Anastasiades: People are right to be outraged over corruption
The people’s outrage over corruption is justified, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, pledging that authorities will not spare anyone during their investigation into the...
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Papadopoulos rejects paper’s passport claim
Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos suggested Wednesday that an intimidation campaign was afoot after a newspaper reported that the law firm bearing his father’s name had...
Interior minister backs attorney general in passports spat
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday deferred to the attorney-general when asked whether he thought the Audit Office is hampering a panel investigating passports granted...
AG calls on audit office to butt out of citizenship probe (Update 2)
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Saturday called on the auditor-general and his office to back off from looking at aspects of the citizenship by investment scheme...
Diko leader’s slurs over passports is ‘pot calling the kettle black’, says Petrides
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said Friday Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos knew well the citizenship by investment regulations he was accusing the government of flouting because...
EU queries low number of rejections for citizenship in passport scheme
The number of individuals who acquired citizenship through Cyprus’ investment scheme could be more than a third of all naturalisations, the European Commission has said,...
Diko move ‘ultimate violation of constitutional convention’
Diko’s threat to reject the state budget if the auditor-general was not included in the investigation into the citizenship by investment probe was the ultimate...
EU Commission: ‘No citizenship schemes going forward;’ Malta closes scheme (update)
The European Commission said on Tuesday it was launching infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta by issuing letters of formal notice regarding their investor citizenship schemes also referred to...
Commission expected to launch procedures against Cyprus and Malta over citizenship schemes
The European Commission is expected to adopt the launch of infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta as regards their investor citizenship schemes, Vice-President Maros Sefcovic...
Could there really be a new passport scheme?
Dispute rages over how important the citizenship scheme was to Cyprus while the government has already hinted of a different scheme, as called for by...
Warning issued to those still advertising Cyprus’ citizenship scheme
The interior ministry warned Friday that advertising Cyprus’ citizenship scheme was prohibited and could mean a €350,000 fine for offenders or withdrawal of their licence...
Syllouris resigns under pressure but insists he broke no laws (Update 2)
House president Demetris Syllouris resigned on Thursday under immense public pressure following an undercover video showing him offering to help a Chinese businessman with a...
AG appoints Cysec’s Kalogirou to committee probing passports
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday said he appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Cysec) Demetra Kalogirou as member of the committee tasked with...
Our View: Government left it too late to act over passports
A hastily called Council of Ministers meeting on Tuesday decided to scrap the citizenship by investment programme in its current form as of November 1....
Demonstrators call for House president Syllouris to resign
Scores of people gathered early Tuesday evening outside parliament calling for the resignation of its president Demetris Syllouris after he was shown in a video...
Behaviour that led to scrapping citizenship programme ‘catastrophic’ for economy
By Andrew Rosenbaum and George Psyllides The chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) said Tuesday the behaviour exhibited by certain individuals was catastrophic for the...
Cyprus to scrap current passport investment scheme – cabinet (update 4 )
The government said on Tuesday it would be scrapping the citizenship by investment programme in its current form from November 1, as police launched an...
House president denies wrongdoing in latest Al Jazeera revelations
House president Demetris Syllouris categorically denied any wrongdoing after he and Akel MP Christakis Giovanis appeared ready to help a Chinese businessman with a criminal...
Cabinet moves to revoke seven citizenships (Update 1)
The cabinet decided on Wednesday to start procedures to revoke the citizenships of seven people issued under the citizenship through investment scheme, government spokesman Kyriacos...
Legal service instructs police to launch probe into seven passports
The legal service on Saturday announced it had given police instructions to launch investigations into possible criminal offences in connection with the discovery that seven...
