#corruption

A police officer has been suspended while the internal investigation service looks into a series of suspected offences, including corruption, the force said on Wednesday. Investigations are focusing on abuse ...

Cyprus has made significant progress in the 2024 Corruption Perception Index, climbing both in score and global position, the Cyprus Integrity Forum said on Tuesday. The Corruption Perception Index ranks countries ...

A special police officer already in custody was rearrested on Monday in connection with a second corruption case. Nicosia district court renewed the officers’ remand order for a further four ...

Three months after getting sacked on grounds of ‘conduct unbecoming’, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday received an honorary distinction as an “anti-corruption fighter”. The event was organised by the ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday pledged to fight against the “gangrene” of corruption. Speaking on behalf of President Nikos Christodoulides at an event to mark the world day for ...

Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman Giorgos Koumas came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after the Cyprus sports writers’ union withdrew an award from a journalist who had uncovered corruption within ...

Concerns were raised about a perceived growing climate of fear and censorship following the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides from his position as auditor-general at an event held by the Green ...

Cyprus ‘had no other choice’ but to bring in US experts to help with corruption-related investigations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, as he announced a designated budget would go ...

A massive volume of evidence has been gathered by investigators looking into the suspicious naturalisation of foreign investors, with the fourth case alone – involving former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades – filling 200 ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Tuesday invoked Greek mythology in a social media post criticising corruption in the north. His intervention centred on the “fake diploma scandal”, which ...

New acting prison director Charis Philippides said on Tuesday that progress is being made towards stamping out organised crime in prisons and corruption among guards. “It is important to bear ...

The non-governmental organisation, Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF), on Monday called for systematic checks of Gesy to avoid corruption and to ensure full transparency in the health system. According to the ...

In 140th position on the corruption perception index along with Cameroon Turkish Cypriots took the streets on Friday in a march against corruption, demanding that the “swamp is dried and ...

Cyprus’ treatment of asylum seekers and pushbacks were included in a number of significant human rights issues in the latest US Department of State report published on Tuesday, which included ...

Members of the board on the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission get special treatment, pocketing around €800 a month while others on similar public bodies make €70, MPs heard on Monday. The ...

Allegations leveled against former President Nicos Anastasiades are moving forward by a team ‘above any suspicion’ head of the anti-corruption authority Charis Poyiadjis said on Wednesday. Briefing MPs during a ...

Investigations into football refereeing in Cyprus have revealed that as many as seven games may have been unduly manipulated over five years, it emerged on Tuesday. The Sports ethics committee ...

The newly appointed deputy director of the Central Prisons Haris Philippides said on Wednesday his three priorities were modernising the correctional system, reducing prison overcrowding and tackling corruption. Hosting MPs ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay claimed victory and indignation on Thursday night as a report he had requested from the north’s ‘auditor-general’ showed ...

According to the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Wednesday, Cyprus ranks 49 out of 180 countries, showing a concerning trend towards higher corruption levels. The index offers ...

Cyprus has satisfactorily dealt with nine of the 16 recommendations on tackling corruption, according to the latest Greco (Group of States against Corruption) report, published on Tuesday. The findings are detailed ...

The eagerly-awaited investigation into the allegations of corruption against Deputy Attorney-General Savvas Angelides found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing such as abuse of power on his part. A summary of ...

‘Deterioration in terms of corruption has been evident in our reports’ Multiple bribery allegations surfacing over the past week involving senior Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials have shaken the northern ...

Turkey’s former Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Thursday he has nothing to do with bribery allegations linking him to Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was murdered in 2022. ...