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Members of the House institutions committee on Wednesday raised questions regarding the oversight procedure for people who leave public office and take private sector jobs within two years in light ...

Cyprus ranks 49th among 182 countries in the corruption perception index for 2025, published by Transparency International, dropping three places from 2024. According to the index made public on Tuesday, Cyprus received 55 points ...

The government envisions making Cyprus resilient and robust both domestically and overseas, President Nikos Christodoulides said Thursday in his annual ‘state of the union’ address. In the speech, broadcast on ...

Only two of Cyprus’ 56 sitting members of parliament declared gifts received in the exercise of duties, according to the latest register published by parliament on Thursday. The register concerns gifts ...

It is extremely difficult to understand the rationale, if there is any, behind the opinion issued by the legal service, asserting that the disclosure of the names of the companies ...

A planned new online platform, which would be named “Diafaneia” – transparency in Greek – was the topic of discussion at Wednesday’s session of the House institutions committee, with MPs hoping ...

Discussions were held at the House institutions committee on Wednesday regarding plans to create a registry of all public contracts. The bill has been put forward by Green Party leader ...

MPs on Wednesday pointed to possible violations of the law regarding Opap grants, saying that Opap may be “filtering” the applications before sending them to the finance ministry. The House ...

By Emilios Charalampous and Maria Aristidou With the European Union’s leadership promoting a coherent, centralised and effective economy to the rest of the world through the concepts and principles ...

The arguments of the two sides – legislature and executive – regarding the law on disclosing the names of donors to the Agency for Social Support that is run by the first ...

The non-governmental organisation, Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF), on Monday called for systematic checks of Gesy to avoid corruption and to ensure full transparency in the health system. According to the ...

By Gina Agapiou and Tom Cleaver More remains to be done towards transparency and restoring the public’s confidence in the institutions such as justice, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

The data being made available on Covid is often inadequate Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the rallying cry has been ‘Follow the science’. But a more useful motto might be ‘Follow ...

After the golden passports exposé there was an outcry against corruption. Citizens held demonstrations, newspapers wrote fiery editorials against sleaze and opposition parties demanded a clean-up. Corruption became the main ...

Very often when a government tells its citizens there is no cause for alarm or no cause for concern, they are either completely misinformed or are trying to play down ...

Twenty incoming MPs who will be sworn in on Thursday said they hope the new parliament will not just serve the interests of individuals and political parties and will also ...

By Michele Kambas Cyprus plans to launch a register in coming months identifying the owners of thousands of companies on the island, lifting a veil of secrecy on opaque and ...