Vergas sheds more light on Helector-landfills kickbacks
IMPRISONED former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas, serving a six-year term after admitting to bribe-taking in the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) trial, took the witness stand...
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Paphos’ disgraced former mayors stripped of municipal honours
Former Paphos mayors Savvas Vergas and Fidias Sarikas, both found guilty of corruption over the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) scandal, will be stripped of all...
AG right to suspend criminal trials says minister
The attorney-general was correct to suspend prosecution of a criminal case earlier this week, but a broader question hangs over the retention of electronic data...
Paphos sewerage board corruption trial draws to a close
The corruption trial linked to the Paphos sewerage board (Sapa) came to an end on Wednesday with the criminal court set to announce its verdict...
Vergas ‘will be treated like any other prisoner’
Former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas will spend his second night in the central prisons on Wednesday after his transfer from outside detention quarters on Tuesday...
Former Paphos sewerage chief denies leading bribery ring (Updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou Former Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) director Eftichios Malekkides denied on Monday that he had set up and led the ring of public...
Four remanded in alleged Paphos waste scam
An eight day remand order was handed to four individuals on Saturday, suspected of conspiring to commit a crime and fraud, as well as bribing...
Vergas returns to court, ready to name more
By Angelos Anastasiou FOLLOWING an eventful hearing on Wednesday, in which former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas collapsed during his cross-examination, he returned to the witness...
Vergas taken to hospital during SAPA hearing (Update 1)
The ongoing Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) trial was interrupted on Wednesday when former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas, who is serving a six-year jail term after...
Paphos councillor got £27,000 for SAPA, court hears
By Elias Hazou FROM 2006 to 2008, former Paphos municipal councillor Yiorgos Michaelides (DISY) was the beneficiary of three bank cheques worth a total of...
Supreme court hears personal data challenge
By Angelos Anastasiou THE Supreme Court yesterday heard a challenge of the law allowing police to retrieve personal telecommunications data in connection with criminal investigations,...
Vergas wants to attend college
By Angelos Anastasiou Despite being held at an undisclosed location outside the Central Prisons following his imprisonment for six years, former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas...
Attempts being made to recover bribery pay offs
By George Psyllides Authorities are trying to recover several millions of euros paid to contractors involved in the construction of the Paphos sewerage system, the...
Vergas’ brother charged and released (Update 2)
Former Paphos Mayor Savvas Vergas’ brother Charalambos was arrested just after midnight in connection with threatening a Politis journalist. Charalambos Vergas was arrested at 12.40am...
Paphos council set to file another case against Vergas
By Constantinos Psillides The Paphos municipal council is set to file another case against former mayor Savvas Vergas, relating to the demarcation of plots in...
Vergas given first aid after punched by fellow inmate
Former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas, sentenced to jail for six years on corruption charges, was treated in hospital on Friday after he was punched in...
Local council to sue over SAPA works
A local council has decided to sue the former mayor of Paphos and another official – both jailed for corruption — over the sorry state...
‘No motive except greed’ says judge in Vergas case (Update 2)
By George Psyllides Former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas and the head of the town’s sewerage board were sentenced on Wednesday to six years in jail...
Vergas and Malekkides to be sentenced next week
By Constantinos Psillides FORMER Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas and the head of the town’s sewerage board will be sentenced on Wednesday in connection with corruption...
Timeline: Vergas’ fall from grace
By Constantinos Psillides FORMER Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas’ fall from grace started last September, after a suspicious land-zoning case involving construction company Aristo Developers, came...