Focus trial hearings postponed
Hearings in the Focus corruption trial involving the former governor of the central bank, have been postponed to later this month. Proceedings were set to...
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Corruption poses a serious threat to member states, Charalambides tells OSCE forum
Corruption poses a serious threat to economic development, prosperity, the rule of law and the stability European states given its links to organised crime and...
Platform launched for footballers to report match fixing incidents anonymously
The Pancyprian Footballers’ Association (Pasp) announced on Monday that starting from February 4, football players will be able to report match fixing incidents through an...
Justice minister: it will take time to clean up football
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides has once again called on anyone who is in possession of useful information about corruption and bribery in Cypriot football to...
Netanyahu formally indicted in court on corruption charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted in court on Tuesday on corruption charges after he withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution. Netanyahyu was...
Cyprus drops three places in corruption index
Cyprus was 41st among 180 countries in the 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) compiled by Transparency International. Despite recording the the same score as last year...
Former Kissonerga councillors deny corruption charges
Nine former members of the Kissonerga community council denied corruption charges on Wednesday in relation with alleged offences committed between 1997 and 2011. The defendants,...
Corrupt media outlets are well known, AG says
Attorney-general Costas Clerides said Tuesday the media that waged war against him and the state auditor revealed themselves on a daily basis through the ridiculous...
Attorney-general accuses media of corruption
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Monday accused two media groups of corruption during his speech at the Cyprus Integrity Forum on Monday, International Anti-Corruption Day. At...
Nobel prize winner calls for end to party influence at launch of new movement
The way forward for Cyprus is an economic reform programme completely independent of party influence, Sir Christopher Pissarides said on Monday at the official launch...
Perceived corruption levels on the rise
Cyprus has seen a spike in perceived corruption levels, a study conducted by the World Bank shows. Data reveals that from 2013 the country’s level...
Police officer arrested on suspicion of corruption
Police said Wednesday they have arrested one of their own on suspicion of corruption. In a statement, the force said the 41-year-old officer was arrested...
‘Protest tents’ raised opposite palace over corruption
Tents have been raised opposite the presidential palace by a protest group demonstrating against “injustice, corruption, and dictatorship”, with the group stating that they will...
AG lets loose on corrupt system, apathy of citizenry
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday slammed the fact no political responsibility was taken anyone as a result of the findings of independents such as the...
Two-faced politicians told me to go easy on bankers after 2013 crisis says attorney-general
Certain political actors tried to lean on the attorney-general to ‘go easy’ on bankers facing criminal charges, while at the same time they were grandstanding...
US says Cyprus making progress in fight over illegal financial activity
Τhe US House financial services committee has said cooperation and coordination with Cypriot authorities in fighting illicit financial activity is beginning to pay off and...
U.S. SEC fines Deutsche Bank $16 mln to settle foreign corruption charges
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle charges that it violated U.S....
Irini Charalambidou appointed OSCE parliamentary assembly special representative on corruption matters
Akel MP Irini Charalambidou, head of the island’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been...
Larnaca municipal secretary jailed for corruption (Updated)
Larnaca municipal secretary, Lefteris Empedocles, 57, was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption on Tuesday in connection with taking money to sort out...
Two acquitted, nine remain on trial in waste corruption case
The Nicosia criminal court on Monday acquitted two defendants in the waste management corruption trial but found there is a case against a number of...
