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Anna Aristotelous and assistant Athena Demetriou on Wednesday evening announced their departure from their posts at the central prisons following the Attorney-General’s (AG) decision earlier...
Attorney-general says no evidence of corruption against Katsounotos
There has been no evidence to support corruption claims against the drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos, after he was accused of colluding with a convict...
Bank early retirement beneficiaries also seeking unemployment benefit
Some 1,000 former bank employees who opted for early retirement are waiting for the attorney-general to rule on whether they’re also entitled to unemployment benefit,...
Relatives of Thanasis keep up the pressure on AG with new protest
Relatives and friends of Thanasis Nicolaou, the former guardsman who was found dead in mysterious circumstances under a bridge in Alassa, Limassol, in 2005, will...
Situation at Nicosia prison, ‘uncontrolled and dangerous’ AG says (Updated)
Management of the Nicosia central prisons is “neither adequate nor effective”, the facility is rife with drugs and criminal activity including witness intimidation both inside...
AG’s office appeals court decision to acquit nine suspects in passports case
The attorney-general’s office has appealed the decision to acquit nine suspects in a case relating to the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme who were cleared of all...
Law amendment over working rights of former judges looks set for trouble
Trouble may be brewing over an amendment passed through parliament earlier this week, concerning state officials working in the private sector after their retirement, it...
Prisons probe report handed to attorney-general
Four criminal investigators tasked with investigating claims of drug pushing and mobile phone use in the prisons turned their report into the attorney-general on Friday....
Mother of dead soldier makes new appeal for culprits to be punished
The mother of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, found dead under the Alassa bridge in 2005, has made a new appeal for authorities to bring those...
Prison director and deputy say vindicated by investigation
Lawyers for the prison director and her deputy said on Friday the system would continue to go against them even after a report into allegations...