Mayor puts onus on public to speak out against corruption
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos urged people on Monday to speak out against corruption, as the rumour mill went in overdrive during the weekend after he...
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Sentence this week for bribe-taking ENT doctor (Updated)
The Nicosia criminal court on Friday will sentence Vasken Shahbenderian, a doctor at the Nicosia general hospital’s ear, nose, and throat clinic found guilty...
Four in five Cypriot managers see bribery, corruption widespread
The accounting firm EY (Ernst & Young) said that 81 per cent of interviewed Cypriot managers said that they consider bribery and corruption to be...
Former Helector boss pleads for leniency in bribery trial (Updated)
The Nicosia criminal court will announce the sentence of former director of Greek-owned waste-management company Helector Cyprus Demetris Giannakopoulos on Friday, after he pleaded...
Corrupted doctor a shame to his profession, court says (Updated)
The Nicosia Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced the head of the capital’s general hospital’s ear, nose, and throat clinic, Yiannakis Kyamides, 61, to two and...
The price of doing business
Alexandra Wrage The cost of corruption goes well beyond a few bucks changing hands. A bribe may land a contract but the practice makes the...
Former municipal councillor cops to tax dodging but not bribery
Although he left some revenues out of his tax returns, he was never bribed, former Paphos municipal councillor Giorgos Michaelides told the court on Wednesday....
Contract doctor at Nicosia general arrested in ongoing health sector probe
Police on Monday arrested a contract neurosurgeon at Nicosia general hospital in connection with 10 alleged bribery related offences that took place in February this...
Further investigations into state health bribery cases
The health ministry said on Wednesday it is investigating more cases of corruption in the state health sector. The ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki confirmed...
Appeal to pass ‘dirty contractors’ bill
By Elias Hazou Seven construction companies implicated in the ongoing Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) corruption trial and whose officers have admitted to bribing officials in...
