#Giorgos Savvides

AS IF HAVING to deal with the unrelenting attacks of Odysseas was not bad enough, attorney-general Giorgos Savvides is also having to cope with old cases, pre-dating his appointment, that ...

The attorney-general on Tuesday suggested the public should manage their expectations regarding new prosecutions in relation to the ‘golden passports’ affair, where to date just one case has been brought ...

The island’s independent anti-corruption authority on Wednesday decided to prioritise the investigation of audit office complaints that concern two very important institutions. Following an extraordinary meeting held in light ...

The audit service is engaging in character assassination and overstepping the limits of free speech, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday, as the two offices continued to exchange barbs. “We ...

Cyprus must be cautious on the matter of sanctions as the country’s credibility is being judged abroad, Attorney General Georgios Savvides told reporters on Tuesday. Asked what the situation ...

The row between the attorney general and auditor general heated up on Friday as the two are locked in a fundamental disagreement over their respective roles. A spokesman from the ...

No unemployment benefit will be given to the 1,000 former bank employees who left their jobs on a voluntary retirement scheme with some collecting up to €200,000, according to the opinion of ...

Cyprus fully respects the privacy of communications, the attorney-general said on Tuesday, a day ahead of a scheduled meeting with a visiting delegation of the European Parliament committee investigating the ...

The attorney-general’s office has rejected claims made by Greek activist Ilias Gkionis that implicated Cyprus or Cypriot nationals in a prostitution ring and subsequently codified in relevant documents sent ...

A newly established unit coordinating the investigation of corruption cases convened for the first time on Thursday, with attorney-general Giorgos Savvides stressing that the department and its work are distinct ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that the justice system faces imminent collapse unless a reform drive goes through now as a broad meeting of stakeholders was held at the ...

Authorities will not appeal an administrative court decision nullifying the hiring of 75 police officers and 25 firemen but will reassess and correct flaws in the procedure followed, attorney general Giorgos Savvides ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Friday brushed aside criticism that his office has done nothing in the wake of the Pandora Papers reveals, noting that criminal cases need to be based ...

The government has received a series of legal opinions over the past six months from foreign experts about Varosha, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday. Savvides, speaking to the press ...

Anger at the decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute the 15 policemen over their apparent failure to investigate the disappearance of foreign women that were subsequently discovered to have been ...

The attorney-general said Thursday the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Intosai) had ignored a key provision of its own guidelines in a statement it issued expressing concern over the ...

After saying 10 per cent of the estimated 3,000 fraud investigations it would be dealing with each year would involve Cyprus, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said its figures had ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday hit back at the newly established European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) which said that 10 per cent of the 3,000 fraud investigations it estimates it will ...