Authorities go after luxury villa of fugitive businessman
An order freezing the luxury Ayia Napa villa owned by fugitive businessman Jho Low, who was granted a Cyprus passport in September 2015, has been...
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Examination of pending citizenship applications to be speeded up
The government has decided to expedite the processing of pending passport applications filed via the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme, apparently keen to bring some much-needed foreign...
Accountants urged to exercise caution over citizenship applications
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Selk) has urged its members to thoroughly examine the background of clients who apply for citizenship, issuing a directive...
Man loses fight to serve less time in army on citizenship grounds
The supreme court has rejected the case of a man who wanted to serve six months in the national guard as opposed to what was...
Greek woman renouncing Cypriot citizenship over abuse of disabled parking spaces (Updated)
A Greek resident has applied to renounce her Cypriot citizenship after becoming infuriated over the government’s failure to apply the law protecting the rights of...
Mokas says passport scheme outside its remit
THE anti-money laundering unit Mokas said Friday the island’s citizenship scheme did not fall under its remit after recent reports said it had been involved...
Immediate revocation of citizenships ‘not that easy’, Petrides said
INTERIOR Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday said it was not possible to immediately revoke the 26 citizenships granted as part of the country’s investment scheme...
Anastasiades will resign ‘the next day’ if any wrongdoing found in law firm’s passport dealings
President Nicos Anastasiades would resign “the next day” if he or his law firm is implicated in any wrongdoing in the citizenship for investment scheme,...
Top recipients of Cypriot citizenship in 2017 were Russian
The top recipients of Cyprus citizenship in 2017 were Russians some 1,315 of whom received naturalisation, a Eurostat report published on Tuesday revealed. Number two...
Kenyan billionaire with Cypriot passport under investigation at home
A Kenyan billionaire who has been granted a Cypriot passport is under investigation for tax evasion by the authorities in the African country, it was...
Petrides working with Turkish Cypriot teachers union to resolve citizenship cases
By Evie Andreou A team appointed by Interior Minister, Constantinos Petrides, will work with the Turkish Cypriot teachers’ union Ktos to go through the applications...
Turkish Cypriots increase pressure over Republic passports
More than 5,000 Turkish Cypriots with one Turkish parent have expressed interest in obtaining a Republic of Cyprus passport, it was reported in the north...
Golden passport holders remain ‘secret’
Parliament on Friday rejected a Green party proposal to publish the names of foreign nationals who have been granted citizenships by Cyprus either as an...
EU Commission scrutinises Golden Visas, NGO links to risks (Update 2)
(Updates with EU Commission comment in third paragraph) The European Commission will plan a report about schemes of member states that allow foreign investors to...
Cypriot origin equals Cypriot citizenship
NATIONALITY or citizenship is the link between a person and a state recognised internationally. It does not indicate a person’s ethnic origin but it binds...
Turkish Cypriots to sue Republic of Cyprus for citizenship discrimination
Around 1,000 Turkish Cypriots are planning to sue the Republic of Cyprus on the grounds of discrimination for its alleged refusal to grant them citizenship....
New rules mean greater transparency on citizenship for investment
In future the names of legal and auditing companies that arrange citizenship for foreign investors will be made known to the interior committee. However, MP...
Turkish Cypriots ‘bribing gangs’ for citizenship for their kids
Gangs are being bribed with money in exchange for Cypriot citizenships for children in the north of mixed marriages, primarily between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish...
Australian citizenship crisis claims another lawmaker
A citizenship crisis that robbed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of his one-seat majority will claim another politician, with the senate president on Wednesday saying he...
Anger over Turkish woman given ‘TRNC citizenship for love’
There was unrest in the political scene in the north of the island on Thursday after it was revealed that a Turkish woman from Istanbul...
