Cyprus to upgrade IDs and passports
The civil registry and migration department is due to announce a tender to upgrade passports, identity cards, and residence permits, so as to further prevent...
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Woman arrested at Paphos airport with fake passport
A woman from Cameroon was arrested at Paphos airport on Tuesday evening for trying to leave the country with a forged Portuguese passport, police said...
Cambodia’s leaders only allowed on nationality, some had acquired Cyprus passports
Following reports that the prime minister’s inner circle had acquired Cypriot passports, Cambodia’s parliament on Monday passed constitutional amendments barring holders of the country’s top...
New arrest at Paphos airport over stolen passport
Another person, a man of African origin aged 23 has been arrested at Paphos airport with what police believe is a stolen passport. He was...
Political meddling sped up applications former CBI overseer tells enquiry
Political meddling aimed at speeding up applications by foreign nationals under the citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme was quite commonplace, the former head of the migration department...
Tatar says would return his Cypriot ID and passport if he could
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he would return his Cypriot ID and passport if he could after it emerged he too was a registered...
Cyprus passport ranked 13th in the world
The Cyprus passport has been ranked 13th in the world in terms of the number of destinations its holders can access without a prior visa,...
Vaccine passports for all? Not yet
The ‘vaccination passport’ deal reached with Israel last Sunday for Israeli travellers to Cyprus cannot be replicated with other countries at the moment, according to...
Red flag raised over possible link between use of private jet and grant of passport
Civil aviation officials on Thursday confirmed that a flight under presidential designation to the Seychelles did take place in August 2015 but couldn’t say whether...
The long road to citizenship
Years after they have applied for citizenship people who have met the criteria are still waiting. Is there any excuse for this? A former minister...
