Our View: GDPR as a shield against transparency
It is extremely difficult to understand the rationale, if there is any, behind the opinion issued by the legal service, asserting that the disclosure of the names of the companies ...
Bill seeks donor transparency for social support body
A bill was tabled in parliament on Thursday aiming to make the independent social support body more transparent by obliging it to publish the names of donors along with the ...
Fake investment firm allegedly used in sting targeting former minister
Former minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis and Charalambos Charalambous – the president’s former chief of staff – may have been deliberately lured by individuals posing as prospective investors, media reports suggested on Tuesday.
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Social support body implores first lady to reconsider resignation
The social support body’s management committee on Tuesday implored First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides to reconsider her resignation from her role as the body’s chairwoman.
She had resigned ...
Our View: Hybrid attack claims don’t answer corruption questions
The government finally came up with a narrative to defend itself against the revelations made in the video posted on ‘X’ last Thursday. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou told CyBC ...
Experts probe shadowy ‘Videogate’ release
As the government grapples with the fallout from ‘Videogate’ – a clip purportedly showing how in 2023 President Nikos Christodoulides and associates accepted cash from donors to bypass election campaign spending caps– ...
Our View: Communication tricks will not make video go away
From the moment the eight-minute video about the suspect fundraising methods used by President Nikos Chrisodoulides’ entourage for the election campaign appeared on the ‘X’ platform the government has been ...
Fact Check Cyprus: leaked video not AI-generated but source is dubious
The leaked video accusing President Nikos Christodoulides of corruption through unofficial donation flows shows no signs of being AI-generated, but was posted from a dubious X account, the fact-checking organisation ...
Remedica rejects corruption claims linked to leaked video
Limassol-based generics company Remedica on Friday dismissed corruption allegations linking it to the government following the circulation of a video on X, stressing that it has not made political donations ...
Mavroyiannis suggests foreign link in scandalous leaked video
Speculation intensified on Friday over the origins of a video alleging illicit campaign financing and pay-to-play access to President Nikos Christodoulides, with former diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis and others pointing to ...
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Christodoulides: ‘I will give no one the right to accuse me of corruption’
In a counterattack after being accused of breaking the law over presidential campaign finances, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Friday he would allow no one to accuse him of corruption ...
The social support body: an object of controversy
References to the social support body in the video which alleged campaign finance lawbreaking on the part of President Nikos Christodoulides and his associates which was widely shared on social ...
Police begin investigation into video, await Lakkotrypis statement
The police have launched an investigation into a video which alleged campaign finance lawbreaking on the part of President Nikos Christodoulides and his associates which was widely shared on social ...
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Video alleges campaign finance breaches by Christodoulides
The government on Thursday seemed to reel from the release of a video posted online purporting to reveal how President Nikos Christodoulides and associates engaged in illicit methods to bypass ...
Dutch police looking for second man in connection with Cemil Onal murder
The Dutch police have announced that they are looking for a second suspect in connection with the murder of Cemil Onal, the man who made allegations of a deep money-laundering ...
Probe continues into football corruption claims – AG’s office
Investigations are ongoing into corruption allegations against senior officials of the football association, including its current head Giorgos Koumas, the attorney-general’s office said on Monday.
The AG’s office ...
Journalists express concern over Turkish Cypriot journalist
The Cyprus Journalists’ Union (Esk) on Monday expressed serious concern for the safety of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ayşemden Akin after she reportedly received death threats over a corruption story ...
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Man who made Erdogan-Cyprus corruption ring accusations shot dead in The Hague
A man who had given a series of interviews in which he made allegations of a deep money-laundering and smuggling network based in Cyprus involving some of the most powerful ...
Turkish opposition leader calls out ‘bad smell’ of Erdogan’s alleged corruption in Cyprus
Turkish opposition political party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has decried the “bad smell” of an alleged corruption scandal linked to northern Cyprus involving the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
Our View: Justice delayed is profit made
There are none so adept at gaming the system in Cyprus than public servants through the constant use of lawfare which they have honed to a fine art by making ...
AG: my friendship with ex-president no bar to truth
Attorney-general George Savvides said on Wednesday that if anything arises from the Anti-Corruption Authority’s investigation into allegations concerning former president Nicos Anastasiades then the Legal Service will find ways ...
Author to testify against ex-president over corruption allegations
Author Makarios Drousiotis will be giving testimony on Tuesday on claims of corruption against former president Nicos Anastasiades made in his book ‘Mafia State’.
The author has been called to ...
Anastasiades will refute ‘slanderous lies one by one’ (updated)
Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday welcomed the appointment of Gabrielle Louise McIntyre, who is meant to investigate corruption claims against him which were written in a book.
The anti-corruption ...