President apologises over passport scheme failings (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades apologised Friday for the administration’s mistakes in managing the island’s citizenship by investment programme, which led to a political crisis that he...
Citizenship by investment programme
AG files first criminal case in passport scandal
The state Legal Service said on Friday it has filed the first case relating to Cyprus’ controversial citizenship by investment programme to at Larnaca district...
Report highlights building violations by ex-MP linked to passport scheme
The audit service said Thursday state and local authorities had violated national and EU laws in allowing the construction of a huge project linked to...
CySEC to check businesses with links to passports
The anti-money laundering unit of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) will carry out checks among companies it supervises that have business links with...
Cyprus among top EU countries granting citizenship
Cyprus granted citizenship to 2,900 people in 2019, the European statistical service said on Monday, as 706,400 people in total obtained an EU passport, a...
Opposition unimpressed with president’s account of Seychelles trips
Opposition MPs on Thursday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of playing ‘hide and seek’ over his private trips to the Seychelles using aircraft operated by a...
President slams ‘orchestrated smear’ amid furore over journalist’s claims
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday called on newspaper director and journalist Andreas Paraschos to substantiate a report that he made €300m from the citizenship by...
Growing signs president and audit chief are on an intractable collision course
Relations between the government and auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides are deteriorating, President Nicos Anastasiades has said, accusing the official of allowing himself to be ‘weaponised’ by...
Swords drawn in rift between auditor-general and government
The government on Monday took the gloves off in its ongoing tussle with auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, accusing him and others of seeking to ‘kill’ major...
Passport probe kicks off with high-risk cases
A four-member panel tasked with investigating the island’s controversial citizenship by investment programme since its inception by the previous administration has started probing cases deemed...
EP to discuss passport schemes in member states
The European Parliament will be discussing the issue of granting citizenships to third country nationals by member states on Thursday in light of the passport...
Political parties call on Syllouris to resign
Diko and other parties on Tuesday demanded the resignation of House president Demetris Syllouris after he and Akel MP Christakis Giovanis appeared ready to help...
Syllouris says abstaining from duties after Al Jazeera revelations
House president Demetris Syllouris said on Tuesday he will be abstaining from his duties from next Monday pending an investigation into an Al Jazeera video...
‘The real facts’ on citizenship scheme are documented, Nouris says
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris faced a barrage of questions from MPs on Monday as he strove to defend the government’s handling of the controversial citizenship-by-investment...
Compliance by MPs with police request related to investment scheme ‘unconstitutional’
Compliance by parliament with a police request for confidential documents relating to the island’s citizenship by investment programme was unconstitutional, three legal experts retained by...
EU justice commissioner says looking into legal proposals on investment schemes
While police in Cyprus are investigating how Al Jazeera got its hands on confidential documents related to the island’s citizenship for investment programme, the European...
Audit service to investigate citizenship programme
The audit service announced Friday it was launching a probe of the island’s citizenship for investment programme amid the fracas caused by media allegations that...