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A massive volume of evidence has been gathered by investigators looking into the suspicious naturalisation of foreign investors, with the fourth case alone – involving former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades – filling 200 ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Tuesday invoked Greek mythology in a social media post criticising corruption in the north. His intervention centred on the “fake diploma scandal”, which ...

New acting prison director Charis Philippides said on Tuesday that progress is being made towards stamping out organised crime in prisons and corruption among guards. “It is important to bear ...

The non-governmental organisation, Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF), on Monday called for systematic checks of Gesy to avoid corruption and to ensure full transparency in the health system. According to the ...

In 140th position on the corruption perception index along with Cameroon Turkish Cypriots took the streets on Friday in a march against corruption, demanding that the “swamp is dried and ...

Cyprus’ treatment of asylum seekers and pushbacks were included in a number of significant human rights issues in the latest US Department of State report published on Tuesday, which included ...

Members of the board on the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission get special treatment, pocketing around €800 a month while others on similar public bodies make €70, MPs heard on Monday. The ...

Allegations leveled against former President Nicos Anastasiades are moving forward by a team ‘above any suspicion’ head of the anti-corruption authority Charis Poyiadjis said on Wednesday. Briefing MPs during a ...

Investigations into football refereeing in Cyprus have revealed that as many as seven games may have been unduly manipulated over five years, it emerged on Tuesday. The Sports ethics committee ...

The newly appointed deputy director of the Central Prisons Haris Philippides said on Wednesday his three priorities were modernising the correctional system, reducing prison overcrowding and tackling corruption. Hosting MPs ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay claimed victory and indignation on Thursday night as a report he had requested from the north’s ‘auditor-general’ showed ...

According to the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Wednesday, Cyprus ranks 49 out of 180 countries, showing a concerning trend towards higher corruption levels. The index offers ...

Cyprus has satisfactorily dealt with nine of the 16 recommendations on tackling corruption, according to the latest Greco (Group of States against Corruption) report, published on Tuesday. The findings are detailed ...

The eagerly-awaited investigation into the allegations of corruption against Deputy Attorney-General Savvas Angelides found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing such as abuse of power on his part. A summary of ...

‘Deterioration in terms of corruption has been evident in our reports’ Multiple bribery allegations surfacing over the past week involving senior Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials have shaken the northern ...

Turkey’s former Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Thursday he has nothing to do with bribery allegations linking him to Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was murdered in 2022. ...

The Pentakomo operation has lunged from one scandal to another. Now operators have been kicked out the question remains how the facility will continue to operate The continued operation of ...

Cyprus’ parliament marked International Anti-Corruption Day 2023 on Saturday, issuing a statement highlighting how corruption undermines trust towards institutions, and fosters conditions where transparency is absent. The statement was published by ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos Former president Nicos Anastasiades on Friday expressed his satisfaction with the announcement that the anti-corruption authority is looking into allegations made in the book ‘...

Lobby groups can register with the anti-corruption authority as of Monday, November 27, an announcement said on Tuesday. The goal is to update the list of groups active in Cyprus in ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided that committee will be formed under the undersecretary of the president to monitor the implementation of the recommendations in the latest report of the Council ...

While Cyprus’ legislation says all the right things on paper, the fight against corruption is compromised by institutional flaws, the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (Greco) ...

Corruption weakens the economy although a lot is being done in Cyprus to work against it, the US state department’s global anti-corruption coordinator said on a recent trip to ...

The audit service plays a key role in fighting corruption even though this is not under its responsibilities, Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides told university students interning at the parliament on ...