#Golden passport scandal

The Nicosia criminal court on Friday rejected the prosecution’s request to cross-examine lawyer Andreas Pittadjis as part of the trial of two former MPs facing criminal charges over a ...

Cabinet has approved a motion to repeal the legislation which allows for Cypriot passports to be granted to foreign investors, thus removing the provisions which allowed for the country’s ‘...

At its meeting on Thursday, the cabinet approved six proposals to withdraw citizenship from 28 naturalised individuals granted under the controversial citizenship by investment programme. Earlier this month, on 3 September, the ...

The two defendants in the ongoing ‘golden passports’ trial insisted on Thursday that they are innocent of all charges, that they broke no law nor done anything untoward. Former House ...

The criminal case against former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades in relation to “suspicious” naturalisations of new Cypriot citizens under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment scheme, commonly known as the ‘golden passport’ ...

Friction flared up in parliament on Monday after the head of the anti-corruption authority declined to commit specifically to investigating former president Nikos Anastasiades in relation to the ‘golden passports’ ...

Former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades and some of his relatives linked to the family law firm were referred to the criminal court over the golden passport scandal on Wednesday. A ...