#anti corruption authority

Cyprus is continuing to fall short on key rule of law reforms, with the European Commission cautioning that delays in overhauling the legal service, slow moving courts and weak oversight ...

Criminologist Ilias Anagnostopoulos is officially on the team of independent criminal investigators in the Mafia State case, following Wednesday’s approval by the cabinet. Anagnostopoulos is replacing Christos Mylonopoulos, who ...

The government consulted the anti-corruption authority before appointing Ilias Anagnostopoulos as the second criminal investigator in the Mafia State case, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Commenting on reactions to ...

The anti-corruption authority on Monday declined to comment on reports that it is investigating a former member of parliament over alleged fraud and misappropriation of funds linked to a non-profit ...

The government on Thursday named the team of five criminal investigators it is to appoint to examine the findings reached by the anti-corruption authority during its own probe into the ...

The government intends to table legislation granting investigative powers to the Anti-Corruption Authority, the permanent secretary of the justice ministry, Giorgos Panteli, told parliament’s legal affairs committee on Wednesday, ...

The police’s investigation into allegations of fraud, forgery, conspiracy to commit fraud, and the circulation of forged comments levelled against former Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos is expected to be ...

Answers for every accusation levelled at him in the anti-corruption authority’s Mafia State report were offered by former president Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday, in an hour-long address. Regarding the ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades went on the defensive on Tuesday, speaking for over an hour at journalists’ house in Nicosia fighting against allegations levelled at him in the anti-corruption authority’...

Both attorney-general George Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelides on Wednesday announced that they will recuse themselves from any involvement with further investigations into a report conducted by the anti-corruption ...

Lawyer Achilleas Demetriades called for sweeping reforms to Cyprus’ anti-corruption framework, arguing that the independent anti-corruption authority must be given greater powers to act. Speaking on Wednesday, he further stressed ...

The anti-corruption authority on Tuesday found that former president Nicos Anastasiades, as well as others, may be criminally liable, following the conclusion of its investigation into allegations made against him ...

Journalist Makarios Drousiotis faces legal scrutiny after police concluded on Wednesday that allegations levied in the ‘Sandy’ case were unsubstantiated and that the legal service will now assess potential criminal ...

The Anti-Corruption Authority will issue its ‘announcement’ about the investigation into allegations made against former president Nicos Anastasiades in the book Mafia State, by June 15 at the latest, Transparency Commissioner ...

By June 15, the anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement regarding its investigation into allegations appearing in the book Mafia State, the head of the authority said on Tuesday. Tuesday’s ...

A detailed announcement on the findings of the report into the book Mafia State will be issued before the end of June, the anti-corruption authority said on Tuesday, stressing that ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris is expected to move forward with a proposal for the appointment of independent criminal investigators, as concerns grow over the handling of allegations linked to Makarios ...

The anti-corruption authority on Monday asked people to stop filing complaints to it based on the content of reports published by the audit office. “Whenever the audit office publishes one ...

The independent authority against corruption has examined more than half of the 750 complaints submitted over the past three years, transparency commissioner Haris Poyiadjis informed the parliamentary institutions committee on Wednesday. ...

New delays in delivering the last part of a report by the authority against corruption on Mafia State – a book by investigative journalist Makarios Droushiotis – are expected to be announced ...

Information on Monday appeared to refute assertions by MEP Fidias Panayiotou that he uses a property in Limassol – mostly paid for with European Parliament funds – as office space. Daily Politis ...

The phenomenon broadly referred to as corruption has existed for over 2,000 years. And throughout history accusations of corruption have caused governments to fall and prominent politicians, including presidents and prime ...

Former energy minister Georgios Lakkotrypis submitted more than ten applications for special permission to work in the private sector during the mandatory two-year hiatus after leaving his ministerial post, sources ...

The Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF) on Tuesday called for the investigation into a controversial video to be completed and its findings published as soon as possible. In a statement, the ...