Sanctions evaders ‘may be difficult to convict’
The attorney general (AG) dampened hopes for criminal convictions over sanctions evasion on Wednesday, after he told deputies those may be difficult to achieve but...
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides
Auditor-general in rebuttal to AG over building letter leak
An ongoing dispute between attorney-general George Savvides and auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides continued Thursday when the latter said that he did not publicly slam the proposed...
AG rebuffs auditor-general’s claim of squandering money
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday sought to set the record straight after auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides slammed the proposed plan for a new legal service building....
AG mulls auditor-general’s suspension over role concerns (Updated)
Attorney-general George Savvides is considering filing a request to have auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides suspended, with the former considering that the latter is operating outside what...
Our View: The Thanasis case is an utter mess, but it’s not the AG’s fault
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides’ decision to take no more action in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou sparked a rather hostile...
Thanasis Nicolaou’s family to take case to ECHR (Update 2)
Following the attorney-general’s announcement that no evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou,...
Our View: Is the audit office in charge of everything?
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides, last Wednesday, at the House legal affairs committee presented the bill on Legal Service of the Republic, which will give complete autonomy...
No unemployment benefits for former bank employees, says attorney-general
No unemployment benefit will be given to the 1,000 former bank employees who left their jobs on a voluntary retirement scheme with some collecting up...
Our View: Authorities have made a total mess of the prison saga
The decision of Attorney-General Giorgos Savvides not to prosecute the chief of the Drug Squad, Michalis Katsounotos, for corruption caused a public outcry sparking claims...
Our View: Personal data protection stymies fight against crime
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides was perfectly justified in expressing his disappointment over last month’s Supreme Court decision that retaining customer data for six months by telecommunications...
