#Citizenship by investment (CBI)

The golden passport trial has been postponed until April 26, when a number of objections by the defence lawyers of the suspects will be examined, the Nicosia Criminal Court decided on ...

The criminal trial for four people linked to the passport scandal revealed in the Al Jazeera expose was postponed again on Monday. On trial are high-profile individuals in Cyprus including ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday upheld its decision to rescind the citizenship of three investors and six of their dependents and approved a series of financial aid schemes. Deputy ...

President Nicos Anastasiades wants to rest and then write a book about his experiences handling the Cyprus problem after he steps down as president next month, he said in an ...

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 charges by the Larnaca ...

The interior ministry on Sunday criticised the audit office for not following prescribed procedures in requesting files. The announcement came a day after the audit office tweeted that it had ...

Nine suspects in a case relating to the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme were cleared of all charges by the Larnaca criminal court on Friday. Five natural persons and four legal entities ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to initiate the withdrawal of citizenship from three investors and seven of their dependents after an investigation by the interior ministry, the presidential palace said ...

Four key players allegedly involved in the ‘golden passport’ scandal – two of whom are leading protagonists in Al Jazeera’s undercover report – would stand trial in the criminal court on ...

Four key players allegedly involved in the ‘golden passport’ scandal – two of whom were leading protagonists in Al Jazeera’s undercover report – will face a criminal trial on October 26, it ...

Larnaca criminal court will on November 4 deliver its judgment in the first trial relating to the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme. The court announced the date on Tuesday, after hearing clarifications from ...

The Audit Office said on Monday it was carrying out audits of private donations to political parties for the years between 2016 to 2021. “At this stage the audit will focus on ...

Main opposition Akel on Thursday sought to turn up the heat on the administration, revealing that several beneficiaries of the ‘golden passports’ scheme made significant donations to the ruling party. ...

Cyprus is revoking seven more passports that were granted through the Cyprus investment programme, following a decision by the cabinet, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris announced on Wednesday. Speaking after the ...

The release of the auditor-general’s report on the citizenship by investment scheme nine days ago sparked a political row in which everyone has become involved – the political parties, presidential ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

Had the citizenship by investment scheme not been in place then Cyprus would have lost even more at a time when the Cypriot economy was collapsing, according to Finance Minister ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nick Theodoulou Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides in a rare outburst on Friday said the public debate surrounding the citizenship by investment scheme revealed “political hypocrisy exposed ...

Lawmakers on Thursday were quick to demand that those behind the golden passport scandal be brought to justice, while others voiced their concern that the interior ministry failed to grasp ...

Several independent presidential candidates on Wednesday jumped on the bandwagon to slam the government over the findings of the auditor office report on the citizenship by investment scheme, which was ...

The House watchdog committee is expected to spend two to three sessions discussing the audit service’s report on the citizenship by investment scheme, its chair Zacharias Koulias said on ...

The government was widely slammed on Tuesday over the findings of the audit service report on the citizenship by investment scheme released a day earlier as government spokesman Marios Pelekanos ...

The citizenship by investment scheme remained “fragile until the end”, resulting in the loss of millions in public revenue, the Audit Office said on Monday as it published its report ...

The four individuals charged in connection with the ‘golden passports’ affair will appear in court next month to enter a plea, the police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Christos Andreou ...