Three of four on trial for passport scandal raise pretrial objections
Lawyer Andreas Pittadjis denied the charges against him on Wednesday as the hearing of the other three key players allegedly involved in the now scrapped...
Demetris Syllouris
Trial of four alleged key players in ‘golden passport’ scheme postponed
The trial of the four key players allegedly involved in the now scrapped ‘golden passport’ scheme scandal, including two who were shown in Al Jazeera’s...
Syllouris passport probe goes to AG
Police have completed an investigation into former House president Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis who had been implicated in a scandal last...
Syllouris and ex-MP keep silent at passport inquiry (Updated)
The former president of parliament and a former Akel MP refused to answer any questions Wednesday put to them by the panel investigating Cyprus’ controversial...
Police defend why it took so long to search homes of those on Al Jazeera video
Police on Friday defended the fact that it took them more than two weeks to search the homes of former state officials and others who...
Passport saga inspires parody song
A Cyprus band has written a song parodying local politicians featured in an undercover video showing them offering to help a Chinese businessman with a...
Syllouris resigns under pressure but insists he broke no laws (Update 2)
House president Demetris Syllouris resigned on Thursday under immense public pressure following an undercover video showing him offering to help a Chinese businessman with a...
‘Passport for sale, barely used’, social media scathing after documentary broadcast
Some Cypriots are pretending to sell their passports online, others are enraged over the tarnishing of the country’s reputation following the Al Jazeera broadcast focusing...
Anti-corruption demo for second night running (with video) (updated)
Hundreds of people on Wednesday assembled outside the Nicosia conference centre, currently hosting parliament, to protest and demand the resignation of House president Demetris Syllouris...
MPs ‘on strike’ in protest over Syllouris’ refusal to resign (Update 3)
The House ethics committee, scheduled to have a meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the deputies’ code of conduct, said they would not convene as...
