Savvas Vergas
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...
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...