#corruption

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is in the process of working through another mountain of documents showing how the rich and powerful use the global financial system to ...

The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of a well-known Indian conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on Monday after the leak of what major ...

Cyprus has slipped on all governance indicators compiled by the World Bank, particularly when it comes to the rule of law metric. The World Bank has just published its 2020 data ...

After the golden passports exposé there was an outcry against corruption. Citizens held demonstrations, newspapers wrote fiery editorials against sleaze and opposition parties demanded a clean-up. Corruption became the main ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The citizens of Cyprus are living in uncertainty. They bear witness to a governance that has failed them, and which excels in improvisation, in scandals and in ...

A short video released on Friday by a local artist who was injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest aims to break the silence on the “rotten” ...

Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras According to a new report by Transparency International nearly two-thirds of EU residents believe corruption is a problem in their respective countries. The report, ‘Citizens’ Views ...

By Louisa Borg Haviaras According to a new report by Transparency International nearly two-thirds of EU residents believe corruption is a problem in their respective countries. The report, ‘Citizens’ Views ...

All the talk of tackling corruption in the lead up to May’s election has fallen silent The issue of corruption dominated the political scene during the long parliamentary pre-election ...

The report found that “offering voters money or a special favour during elections was very common” Corruption is widespread and a serious problem in the north, according to a new ...

Cyprus was the EU top country whose citizens believe corruption has increased over the past year according to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer. On the index, 65 per cent of ...

Twenty incoming MPs who will be sworn in on Thursday said they hope the new parliament will not just serve the interests of individuals and political parties and will also ...

In one week parliamentary elections will take place but there has been a lack of vision although the word change has been bandied around, few have said how that will ...

In a presidential system, parliament is not directly involved in government as it is in a parliamentary democracy, but it can make life very difficult for the executive by blocking ...

Cyprus has been cited in the latest US State Department Human Rights Report for lapses on certain human rights issues including “serious acts of corruption” crimes involving violence or threats ...

Cypriots consider corruption as the biggest problem currently faced by the country with the coronavirus pandemic a close second, according to a survey published by state broadcaster CyBC. The poll, ...

Cyprus’ legislation on asset statements by politically exposed persons (PEP) is a ruin which has not been restored, experts who have drafted a White Paper on the issue said on ...

Responding to widespread accusations of state corruption, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Monday that corruption is something that all governments around the world must deal with. “Corruption has always ...

So have your say on the Panayiotides-Syrimis-Pissarides White Paper to fight corruption The events which led to the resignation of the previous House of Representatives’ president and of another MP ...

Several thousand people marched in Nicosia on Saturday in a protest against state corruption and pandemic restrictions that ended peacefully, unlike a similar event last week, which ended in violence. ...

The fallout from Saturday’s protest – with footage of police violence shocking many observers – has engulfed the local political landscape but has also drawn an unusual amount of international scrutiny. ...

Opposition parties called for the justice minister’s resignation on Monday following accusations that police had unnecessarily cracked down on demonstrators using excessive force and injuring several people, including a 25...

A couple of days ago, President Anastasiades met with the members of the internal audit council, which comprises of three ministers, the state treasurer, a certified accountant and the commissioner ...

Tempers flared at the House ethics committee after members of a defunct watchdog set up to clean the island’s sports, mainly football, blamed its outgoing chairman of its demise. ...