociferously complain that it is...
AG defends scope and length of 2013 crisis investigation
The team investigating the banking scandals is confined to criminal investigation, attorney-general Costas Clerides told the House ethics committee on Wednesday, adding that...
‘Overworked’ legal service needs more staff to avoid mistakes, says AG
THE Legal Service must be adequately staffed and overhauled as a matter of urgency because the risk of mistakes being made in cases where large...
Assets of state officials set to be published soon
Parliament is soon expected to publish the declarations of assets of a number of state officials and politicians on its website. The coming disclosure concerns...
Free speech, the great misnomer of the 21st century
Without getting into the specifics of the ‘free speech’ vs ‘hate speech’ debate that arose this week between the Archbishop, Kisa and the attorney-general, and...
Kisa unhappy with AG’s view that archbishop’s comments did not incite hate
By Stephania Xenophontos THE movement for equality, support, anti-racism (Kisa) has expressed its dissatisfaction with Attorney-general Costas Clerides’ decision to shoot down a complaint lodged...
AG supports Michaelides in spat with finance minister
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades must launch a disciplinary probe against ministry employee Savia Orphanidou, who was found in violation of the law on holding...
Attorney-general highlights legal minefield of hate speech (Updated)
The line between freedom of speech and combating hate speech is extremely fine and a delicate balance needs to be maintained, attorney-general Costas Clerides said...
Attorney-general crushes latest move to help Laiki creditors
Members of the House ethics committee were angered on Wednesday after the attorney-general said they could not vote to transfer the assets of the defunct...
Investigation uncovers ‘alarming evidence’ of police corruption
The 84-page report on corruption in the police force, prepared by three independent criminal investigators over five months, contains alarming evidence, Attorney-General Costas Clerides said...
Our View: Both sides are kind of right in CCB battle
Attorney-General Costas Clerides should have thought twice before issuing an announcement publicly accusing Finance Minister Harris Georgiades of showing contempt for the opinion of the...