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Irini Charalambidou appointed OSCE parliamentary assembly special representative on corruption matters

Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 25, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 25, 20190349

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

Cyprus

Larnaca municipal secretary jailed for corruption (Updated)

Annette ChrysostomouApril 23, 2019April 23, 2019

By Annette ChrysostomouApril 23, 2019April 23, 20190150

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

Cyprus

Two acquitted, nine remain on trial in waste corruption case

George PsyllidesMarch 18, 2019April 2, 2019

By George PsyllidesMarch 18, 2019April 2, 2019093

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

Our View

Our View: Elite resist push for transparency at every turn

CM: Our ViewFebruary 10, 2019February 10, 2019

By CM: Our ViewFebruary 10, 2019February 10, 2019046

IN THE END the visit by the representatives of Greco, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption, did not tell us anything we

Cyprus

Cyprus deficient in applying Greco standards

Elias HazouFebruary 7, 2019February 28, 2019

By Elias HazouFebruary 7, 2019February 28, 2019062

Cyprus has been deficient in implementing the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco) regarding transparency within the judiciary, the

Cyprus

Additional protection for whistleblowers on corruption

Lizzy IoannidouJanuary 16, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouJanuary 16, 2019044

An article-by-article discussion was completed on Wednesday on the bill tabled by the finance ministry seeking to provide additional protection measures for those who report

Cyprus

2018: The promised fight against corruption has become a joke

George PsyllidesDecember 30, 2018December 30, 2018

By George PsyllidesDecember 30, 2018December 30, 2018090

By George Psyllides At the end of 2014, in a piece just like this one, I asked whether it had been the year when the

Cyprus

Bills under preparation to protect whistleblowers

Elias HazouDecember 4, 2018

By Elias HazouDecember 4, 2018038

The government is preparing additional legislation to control political lobbying and afford better protection to whistleblowers, measures that will boost the drive to fight corruption

Cyprus

People living in the north see widespread corruption – survey

Annette ChrysostomouNovember 21, 2018November 21, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouNovember 21, 2018November 21, 2018033

A vast majority, 89 per cent, of people in the north perceive that bribery and corruption exist there, while 56 per cent think the situation

Cyprus

Municipal officer facing corruption charges has case to answer

Evie AndreouNovember 8, 2018

By Evie AndreouNovember 8, 2018036

The Larnaca criminal court ruled on Thursday that a Larnaca municipal secretary facing corruption charges has a case to answer. The defendant, Lefteris Empedocles, 57,

Cyprus

Paphos council removes ‘offensive’ corruption sign

George PsyllidesNovember 6, 2018

By George PsyllidesNovember 6, 2018037

Paphos’ municipal council decided on Monday to remove a sign with mayors’ names after certain political parties objected to the fact that two were accompanied

Cyprus

‘Measures needed to stamp out corruption across civil service’

George PsyllidesSeptember 11, 2018

By George PsyllidesSeptember 11, 2018025

In the wake of the arrests of three officers in connection with people trafficking, police chief Zaharias Chrysostomou said Tuesday it was the first time

Cyprus

Cyprus concedes more needs to be done on Greco recommendations

George PsyllidesSeptember 8, 2018

By George PsyllidesSeptember 8, 2018034

More needs to be done to implement the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco), the state Law Office has

Cyprus

Cyprus has met only two of 16 anti-corruption recommendations, Greco says

Source: Cyprus News AgencySeptember 6, 2018September 7, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencySeptember 6, 2018September 7, 2018060

Cyprus has satisfactorily implemented only two of the 16 recommendations contained in an evaluation report by the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption

Cyprus

‘Must do better’ over corruption, CoE tells Cyprus

Annette ChrysostomouSeptember 6, 2018September 6, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouSeptember 6, 2018September 6, 2018045

A Council of Europe report on corruption took Cyprus to task on Wednesday for fully implementing only two of its 16 recommendations concerning MPs, judges

Europe

Archbishop in Pope crisis says corruption reaches the top

Reuters News ServiceAugust 30, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 30, 2018021

The archbishop who sparked a crisis in the Catholic Church by calling on Pope Francis to resign has denied he was motivated by personal vendetta and said

Middle East

Netanyahu questioned again in long-running corruption probe

Reuters News ServiceAugust 17, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 17, 2018011

Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuon Friday over what local media said was a case involving the country’s largest telecoms firm, one of three corruption

FRONT PAGE

Nigeria and Ghana could face bans over interference, says Fifa

Reuters News ServiceAugust 14, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 14, 2018024

NIGERIA and Ghana could face international football bans this month over political interference with their football associations, the world soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Tuesday

Cyprus

Corruption endemic in the north

Evie AndreouJuly 12, 2018

By Evie AndreouJuly 12, 201891 44

Almost nine in 10 businessmen in the north have received bribes or have themselves bribed someone, according to a survey conducted in the north on

Crime

Larnaca municipal official’s corruption case opens

Andria KadesJune 11, 2018July 4, 2018

By Andria KadesJune 11, 2018July 4, 20183 37

The hearing against Larnaca’s municipal secretary began on Monday for corruption charges in relation to €35,000 he allegedly received from a businessman. Lefteris Empedocles, 55,