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...
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Former presidential adviser says his phone and computer have been bugged for three years
Former presidential advisor Makarios Droushiotis has publicly claimed that someone had been keeping tabs on him for the past three years by bugging his phone...
Legal affairs committee to meet on phone tapping
The House legal affairs committee will convene on Friday to discuss the law on phone surveillance after the president vetoed two amendments passed by opposition...
Anastasiades sends phone-tapping bills back to House
President Nicos Anastasiades has vetoed a phone surveillance law after it was amended by MPs, effectively rendering it unenforceable, it emerged on Monday. In a...
Our View: Phone-tapping law amendments do not serve public good
The ease with which deputies amend government bills at the legislature never ceases to amaze. They never seem to think through the consequences of the...
President ponders rejecting ‘defanged’ phone-tapping bill
The president may refuse to sign into law a bill recently passed authorising phone tapping, over concerns that certain last-minute amendments made to it could...
MPs to vote on phone tapping and tenancy bills this week
Two long-awaited bills – one on phone tapping, the other making it easier for landlords to evict tenants – will be tabled to the House...
Phone-tapping bill crucial to crime prevention says president
The bill allowing authorities to conduct phone surveillance is a crucial development in solving crimes, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. He was speaking during...
All measures in place to curb terrorist attacks
By Elias Hazou ALTHOUGH authorities do not have specific information on a terrorist strike in Cyprus, they are taking all preventative measures, Justice Minister Ionas...
Erdogan: too much power for too long
By Gwynne Dyer IT’S a “treacherous attack” and a “dirty conspiracy,” claimed Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose image as a devout Muslim and...
Leaked transcript full of match-fixing allegations
By Peter Stevenson THE transcript leaked to local media from the conversation between a businessman who was implicated in the CyTA land scandal and his...
Indonesian, Australia leaders trade jabs over spying allegations
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Lincoln Feast The leaders of Indonesia and Australia traded punches on Tuesday in a row over alleged spying by Canberra, with...