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Attorney general to join probe into helicopter pricing
Attorney General Costas Clerides has been called to sit in a meeting on Wednesday which aims to decide on action over allegations that important data was withheld from the House defence committee eight...
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Pool death inquiry sent to attorney-general
Both the Ayia Napa holiday apartment and swimming pool in which 18-year-old Savvakis Alexandrou drowned two years ago were illegal, the lead investigator looking into the case ruled. According to a...
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AG to decide what to do with money earned in prison store
The attorney-general will decide about some €600,000 amassed by wardens running a prison convenience store that sold products at higher prices than supermarkets outside, an MP said on Tuesday. Speaking...
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Our View: Anastasiades in court – treading on thin ice?
AKEL and DIKO were correct to question President Anastasiades’ decision to appear as a defence witness in the trial of Rikkos Erotokritou and to urge him to re-consider. The president has no business...
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Corruption ‘largely responsible for economic situation’– poll
Six out of ten Cypriots believe that corruption is largely responsible for the economic situation and most also believe society allows it to flourish, according to a poll published on Sunday in...
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Erotokritou says he feels he has done nothing wrong
Former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotocritou on Thursday said that, to this day, he strongly feels he has done nothing wrong with regard to his handling of the Providencia case in 2013....
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New charge sheet to be drawn up on waste scandal suspects
The attorney-general on Tuesday withdrew the charges against 12 suspects implicated in the waste management scandal because he is planning to file a new charge sheet that will include three more...
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Two vetoed bills will be examined by new parliament
Two bills vetoed by the president will be examined by the new parliament after the May 22 elections, it emerged on Thursday. The bills were passed by MPs on the last session before parliament dissolved...
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Probe into sale of police aircraft – reports
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has ordered a probe into an alleged scandal after it appears a search and rescue aircraft was grossly undersold by the state for €150,000 though the buyer managed to...
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AG weighs in on Theocharous, MP seat will go to Solidarity’s next in line
The parliamentary seat Solidarity leader Eleni Theocharous has won and chosen to forego in favour of her seat in the European parliament will go to the party’s runner-up candidate Giorgos Papadopoulos,...
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US attorney general to accept FBI findings in Clinton email probe
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Friday she will accept the recommendations of career prosecutors and the FBI director on whether or not to bring charges against Democratic presidential...
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Lawyer to sue AG over suspension of case against police officer
FORMER Deputy Attorney-general Loukis Loucaides is suing Attorney-general Costas Clerides for his decision to suspend a private criminal case he initiated against a traffic cop with whom he had a...
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Phedonos lashes out at antiquities head, refuses to retract allegations of...
By Bejay Browne and Evie Andreou Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Monday lashed out at the head of the antiquities department for reporting him to the Attorney-general’s office over allegations he...
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Our View: Compensation blunder shows immoral attitude of Legal Service
THE Attorney-general’s office, justifiably has come under merciless criticism from the media for its decision to appeal against the level of compensation awarded by a court to the family of fireman...
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‘National experts’ find it hard to give up Brussels gravy train
Because ministries and other government departments have abused a 2014 government decision introducing the post of Seconded National Experts (SNEs) to the seat of the European Union, all such...
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AG drops private criminal prosecution against Phedonos
The attorney-general has decided to suspend a private criminal prosecution brought against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, having found no evidence of wrongdoing on the mayor’s part. The private...
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Audit boss threatens to set AG on Thoc
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides warned the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) on Thursday that if it refuses to handover by Friday documents concerning all performances of Sophocles’ Antigone,...
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Audit boss to ask AG to probe whether his phone is bugged
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides will on Monday ask the attorney-general to investigate whether his phone calls are being monitored following a suspicious incident, CyBC reported on Sunday citing...
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Teachers could very well be operating outside the law
TEACHERS’ union Poed and each teacher individually would be committing criminal and disciplinary offences should they opt to ignore the education ministry’s directives in order to push for longer...
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Gender equality head slams naked sushi stunt
The gender equality commissioner reportedly asked the attorney-general to look into whether the management of a Limassol art gallery serving sushi off the body of a naked woman had committed any...
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