#corruption

The world of football marvelled at Manchester City’s extraordinary decade. It was not only the gathering of numerous trophies. It was the level of football they played that made ...

Decades of emergency governance, patronage and institutional barriers have weakened civic participation and left Cyprus facing a deepening crisis of political legitimacy. The collapse of civic participation and institutional authority ...

Letters sent to former president Nicos Anastasiades in April and May 2022 show that he was informed on allegations concerning deputy police chief Michalis Katsounotos before the case was formally reported, ...

The anti-corruption authority said on Tuesday that deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides had always been within the scope of its expanded investigation into the “black van” surveillance case, disputing an account ...

The Transparency Commissioner, Haris Poyiadjis, who heads the anti-corruption authority, told the House institutions committee on Wednesday that an announcement about the ‘black van’ spying case would be issued on ...

Police have launched a criminal investigation into Reform UK over allegations the party breached foreign funding laws, on Wednesday, following an undercover investigation by Channel 4 News. The Metropolitan Police’s ...

RETIREMENT is something that Nik I is just not comfortable with. He just refuses to accept that he no longer has a role to play and keeps finding excuses to ...

The woman known by her moniker ‘Sandy’ issued a fresh statement on Friday, insisting she does not seek special treatment and will not accept blame without “solid proof”. In her ...

Ukrainian lawmakers appointed Yevhenii Khmara as the country’s new defence minister on Wednesday, hours after his predecessor, Mykhailo Fedorov, called for elections during wartime, delivering a fresh political challenge ...

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 ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s former transport minister, Jose Luis Abalos, was sentenced on Monday to 24 years in prison for a slew of offences involving corruption, the first verdict ...

Turkish Cypriot Mesaoria mayor Ahmet Latif was on Monday cleared of all charges by a court in Trikomo after being accused of stealing a water tank from a disused milk ...

Police-chief Themistos Arnaoutis is among 15 officers that independent criminal investigators recommended for criminal prosecution on Tuesday in relation to alleged failures in the handling of domestic violence complaints before the 2019 ...

The commander of the Belgrade Police Directorate, Veselin Milic, was arrested on Friday on suspicion of concealing a murder and assisting in the disposal of a victim’s body, according ...

Three suspects, including a serving police officer, were remanded in custody on Friday by the Nicosia district court as part of an investigation into alleged organised criminal activities, money laundering ...

The woman known as ‘Sandy’ has completed a further round of questioning by investigators as part of an ongoing corruption probe, with authorities seeking to clarify key elements of her ...

Data from a new corruption report points to a marked deterioration in governance in the north, with seven in 10 respondents describing corruption as a “very serious problem” and one in ...

Let me make it absolutely clear that I fully support investigative journalism, especially when it brings corruption to light. I also find it absurd that one would vote for the ...

Christos Clerides disclosed on Wednesday that he was aware of allegations linked to the ‘Sandy’ case years before they became public. Speaking to local media, the former Bar Association president ...

Former MEP Demetris Papadakis rejected on Wednesday what he termed as “fabricated allegations” made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, describing them as false, politically motivated and based on fabricated evidence. He ...

Allegations about underage sex, corrupt judges, big pay-offs and a secret brotherhood of politicians operating in the shadows that were posted on X some 10 days ago have been dominating the ...

Journalist and Volt candidate Makarios Drousiotis presented evidence to the police on Friday regarding allegations of a corruption ring involving politicians, judicial and financial figures. Before giving his statement, Drousiotis ...

Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Friday described parliament’s decision to abolish the social support body as “regrettable”. The House voted to dismantle the body, which provided financial assistance to ...

Attorney-general George Savvides ruled on Tuesday that no criminal offence had been committed by Bishop Christoforou of Karpasia in relation to complaints over the management of funds belonging to the ...