No wrongdoing by state treasurer in Cypra affair (Updated)
An inquiry has found nothing improper against the state treasurer in connection with a slaughterhouse that belongs to her husband which found itself in hot...
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Our View: Criminal case against officers in serial killer affair could not be won
Anger at the decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute the 15 policemen over their apparent failure to investigate the disappearance of foreign women that...
Women protest over AG’s decision not to prosecute police officers (Updated)
A group of demonstrators on Wednesday gathered outside the offices of the legal service to protest against a decision by the attorney-general not to prosecute...
AG says world audit body ignored key provision in criticism of Cyprus
The attorney-general said Thursday the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Intosai) had ignored a key provision of its own guidelines in a statement it...
Calls for prosecution of archbishop over demolition of listed houses
A letter addressed to the attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called for the immediate prosecution of Archbishop Chrysostomos over the demolition of four listed houses...
Coronavirus: AG orders criminal prosecution after refusal to carry out post-mortem
The attorney-general has ordered the criminal prosecution of a state pathologist for refusing to carry out a post-mortem and not complying with the order of...
Our View: The govt did not think through the pay rise for the citizenship probe committee
The Anastasiades government’s tendency to shoot itself in the foot, would suggest that very little thought is put into some of its decisions. The latest...
AG names committee to probe Cypra slaughterhouse (updated)
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Tuesday appointed a three-member committee of inquiry into every aspect of allegations made in connection with the Cypra slaughterhouse, which is...
Cypra files not missing, AG’s office says
No files or records on the Cypra slaughterhouse case have gone missing, the attorney-general’s office said Thursday, refuting earlier media reports. The statement came on...
Findings of probe into teen suicide handed over to AG (Update 2)
The findings of a criminal investigation into the apparent suicide of a 14-year-old boy in Nicosia late last year were delivered to the attorney-general on...
Conor O’Dwyer arrested outside AG’s office (Updated)
A British man who has been involved in a long and exhausting property dispute in Cyprus that lasted over 15 years, was arrested on Monday...
Attorney General v Auditor General
The clash between the Attorney General (AG) and the Auditor General (AuG) appears to have reached a compromise after their joint statement on November 4....
AG and audit boss ‘agree to disagree’, latter backs off passport files request
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has reluctantly agreed to stop demanding government files concerning a probe his office was carrying out on a number of naturalisations while...
Requests to cancel extrajudicial traffic fines will be rejected, AG’s office says
The legal service said on Wednesday that all requests to cancel out extrajudicial traffic fines which became steeper and tougher on October 1, will not...
AG asks for time to study how to proceed on Elam
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides asked for time on Friday to study how to proceed in relation to requests to investigate whether far-right party, Elam could be...
Akel asks AG to check if Golden Dawn committed any crimes in Cyprus
Akel on Thursday asked Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides to investigate whether Greece’s neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn had committed any crimes in Cyprus after a Greek court...
New AG inherits mountain of delayed bills for review
Recently-appointed attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has inherited a mountain of delayed bills to review as his office seeks to help ministries get back on track, as...
Outgoing attorney-general says he leaves his office in ‘capable hands’ (Updated)
Former attorney-general Costas Clerides was bid farewell on Monday to the protracted applause of Legal Service staff as he handed over the helm to the...
Our View: State officials like the AG should have term limits
Several reports about the appointment of Savvas Angelides as deputy attorney-general highlighted his age, 46, which meant that he could stay in his post for...
AG announces resignation, cites campaign of pressure (Update 2)
Outgoing attorney-general Costas Clerides announced his immediate resignation on Friday following the debacle over his retirement date while the state legal service employees staged an...