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The political controversy kept raging on Tuesday over four presidential assistants whose fixed contracts got converted to open-ended contracts, effectively giving them civil servant status...
Auditor-general questions status change for president’s associates
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday called out President Nicos Anastasiades over the affair where four of the president’s associates – previously contract workers – were...
Auditor-general says he has no presidential ambitions
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday waved aside conjecture that has him aspiring for the presidency in 2023, and said this talk comes from quarters who...
EP election candidates did not file advertising expenses, auditor says
Some candidates did not declare their advertising expenses in the run up to the 2019 European Parliament elections, while one received close to €29,000 worth...
Film incentive scheme tainted by conflicts of interest, audit chief says
A scheme aimed to promote the audiovisual industry in Cyprus appears to have been tainted by conflicts of interest and the revolving door phenomenon, the...
Lawyers call on Auditor general to say if covering legal costs of advisors is waste of public funds
The lawyers representing more than 100 plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the state and members of the Covid advisory team have asked the auditor-general...
Audit boss takes aim at veterinary services during Cypra probe
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides hauled the head of the state veterinary services over the coals anew on Thursday, calling him a ‘bad-faith actor’ whose actions have...
Nouris concedes corners were cut for marina passports but only ‘in the public interest’
In a fiery session in parliament on Thursday, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris conceded that the five foreign nationals linked to the Ayia Napa marina project...
Koushos accuses audit chief of using his position to electioneer for Diko
The auditor-general needs to realise that Cyprus is governed by a legally elected president, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Saturday after the audit office...
Passport scheme in the spotlight again after audit boss claims new irregularity
The government granted citizenships to 221 foreign investors without applying regulations passed by parliament in August 2020, MPs heard on Thursday. According to the auditor-general,...