Droushiotis says he’s handed over evidence of surveillance
Former presidential adviser Makarios Droushiotis said Thursday he has handed police evidence showing he had been under surveillance for the past three years. Droushiotis tweeted...
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President says government not bugging former advisor
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday that the government is not monitoring former presidential advisor Makarios Droushiotis who said his phone and computer had been...
Archbishop will talk to secret service about Russian church in north
Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Friday he would seek information from the Secret Service (KYP) on the number of Russians living in Kyrenia after reports on...
KYP chief named head of President’s diplomatic office
Chief of the Cyprus Intelligence Service (KYP) Kyriacos Kouros will also be taking on the role of head of the President’s Diplomatic Office, according to...
Our View: Secret service needs to be more transparent
DEPUTIES at the House institutions committee took exception to the regulations that will be part of the law on the operation of the central information...
MPs urge more transparency from intel agency
The majority of MPs in the House Ethics Committee consider provisions regulating the declassification of secret service (KYP) documents to be in conflict with the...
Secret service officer’s role in money for passports scheme probed
Limassol police are investigating a former secret service (KYP) officer and a Lebanese national who have been remanded after two Egyptian men claimed they had...
Our View: Security service gets fresh mandate and stature, at last
AT LAST, after 46 years of existence, the Republic of Cyprus has finally given legal standing to its security service known as KYP (central information...
After 46 years, intelligence service gets legal stature
A government bill regulating the staffing and operation of the Central Intelligence Service, approved in parliament’s final plenary session on Thursday, marked the official founding...
Around 30 people with suspected IS ties sent back to Europe from Cyprus in recent months
Some 30 individuals suspected of having links to the Islamic State were identified at Larnaca airport over the last few months and sent back to...
