Sewage ends up in the sea in Paphos
An underground sewer belched out stinking waste from Sapa, the Paphos sewerage board, for four days before the problem was finally fixed at 10am on...
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Coronavirus: Paphos sewerage board closed
The Paphos sewerage board will be closed to the public until further notice as part of measures to stem the spread of Covid-19, it announced...
MPs say no expenses for oversight board until sewerage scandal sorted
Opposition lawmakers on Monday harangued the entity tasked with oversight of public-works contractors, as to date it has apparently taken no sanctions against companies linked...
Council repairs roads after Sapa refuses to pay
The road network in the tourist area of Kissonerga in Paphos is being repaired and resurfaced after work by the sewerage company Sapa left them...
Supreme court cuts Paphos sewerage corruption sentences
The supreme court on Thursday reduced the sentences of the five people found guilty of corruption in the Paphos sewerage board (Sapa) case. The decision...
Ex-sewerage board head pleads guilty to taking bribes (Updated)
Former head of the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) Eftychios Malekides pleaded guilty in court on Monday to the charge of being bribed by the company running...
Phedonos says Sapa case not over
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Friday the jail sentences relating to the sewerage board (Sapa) did not mean it was the end of the...
Former Paphos mayor Sarikas, others jailed for corruption (updated)
Former Paphos mayor Fidias Sarikas was jailed for four years on Friday and three former and one sitting municipal councilors got between four and five...
Shattered careers and ill-health mitigating factors in Sapa case
The anti-money laundering unit, Mokas, has launched procedures to seize property belonging to five individuals, including former Edek MP Fidias Sarikas, found guilty of...
Former Edek MP, four others guilty of corruption (Updated)
Former Edek MP and ex Paphos mayor Fidias Sarikas and four others were found guilty of corruption on Friday relating to the construction of the...
Sapa suspect threatened former mayor, court hear
Former director of the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) Eftichios Malekkides threatened former Paphos mayor Fidias Sarikas after a row between the two men, defence witness...
Sarikas: too busy to be bribed
Edek MP and former Paphos mayor Fidias Sarikas told the district’s Criminal Court on Wednesday that he did not take part in discussions about backhanders...
Former municipal councillor cops to tax dodging but not bribery
Although he left some revenues out of his tax returns, he was never bribed, former Paphos municipal councillor Giorgos Michaelides told the court on Wednesday....
Case to answer for Sapa officials
The Paphos Criminal Court on Tuesday found that prosecutors had proven their case against five former and current state officials accused of corruption relating to...
SAPA files suit against private contractors
The Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) has filed lawsuits for over €10 million in counter-demands against private contractors who won SAPA contracts, according to Paphos mayor...
Sapa hearing postponed until end of the month
Following a brief cross-examination of disgraced Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas on Wednesday, the court set the next hearing concerning the Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) corruption...
Paphos sewage truck owners in fee protest
The Paphos sewage truck owners announced on Monday an indefinite strike after the town’s sewerage board (SAPA) reduced their hours and told them it would...
SAPA corruption trial adjourned
The corruption trial relating to the Paphos sewerage board (SAPA) scandal was adjourned for April 25 on Wednesday after a witness failed to show up...
Bill banning ‘dirty contractors’ from public tenders going to plenum
A bill banning companies from bidding for public contracts will be going to the plenum this week, the House watchdog committee decided on Tuesday. Despite...
Facing cash delays, contractor gave in to SAPA blackmail
THE chief executive of Atlas Pantou Constructions was being blackmailed by former Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) director Eftychios Malekkides into paying kickbacks under threat of...