Government denies Al Jazeera claims over minister’s role in passport scheme
The government on Tuesday denied that a minister had flown to London on a mission to specifically assist a foreign national obtain a Cypriot passport,...
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Audit service hands over to police results of citizenship probe
The audit service said on Monday it has put at the disposal of the police all the material it had gathered while probing certain cases...
Al Jazeera’s documentary on Cyprus passport scheme up for Bafta
The al Jazeera undercover documentary The Cyprus Papers that exposed some of the players involved in the island’s citizenship by investment scheme has been...
After a month’s break, passport inquiry resumes
The committee of inquiry investigating the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will resume its hearings on Tuesday, following a break of about a month. Next to...
Hasikos: no reason in 2016 to deny passport to Cambodian police chief’s wife
The government saw no reason to deny a Cypriot passport to the niece of Cambodia’s authoritarian leader and wife of the country’s deputy police chief...
Results of passport probe to be issued piecemeal
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides told MPs on Monday he did not expect an investigative committee looking into the island’s citizenship by investment programme to complete the...
Last-minute citizenship applications number 416 ministry says
The interior ministry said on Friday it had received 416 citizenship applications between October 13, when the cabinet decided to scrap the programme, and November...
There will be no cover-up in passport probe, government pledges
Government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Monday nothing would be covered up during an investigation into the island’s citizenship by investment programme, as he sought...
Discussion on passports a political show says finance minister
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday dismissed as ”a political show” a discussion in parliament about the citizenship-by-investment programme, after the auditor-general rattled off what...
MPs discuss tougher golden visa regulations
After a long delay the government on Monday tabled to parliament the regulations codifying procedures for the citizenship-by-investment programme, which has come under fire from...
