Paphos council removes ‘offensive’ corruption sign
Paphos’ municipal council decided on Monday to remove a sign with mayors’ names after certain political parties objected to the fact that two were accompanied...
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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...
Convicted former mayor injured in prison football game
Jailed former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas was injured on Sunday while playing football at the Nicosia Central Prisons, and was taken to hospital for treatment,...
Waste management defendant gets 18-month suspended sentence
The former director of a company at the centre of a waste management scandal on Friday was given a suspended 18-month jail sentence after he...
New sentence to be announced for Vergas next month
The Nicosia criminal court will next month announce the sentence of former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas over bribery charges he pled guilty to in connection...
Vergas pleads guilty to corruption charges, again
Jailed former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas on Wednesday pleaded guilty to corruption charges relating to overcharging at waste-management plants in Paphos and Koshi, Larnaca. Vergas,...
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...
AG drops private criminal prosecution against Phedonos
The attorney-general has decided to suspend a private criminal prosecution brought against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, having found no evidence of wrongdoing on the mayor’s...
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....
Paphos hearing into threatening SMS adjourned until next January
A hearing in the trial of former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas and three others over the sending of threatening text messages to various individuals was postponed on Wednesday after he...
