#corruption

President Nikos Christodoulides has dismissed corruption allegations by former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides as ‘fake news’, denying claims he attended the inauguration of an allegedly illegal leisure centre project. The controversy ...

A chief prison warden was arrested in a police operation early on Thursday. Three other people were also taken in. They include a police officer, a convict and a private ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou hosted Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in a live podcast discussion titled How to Change the System? on Friday. The event, held at the old EAC building ...

The trial concerning the high-profile ‘golden passport’ case involving former transport minister Marios Demetriades and several others has been postponed until April 25, the Nicosia Criminal Court ruled on Tuesday. The ...

Investigative journalist Makarios Drousiotis, whose trilogy of books stirred a wave of controversy after his writings described Cyprus as a mafia state embroiled in corruption, has lodged an appeal with ...

The anti-corruption authority has examined seven complaints against district court judges but found the evidence provided was insufficient to demonstrate corruption, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Politis, the ...

A police officer has been suspended while the internal investigation service looks into a series of suspected offences, including corruption, the force said on Wednesday. Investigations are focusing on abuse ...

Cyprus has made significant progress in the 2024 Corruption Perception Index, climbing both in score and global position, the Cyprus Integrity Forum said on Tuesday. The Corruption Perception Index ranks countries ...

A special police officer already in custody was rearrested on Monday in connection with a second corruption case. Nicosia district court renewed the officers’ remand order for a further four ...

Three months after getting sacked on grounds of ‘conduct unbecoming’, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday received an honorary distinction as an “anti-corruption fighter”. The event was organised by the ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday pledged to fight against the “gangrene” of corruption. Speaking on behalf of President Nikos Christodoulides at an event to mark the world day for ...

Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman Giorgos Koumas came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after the Cyprus sports writers’ union withdrew an award from a journalist who had uncovered corruption within ...

Concerns were raised about a perceived growing climate of fear and censorship following the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides from his position as auditor-general at an event held by the Green ...

Cyprus ‘had no other choice’ but to bring in US experts to help with corruption-related investigations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, as he announced a designated budget would go ...

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 ...