#golden passports

Investigations into the heavily criticised and now defunct citizenship-by-investment programme, also known as the golden passport scheme, remain difficult, as authorities struggle with complicated case files and limited cooperation from ...

The appeal of a Chinese holder of a ‘golden passport’, who objected against the cabinet’s decision to revoke his acquired Cypriot citizenship, has been rejected, the administrative court announced ...

Defence attorneys in the ‘golden passports’ trial on Monday sought again to demonstrate that throughout the years the cabinet had total discretion on which naturalisation applications to recommend, seeking to ...

Between 2008 and 2017, a total of 7,500 individuals obtained Cypriot citizenship through the investment programme, with the cabinet first becoming involved in 2021, a senior officer told the Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday. ...

The trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, ...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it is an infringement of EU ...

Nicosia’s criminal court decided on Monday to postpone the Al Jazeera case till April 3, after the prosecution failed to present emails as evidence due to a technical problem. Former ...

The trial concerning the high-profile ‘golden passport’ case involving former transport minister Marios Demetriades and several others has been postponed until April 25, the Nicosia Criminal Court ruled on Tuesday. The ...

A USB storage device containing content extracted from the mobile phone of former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis was the main topic of discussion at Friday’s hearing of the court ...

Metadata from photographs and videos taken on former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis’ mobile phone was the focus in Monday’s hearing of the court case regarding the three people facing ...

The trial of three people linked to the issuing of illegal naturalisations in an Al Jazeera report was postponed on Monday until Friday. The delay was to give time for ...

Nicosia criminal court on Monday agreed to hear by videoconference the testimony of a key prosecution witness in the ongoing trial relating to Cyprus’ now-defunct citizenship-by-investment programme. In the case ...

Monday’s court hearing regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the ...

The ‘golden passports’ trial linked to the Al Jazeera documentary will begin on January 13, Nicosia criminal court said on Monday after a request for another delay was rejected. Prosecution requested ...

Parliament on Monday greenlit funds for the anti-corruption authority that the body says are indispensable to continue the work of investigations. Despite having given the authority some pushback last week, ...

Recent legal opinion on citizenship at EU court should be ignored It seems selling ‘golden passports’ was lawful after all. On October 4, 2024 Anthony Collins, an Advocate General in the EU, ...

The hearing of the golden passport criminal case involving Al Jazeera news report, for which three people are facing charges, has been postponed for January 13, 2025. Former House president Demetris Syllouris, ...

On October 10 the anti-corruption authority will begin hearing an alleged corruption case implicating Edek leader and MP Marinos Sizopoulos, media reports said on Monday. Brought to light by a former ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by a Syrian businessman against the revocation of his Cypriot citizenship after his name had appeared on a European Union ...

People were mistaken in thinking the saga of the golden passports was over. Earlier this week former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades, who served in the first Anastasiades government from 2014 to 2018, ...

The government on Wednesday announced it had revoked the Cypriot citizenship of eight people who were naturalised under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment programme, commonly known as the ‘golden passport’ scheme. ...

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 ...

Former transport minister in the Anastasiades government, Marios Demetriades, has been charged in the golden passports scandal, for offences related to corruption, bribery and money laundering. A case was filed ...

Five high-profile court cases are set to dominate the headlines in the upcoming weeks, ranging from the contentious golden passports trial, the fate of the auditor-general’s job and Thanasis ...