Giovani Group says latest Al Jazeera report ‘baseless’
The Giovani Group on Tuesday said none of its executives have ever had dealings of any sort with persons named in the latest report by...
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Al Jazeera reveals how UK football deals led to Cyprus passport scheme irregularities (Update 2)
The Al Jazeera network on Monday aired a new documentary which – though dealing with the laundering of money through the purchase of English football...
Legal service forwards passports probe findings to police
The state Legal Service has forwarded the findings of an inquiry into the citizenship by investment programme to police with instructions to investigate whether any...
Full text of passport probe conclusions released, criminal investigations set to follow (updated)
A report into the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programme, released on Tuesday, conveys a picture of an almost total system failure – authorities and actors across...
Brussels tells Cyprus to stop processing pending citizenship applications (Update 2)
Brussels is taking action against Cyprus for continuing to process pending applications for citizenship even though the passports for investment scheme was axed last November...
Our View: Passports report shows there must be some culpability
The 780 pages of findings of the investigative committee set up to look into the citizenship scheme from 2007 to 2020 was given to the...
Anastasiades: those who exploited citizenship scheme should be losing sleep (update 2)
Those who exploited the deficiencies of the citizenship by investment programme should not be sleeping at night, President Nicos Anastasiades said Tuesday, a day after...
Interior ministry ignored opinion of the AG, passport inquiry head says (Update 2)
The interior ministry had ignored the opinion of the attorney-general in 2015 and 2016 that granting citizenships to the families of investors was potentially unlawful...
Enquiry set to recommend rescinding 44 passports
An inquiry into the island’s controversial citizenship by investment programme is set to recommend rescinding 44 passports, 22 more than in its interim report that...
‘Former minister had nothing to do with passport applications’
The brother of former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades on Tuesday flatly denied the latter had anything to do with applications filed by their family’s law...
Limassol bishopric was unaware of passport applicant’s illegal activities
The Limassol bishopric said Wednesday it knew nothing of the illegal activities of a man it had tried to help secure a Cypriot passport through...
Lawyer tells probe inquiry he was only ‘playing along’ with Al Jazeera reporters
Lawyer Andreas Pittadjis on Friday called on Al Jazeera to release the unedited videos of their undercover documentary that exposed the island’s citizenship by investment...
Our View: Auditor general’s view on passports report failed to mention an apology
It was astonishing that Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides felt obliged to issue a 3,000-word announcement on Tuesday to comment on the interim report by the Investigative...
‘Passport report vindicates Audit Office findings’
A recently published interim report into the citizenship-by-investment programme by a government-appointed panel fully vindicates earlier findings by the Audit Office, it said on Tuesday...
Syllouris and ex-MP keep silent at passport inquiry (Updated)
The former president of parliament and a former Akel MP refused to answer any questions Wednesday put to them by the panel investigating Cyprus’ controversial...
Interior ministry will study damning interim passports report ‘in depth’
The interior ministry said Wednesday it would comment on the damning findings of an inquiry into the citizenship to investment programme after an in-depth study...
Interim report on passports lists litany of irregularities
The interim findings of an investigation into the citizenship-by-investment scheme were released Tuesday, recording a litany of irregularities and outright unlawful practices in the granting...
More than half citizenships given through investment unlawful, inquiry concludes (updated)
More than half of about 3,000 citizenships granted by the state between 2007 and August 2020 as part of the island’s citizenship by investment programme...
Passport scheme in the spotlight again after audit boss claims new irregularity
The government granted citizenships to 221 foreign investors without applying regulations passed by parliament in August 2020, MPs heard on Thursday. According to the auditor-general,...
Interim report on passport scheme handed over on April 6
The committee of inquiry looking into the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will deliver its interim report to the attorney-general on April 6. Committee chair and...