#Odysseas Michaelides

By Loukis Skaliotis The decision of the Cyprus Supreme Constitutional Court to remove the auditor-general from his post has been at the forefront of the news in recent days. The ...

Concerns were raised about a perceived growing climate of fear and censorship following the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides from his position as auditor-general at an event held by the Green ...

House audit chairman and Diko MP Zacharias Koulias’widely broadcast plans to appoint a new auditor-general when he is acting President of the Republic later this week were brought to ...

In a unanimous and trenchant judgment, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus sitting as a discrete Council in an application to dismiss the auditor-general for misconduct decided on Wednesday that ...

The Cyprus Bar Association on Saturday vowed to “vigorously defend the independence of the courts against any attempts to undermine them”. Their statement came amid public upset over the sacking ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Friday issued a warning to those decrying the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to fire the now former Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides. Speaking to television channel Alpha, ...

The audit office assured on Thursday it was continuing its work, after its chief was fired a day earlier. Deputy Auditor-General Kyriacos Kyriacou said audits were still continuing in the ...

Akel on Thursday said it was organising a protest against the dismissal of now former Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides outside the presidential palace. The protest will take place on Sunday at 4...

President Nikos Christodoulides will take decisions to appoint a new auditor-general in the next few days, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. Odysseas Michaelides, who held the post for 10 ...

The majority of political parties on Wednesday lambasted developments at the Supreme Constitutional Court that led to Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides being fired from his post. In parliament, a House ethics ...

The dispute between Attorney-General George Savvides and Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides, which led to the sacking of the latter for inappropriate conduct by the Supreme Constitutional Court, had gone on for ...

House President Annita Demetriou signed Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides’ dismissal on Wednesday, after the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled he should be fired for inappropriate conduct. Demetriou signed as acting President of ...

In a courtroom that was packed to the brim, an audible sob followed the news that Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides was fired on Wednesday. The hearing lasted two hours and at ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to sack Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides “essentially abolishes the audit service and democracy”, he told audit office staff on Wednesday. In farewell remarks to his ...

The presidential palace on Wednesday hit back against allegations that President Nikos Christodoulides was behind efforts to have Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides fired. In a fiery statement outside the Supreme Court ...

Dismissed Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides said on Wednesday the system has “successfully beheaded me”. Speaking after the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to relieve him of his duties was handed down, ...

Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides was fired on Wednesday following a Supreme Constitutional Court decision, as he called the outcome a “black day for Cyprus.” In a unanimous ruling, a panel of ...

The big decision over the fate of Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides’ job is expected to be announced today at the Supreme Constitutional Court. Inevitably a high-stakes case, the hearing is ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court will be announcing its ruling on September 18 on the attorney-general’s request for the dismissal of the auditor-general on the grounds of inappropriate conduct. In a ...

Five high-profile court cases are set to dominate the headlines in the upcoming weeks, ranging from the contentious golden passports trial, the fate of the auditor-general’s job and Thanasis ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ cross examination was adjourned on Thursday at the Supreme Constitutional Court, as one of the judges had a medical issue and was unable to attend the hearing. ...

Attorney General George Savvides would be happy to see Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides “completely annihilated,” the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. The statement was made by Michaelides as he ...

There has been a ‘systemic issue’ in not granting auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides access to key data, the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Monday, as the case filed for his dismissal ...

The cross examination of Attorney-General George Savvides became heated on Thursday before the Supreme Constitutional Court, as accusations of ineptitude and inappropriate conduct were flung about rampantly in raised tones. ...