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AG knocks foreign ministry edict on tourists staying in the north
By Elias Hazou THE FOREIGN ministry directive barring entry to non-EU nationals arriving at Cyprus airports if they intend to stay on Greek Cypriot properties in the north is still in force, the Sunday...
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AG to weigh in on ‘offensive ballot’
By Evie Andreou A LACKLUSTRE presidential campaign turned contentious on Saturday after two legal challenges were mounted over draft ballot papers printed earlier in the day. Less than 24 hours after...
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AG, audit boss in war of words with Opap
By Peter Michael BOTH the attorney-general and the auditor-general faced-off with Opap on Wednesday, slamming as ‘offensive’ accusations by the Greek lottery giant that the auditor-general had violated...
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Lillikas backs away from ‘buyout’ claims
Presidential candidate Giorgos Lillikas sought on Thursday to dial down his allegations that someone tried to buy him off so that he’d pull out of the elections race, acknowledging that he has no hard...
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Police watchdog to appoint investigator into arrest of footballer’s wife
The independent authority that investigates complaints against police is to appoint an investigator into the detention on Wednesday by two undercover officers of the wife of a Brazilian footballer who...
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AG and judges take-home pay higher than president’s
The highest paid officials in Cyprus are the attorney-general, his deputy and the judges on the Supreme Court with €12,049 gross salary plus allowances per month, only slightly lower than the...
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State appeals shoe factory verdict
The state has filed an appeal against a court decision late last year which found that government departments and a now-defunct shoe factory in Nicosia were inadvertently responsible for creating a...
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Police hauling in journalists over Loizidou’s leaked emails
POLICE have been questioning reporters from Phileleftheros newspaper over the leaked emails of a senior state attorney who used her personal account to correspond with the Russian attorney-general’s...
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Authorities’ excessive zeal in emails case threatens press freedom,...
The “excessive zeal” exhibited by the authorities against reporters in the case relating to the leaked emails of a senior state attorney tends to become a hindrance to press freedom, the journalists’...
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AG says media persecution claims are just hype
By George Psyllides and Peter Michaels Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Friday rubbished claims by some media that the police probe into the leaked emails of senior state attorney Eleni Loizidou was...
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Attorney-general tries to calm waters surrounding email leaks
Attorney-General Costas Clerides said on Friday there was no reason for confrontation with journalists over the controversial investigation into the leaked emails of a senior state attorney who used...
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Probe results into leaked emails in hands of AG
The attorney-general has been handed the findings of two separate probes relating to the leaked emails of a senior state attorney in charge of extraditions who had been using her personal account for...
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Attorney-general defends legal service traffic offence record
Attorney-General Costas Clerides said on Friday that the state legal service does not indiscriminately and collectively waive road traffic offences. In a written statement the attorney general said...
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Attorney-general denies overspending on expert advice
Attorney-General Costas Clerides on Friday rubbished claims that his office spent millions on experts to investigate the collapse of the economy, saying the accusations were simply aimed at...
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Anastasiades to seek AG’s advice on vacant MP seat
By George Psyllides President Nicos Anastasiades will seek the attorney-general’s advice on how to proceed with a bill passed by parliament giving a seat to the Solidarity Movement, which lost it in...
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Akel suggests limiting term of government officials
Main opposition Akel confirmed it has been preparing a number of proposals on ways to boost democracy and transparency and one of them is limiting the term of independent officials such as the...
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Attorney-general to launch in-depth probe into Co-op’s demise
Attorney-General Costas Clerides said on Wednesday he would be launching a probe into the possibility of wrongdoing at the Co-operative bank and would be appointing an investigative committee to carry...
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Court orders attorney-general to hand over evidence
Nicosia district court in an interim ruling on Friday ordered Attorney-General to Costas Clerides to hand over findings from his investigations into former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou to the...
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Court to decide early September in Browder’s case
By Stelios Orphanides The Nicosia district court is expected to decide in early September on the application of Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder aimed at stopping Cyprus cooperating with Russia...
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Arbitration court dismisses Vgenopoulos’s €1.1bn claims (Updated)
By Stelios Orphanides Attorney-general Costas Clerides said that an arbitration court ruled that Cyprus had not violated any of its obligations stipulated in a mutual investment protection agreement...
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