Lillis seeks new lawyer in Saudi case
By Constantinos Psillides BUSINESSMAN Nikos Lillis appeared before the Larnaca District Court on Wednesday to request permission to find a new lawyer, in connection to...
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Chief detective sheds more light on ‘Dromolaxia’ scandal
By Angelos Anastasiou THE trial of a suspicious land deal, purchased illegally from its Turkish Cypriot owner by the CyTA employees’ pension fund, continued yesterday...
CyTA advisory committee had reservations about suspect deal
By Elias Hazou FORMER chairman of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) Stathis Kittis sat on the panel that ultimately approved investing over €21m in a...
Cross examination of Lillis completed
DEFENCE lawyers in the controversial CyTA land acquisition deal in Dromolaxia on Thursday concluded the cross-examination of entrepreneur Nicos Lillis, the prosecution’s main witness. Kyriakos...
Lillis tells all in latest round of Dromolaxia scandal hearings
By Angelos Anastasiou IT WAS entrepreneur Nikos Lillis’ turn to testify for the prosecution at the Larnaca Assize court yesterday in the controversial CyTA land...
Defendants in CyTA land scandal plead not guilty
By Angelos Anastasiou EIGHT defendants – seven persons and a legal entity – implicated in the CyTA land scandal yesterday pleaded not guilty to all...
CyTA probe reveals web of shady deals
By George Psyllides ALL THOSE involved in a land deal involving the state telecoms (CyTA) pension fund basically facilitated a company of dubious financial standing,...
Four to go to trial in land deal
By Elias Hazou LARNACA district court yesterday referred to criminal trial four suspects in connection to a multi-million land transaction involving the pension fund of...
Remand renewed in Larnaca land dispute case
By Poly Pantelides LARNACA district court on Wednesday renewed a six-day remand on three men suspected of fraud and bribery in relation to a multi-million...
Three arrested, fourth sought in dodgy land deal
By Elias Hazou POLICE yesterday placed under arrest three people in connection with a real estate deal in Dromolaxia dating back to 2007. The three...
Turkish Cypriot seller was ‘fearful’ of buyer’s connections in CyTA deal
By Poly Pantelides THE MAN who sold land on location in what would later become a pension fund investment for the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA)...
Kittis: deal was legitimate and sound
THE CHAIRMAN of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) wrapped up his defence yesterday of a 2011 pension fund investment, which is under investigation by a...
Kittis will have to appear a third time before panel
By Peter Stevenson CYPRUS Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) chairman Stathis Kittis will be called to testify for a third time before a panel investigating the purchase...
CyTA boss talks of ‘hidden agendas’ in land deal slurs
By Elias Hazou THE CHAIRMAN of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) stuck to his guns yesterday, reiterating that the pension fund’s investments were sound and...
‘Political party received half a million in CyTA land deal’
By Peter Stevenson ONE OF the island’s political parties allegedly received half a million from the sale of a plot of land in Dromolaxia-Meneou, near...
Former official was sceptical about land deal
By Elias Hazou THE FORMER director of the department of Turkish Cypriot properties was opposed to the 2007 transfer of a plot of land in...