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Georgiades, AG Clerides engage in war of words over co-ops audit (Update 2)
Attorney-general (AG) Costas Clerides on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Harris Georgiades of having only contempt for an opinion by the legal service on the status of co-ops as the latter’s standoff...
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Trump taps Sessions for AG, Pompeo for CIA – transition official
US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped three senior leaders of his national security and law enforcement teams, choosing Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Representative Mike Pompeo as...
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Probe ordered into army nurse audit boss says is unqualified
Twenty-six years later, the attorney-general has ordered a criminal investigation into the case of an army warrant officer who has been practicing nursing without the required qualifications. The issue...
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AG against resorting to draw to resolve deadlock in future federal court
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has expressed his opposition to resorting to draw to resolve a possible deadlock in a future federal court that will be set up in the event of a Cyprus settlement....
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Silence over Greek debt bank scandal instills despair
IN APRIL 2004 an unknown Englishman by the name of Ashley Revell wrote world gambling history. Unbelievable as it may sound, he cashed in all his assets, amounting to $135,000 and went to a casino in...
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Corruption probe into police will not be made public right now, AG says
The report of an independent probe into corruption in the police force was delivered to Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday. The result of 330 depositions over five months and spanning 84...
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UK ruling on fugitives not recognition of north, says AG
LAST week’s ruling by the High Court of England and Wales, clearing the path for informal cooperation and information exchange between British law enforcement and Turkish Cypriot authorities to...
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AG given updated probe into police corruption
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has just been handed an updated report into a police corruption probe, and will be studying its findings to determine whether any prosecutions are warranted. According...
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AG points finger at deputy police chief in leaking probe
Deputy chief of police Andreas Kyriacou appears to have been behind the unauthorised leaking of confidential reports on a foiled assassination attempt and police corruption to the press,...
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House postpones discussion of new teacher appointment system
The House education committee on Friday postponed for two weeks discussion of a bill on the new teacher appointment system after Attorney-general Costas Clerides withdrew an appeal he had filed over a...
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Anastasiades fires deputy police chief, announces replacement (Update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday fired deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou, a move believed to be connected with his alleged involvement in the unauthorised leaking of confidential reports on...
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AG clears Archbishop of ‘hate speech’, Kisa to file private criminal case...
Attorney-general (AG) Costas Clerides has shot down a complaint lodged by a local NGO against Archbishop Chrysostomos for remarks he made regarding Turkish settlers in the north. In the complaint, Kisa...
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AG acknowledges election predicament after Solidarity ruling
Attorney-general Costas Clerides conceded on Thursday the state was faced with a serious legal predicament after the electoral court upheld an appeal and vacated a parliamentary seat belonging to the...
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Cabinet rescinds appointment of waste-management committee (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday decided to revoke the appointment of an investigative committee regarding decisions made over the government’s waste-management strategy, deputy government spokesman Victoras...
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Michaelides to consult AG on doctor transfer
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Thursday he would ask the attorney-general to examine if criminal offences arise from a case concerning five state doctors who threatened the health...
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AG censures state’s loss of revenue from Opap contract
The attorney-general has censured the way the finance ministry was interpreting an agreement with betting giant Opap, which apparently cost the state up to €12m in lost revenues, MPs heard on Thursday....
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Leaked emails expose Cypriot attorney’s links to Russia – reports
By Stelios Orphanides A senior attorney at the Law Office offered services and information to Russia in cases involving requests for legal assistance, Politis reported on Sunday, citing leaked emails...
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AG requests Loizidou’s suspension, as cabinet appoints investigator (Updated)
Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Wednesday he had requested the suspension of senior attorney Eleni Loizidou from her post pending the outcome of a probe into her ties with Russia after the...
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Attorney Lozidou equally “friendly” to UK, US, the Guardian says
Attorney Eleni Loizidou, the second in command at the Law Office who had her ties to Russia exposed in a massive email leak, said that she was equally “friendly” with counterparts in the US and the UK...
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Embattled state attorney denied injunction, as more emails made public
Following a court’s decision to deny suspended senior state attorney Eleni Loizidou an injunction forbidding publication of her leaked emails, more details on the controversial decision to extradite...
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