Auditor-general defends whistleblower’s identity in Opap probe
THE private data commissioner has reported the auditor-general to the attorney-general after he refused to provide her with the name of a whistleblower, sparking a...
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Facebook data scandal widens as Canadian company accused of helping target U.S. voters
A scandal engulfing Facebook over the use of its data by political consultants widened when a whistleblower said Canadian company AggregateIQ had developed a programme...
Whistleblower questions Brexit result, says campaigners broke law
A whistleblower at the heart of a Facebook data scandal on Monday questioned the result of Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum as his lawyers presented evidence...
Whistleblower mayor Phedon Phedonos has got it right
PAPHOS Mayor Phedonas Phedonos knows very well how to stir things up. He has done it on several occasions, since first elected, to good effect....
Whistleblowers bill heads to AG’s office
A bill to enable and protect whistleblowers is currently with the Attorney general’s office and will be submitted to the new parliament, Justice Minister Ionas...
Panayi calls for radical overhaul of refereeing
By Angelos Anastasiou Whistle-blowing referee Marios Panayi, whose public denunciation of the Cyprus Football Association’s top brass and reports of match-fixing in Cyprus stirred up...
Whistleblower referee struck off
By George Psyllides A referee who went public with charges of widespread match fixing in Cypriot football has been stricken off after he failed to...
CFA refers Panayi to disciplinary committee
By Constantinos Psillides THE Cyprus Football Association (CFA) has decided to refer whistleblower referee Marios Panayi to the association’s disciplinary committee, accusing him of making...
Referee saving ‘best card until last’
By Constantinos Psillides WHISTLEBLOWER referee Marios Panayi laid into Cyprus Football Association chairman Kostakis Koutsokoumnis yesterday, accusing him of blackmailing smaller football clubs in order...
Whistleblowers to be protected
By Constantinos Psillides The Cyprus branch of Transparency International announced yesterday the creation of a whistleblower protection service. The service is to be made available...
Canada allowed widespread NSA surveillance at 2010 G20 summit – report
By David Ljunggren Canada allowed the U.S. National Security Agency to conduct widespread surveillance during the 2010 Group of 20 summit in Toronto, according to...
No protection for whistleblowers in Cyprus
By Poly Pantelides THERE is no specific legislation in Cyprus to protect whistleblowers with those in the private sector remaining under-protected while procedures for civil...
Russian lawyer says Snowden to start website job
By Steve Gutterman Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has found a job working for a website in Russia, where he was granted asylum...
Fugitive Snowden’s father in Russia, hopes to see son
By Steve Gutterman Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s father arrived in Moscow on Thursday to see his son, who was granted asylum in...
Snowden got stuck in Russia after Cuba blocked entry – newspaper
By Katya Golubkova Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden got stuck in the transit zone of a Moscow airport because Havana said it would...
Britain detains partner of journalist linked to Snowden
By William James British authorities used anti-terrorism powers on Sunday to detain the partner of a journalist with close links to Edward Snowden, the former...
Snowden leaves Moscow airport, gets refugee status in Russia (updated)
By Timothy Heritage and Alissa de Carbonnel Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped quietly out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Thursday after...
Snowden’s father says won’t be ’emotional tool’ – report
By Elizabeth Piper The father of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said he would not fly to Russia to serve as an “emotional...
Russia’s Putin wants Snowden to go, but asylum not ruled out
By Alexei Anishchuk President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he wanted Edward Snowden to leave after three weeks holed up at a Moscow airport, but...
Fugitive Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia
By Lidia Kelly and Maria Tsvetkova Ex-intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, encamped at a Russian airport evading the reach of U.S. authorities, said on Friday he...