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...
MPs to discuss two ways of declassifying secret service files
Two proposals for archived documents of the Cyprus secret service (KYP) to be declassified and made public will be examined by the House Ethics committee...
‘Final stage’ reached on secret service legislation
Before parliament dissolves for the May legislative elections, the House ethics committee plans to bring to the plenum for a vote a bill designed to...
KYP officers sentenced to six months each in Dromolaxia scandal (updated)
Two secret service (KYP) officers were jailed for six months each by the Larnaca court on Tuesday after being found guilty of taking bribes in...
KYP officers to be sentenced next week for Dromolaxia involvement
Two secret service (KYP) officers accused of taking bribes with the Dromolaxia land scandal will be sentenced on January 14, the Larnaca district court said...
KYP officers plead guilty to conspiracy and abuse of power
By Angelos Anastasiou In a plea bargain, Cyprus intelligence service (KYP) sergeants Costas Miamiliotis and Lefteris Mouskos, who faced bribery charges in connection with the...
Secret service overhaul due by year end
A bill placing the secret service on a solid legal footing for the first time since it was established in 1970 should head to the...
Trial of KYP officers postponed
The trial of two secret service officers accused of receiving a bribe to falsify a report that made a dodgy land deal possible has been...
Secret service bill to be at plenum within a fortnight
By Elias Hazou The House ethics committee on Tuesday resumed discussion of a government bill designed to overhaul the Cyprus Intelligence Service (KYP), with MPs...
‘Government did not know of spy tech capabilities’ (updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou Opposition parties on Tuesday protested the acquiring of monitoring software that could be used for domestic surveillance by the Cypriot intelligence service...
Parties demand answers over KYP phone surveillance
By Elias Hazou POLITICAL parties on Monday kept alive the issue of surveillance tech acquired by the Cyprus Intelligence Service (KYP), demanding answers from the...