Our View: Investigations for the sake of investigations
THE LAUNCH of yet another investigation was announced last Thursday. The latest would be a criminal investigation, into the leaking of confidential Central Bank documents,...
CYTA land sale
AKEL ‘has proof’ of a stitch up in CyTA case
By Stefanos Evripidou OPPOSITION AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou yesterday said he had proof of a “political stitch-up” over the CyTA land deal which he’s considering...
Nicolaou says ‘days of impunity’ are over
By Stefanos Evripidou UNION REPRESENTATIVE of state telecommunications company CyTA, Orestis Vassiliou, was remanded for seven days by the Larnaca district court yesterday in connection...
A litany of dirty dealings
By George Psyllides THE CHAIRMAN of state telecommunications company CyTA and an AKEL MP allegedly received €1.0 million each in kickbacks in connection with a...
Remand renewed in Larnaca land dispute case
By Poly Pantelides LARNACA district court on Wednesday renewed a six-day remand on three men suspected of fraud and bribery in relation to a multi-million...
Turkish Cypriot seller was ‘fearful’ of buyer’s connections in CyTA deal
By Poly Pantelides THE MAN who sold land on location in what would later become a pension fund investment for the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA)...
Kittis: deal was legitimate and sound
THE CHAIRMAN of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) wrapped up his defence yesterday of a 2011 pension fund investment, which is under investigation by a...
CyTA boss talks of ‘hidden agendas’ in land deal slurs
By Elias Hazou THE CHAIRMAN of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) stuck to his guns yesterday, reiterating that the pension fund’s investments were sound and...
CyTA unionist says no oversight on land deal
By Elias Hazou A SENIOR trade unionist with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) yesterday raised a number of flags over the contentious purchase of a...
‘Political party received half a million in CyTA land deal’
By Peter Stevenson ONE OF the island’s political parties allegedly received half a million from the sale of a plot of land in Dromolaxia-Meneou, near...
Competing land owner in CyTA deal says his plot was cheaper
By Stefanos Evripidou THE COMPETING land owner in the CyTA pension fund debacle yesterday claimed the land finally bought by the fund was purchased with...
Former official was sceptical about land deal
By Elias Hazou THE FORMER director of the department of Turkish Cypriot properties was opposed to the 2007 transfer of a plot of land in...
Raw deal for Turkish Cypriot in ‘dodgy’ land sale
By Elias Hazou EVEN the Turkish Cypriot who transferred his Larnaca land to Greek Cypriot businessmen appears to have got a raw deal, it emerged...
Files on ‘dodgy’ land deal handed over
GOVERNMENT officials yesterday submitted cabinet decisions and company files relating to a real estate deal involving state telecoms company (CyTA), currently under investigation by an...
Minister scoffs at family link claims over land deal
By Stefanos Evripidou INTERIOR MINISTER Socrates Hasikos yesterday rubbished as “nonsense” claims that his family were somehow connected to a disputed real estate deal involving...
Minister and CyTA clash over land dispute
By Peter Stevenson CYTA CHAIRMAN, Stathis Kittis, and Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos continued their public spat on Friday with Kittis hinting that the minister’s insults...
‘A stitch up from beginning to end’
A 2011 land deal, where the pension fund of telecoms authority (CyTA) purchased a plot in Larnaca for some €20 million, was “a stitch-up from...
Committee appointed to investigate land sale
THE Cabinet has appointed a three-member investigative committee which will look into the suspicious sale of Turkish Cypriot properties in government-controlled areas. The members of...