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Ex-MP loses long libel battle with newspaper over anti-gay comments

Lizzy IoannidouAugust 31, 2019August 31, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouAugust 31, 2019August 31, 201903479

Former Disy MP Andreas Themistocleous on Saturday lost a long-running legal battle against Politis newspaper and journalist Costas Constantinou, who Themisocleous accused of libel in...

Cyprus

Supreme Court reserves judgment in Eleni Loizidou emails case

Evie AndreouFebruary 25, 2019March 21, 2019

By Evie AndreouFebruary 25, 2019March 21, 20190304

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would reserve its ruling to the appeal filed by daily Politis against an injunction forbidding it from...

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Anastasiades accused of ‘wrong-speak’ by using term ‘illegal immigrants’

Lizzy IoannidouSeptember 24, 2018

By Lizzy IoannidouSeptember 24, 20180122

By Lizzy Ioannidou Interior minister Constantinos Petrides has come to the defence of President Nicos Anastasiades who was recently accused of racist impropriety for the...

Cyprus

AG vehemently denies abusing his position in land sale

Elias HazouSeptember 20, 2018

By Elias HazouSeptember 20, 20180129

By Elias Hazou ATTORNEY-GENERAL Costas Clerides on Thursday vehemently denied allegations that he abused his position by facilitating the sale of a plot of land...

Cyprus

Politis the latest victim of social media threats

Staff ReporterAugust 1, 2018

By Staff ReporterAugust 1, 20180178

By Lizzy Ioannidou Just days after Politis journalist Costas Constandinou received threats to his life via social media, the newspaper itself was a target of...

Cyprus

Journalists union condemns death threat against Politis reporter

Evie AndreouJuly 26, 2018July 26, 2018

By Evie AndreouJuly 26, 2018July 26, 20180349

By Evie Andreou THE union of Cyprus journalists (ESK) on Thursday condemned online threats against the life of Politis newspaper’s journalist Costas Constantinou, after a post on...

Cyprus

AG won’t prosecute journos over leaked state attorney’s emails

George PsyllidesApril 3, 2018April 3, 2018

By George PsyllidesApril 3, 2018April 3, 201810 105

Attorney-general Costas Clerides announced on Tuesday there will be no prosecutions against journalists over the publication of leaked emails belonging to a senior state attorney....

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OSCE concerned over gag order in Lozidou case

Staff ReporterFebruary 27, 2018

By Staff ReporterFebruary 27, 201814 185

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir expressed concern on Tuesday over a recent court decision prohibiting daily Politis from publishing documents concerning...

Cyprus Featured

AG says media persecution claims are just hype

CyprusMailFebruary 16, 2018February 17, 2018

By CyprusMailFebruary 16, 2018February 17, 20187 134

By George Psyllides and Peter Michaels Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Friday rubbished claims by some media that the police probe into the leaked emails of...

Cyprus

Police hauling in journalists over Loizidou’s leaked emails

George PsyllidesFebruary 15, 2018

By George PsyllidesFebruary 15, 201815 250

POLICE have been questioning reporters from Phileleftheros newspaper over the leaked emails of a senior state attorney who used her personal account to correspond with...

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Our View: Newspaper injunction in Loizidou case makes no sense

CM: Our ViewJanuary 12, 2018January 12, 2018

By CM: Our ViewJanuary 12, 2018January 12, 20187 202

AS WE had written here last week, when it comes to personal data protection common sense goes out the window. This principle has become sacred...

Cyprus

‘Press freedom limited by Loizidou injunction’

Andria KadesJanuary 11, 2018January 11, 2018

By Andria KadesJanuary 11, 2018January 11, 20186 158

The injunction against daily newspaper Politis preventing it from publishing leaked emails from suspended state attorney Eleni Loizidou’s email account serves no purpose other than...

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Suspended state attorney suing Politis for as much as €2m over publication of emails

Evie AndreouDecember 9, 2017December 11, 2017

By Evie AndreouDecember 9, 2017December 11, 201714 183

By Evie Andreou Suspended senior state attorney Eleni Loizidou is suing daily Politis seeking damages of between €500,000 and €2m, claiming that the media outlet breached her...

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Nicolaou: collective cooperation needed to stamp out police corruption

Staff ReporterAugust 15, 2016November 29, 2016

By Staff ReporterAugust 15, 2016November 29, 201656 228

Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday it would take collective cooperation to stamp out corruption in the police and this would need to involve...

Cyprus Cyprus Talks

CMP to investigate tip-off that remains of Greek Cypriot missing were moved to Assia

Annette ChrysostomouFebruary 22, 2016November 14, 2016

By Annette ChrysostomouFebruary 22, 2016November 14, 20163 89

By Angelos Anastasiou The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) will commence the procedure to verify a tip by daily Politis regarding a site near occupied...

Cyprus

Vgenopoulos lashes out at ‘media mudslingers’

Staff ReporterNovember 23, 2015October 10, 2018

By Staff ReporterNovember 23, 2015October 10, 20189 152

By Angelos Anastasiou FORMER Laiki bank boss Andreas Vgenopoulos said on Monday that local daily Politis and Greek online news portal Kouti Tis Pandoras (‘Pandora’s...

Cyprus

Dispute over law firms’ earnings from BoC

Staff ReporterNovember 4, 2015October 10, 2018

By Staff ReporterNovember 4, 2015October 10, 201823 207

Daily Politis and the Tassos Papadopoulos & Associates law firm have become embroiled in a tussle over the publication of official documents showing that the...

Cyprus

AKEL-Politis war of words continues

George PsyllidesMay 10, 2014May 10, 2014

By George PsyllidesMay 10, 2014May 10, 20140143

By George Psyllides A WAR of words between main opposition AKEL and Politis newspaper continued on Saturday over a libel suit filed by the party...

Cyprus

AKEL sues ‘over loss of supporters’ Politis says

George PsyllidesMay 9, 2014May 10, 2014

By George PsyllidesMay 9, 2014May 10, 20141148

By George Psyllides MAIN opposition AKEL has sued a newspaper over allegations that the party had received €1.5 million from a company allegedly linked with...

Crime Cyprus

Onoufriou claims police were planning to murder him

Jean ChristouApril 26, 2014November 29, 2016

By Jean ChristouApril 26, 2014November 29, 20161143

By Angelos Anastasiou Former convict Andreas Onoufriou, who remains on the lam for the third day despite an ongoing islandwide search operation by the police,...