Passports’ controversy raises new questions
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...
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Cyprus revokes seven more passports (Updated)
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...
Our View: Could passport irregularities have taken place without go-ahead of president?
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...
Large law firms under investigation for passports role
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...
Former and present finance ministers: the House voted for reduced VAT on homes (Updated)
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...
Petrides: Row over citizenship scheme exposes political hypocrisy in all its glory (Update 2)
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...
Angry lawmakers call for heads to roll in golden passports scandal
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...
Presidential candidates lambast passport scheme
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...
House discussion of Audit passport report to extend beyond extraordinary session
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...
More investigations into passports scandal cannot be ruled out (updated)
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...
