Attorney-general accuses media of corruption
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Monday accused two media groups of corruption during his speech at the Cyprus Integrity Forum on Monday, International Anti-Corruption Day. At the event, which was...
View ArticleAkel denies linking wiretapping bill vote to who becomes attorney-general
Akel leader Andros Kyprianou rejected suggestions on Tuesday that his party would vote on a wiretapping bill depending on who the next attorney-general would be. He was responding to a report by...
View ArticleAttorney-general wades into Edek row with call for probe
By George Psyllides and Nick Theodoulou Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis’ spat with the party leadership ballooned beyond party politics and a step closer to the courts on Wednesday as the attorney-general...
View ArticleReport into missing women who turned up murdered to be with AG Monday
The report of the independent police watchdog’s investigation into the force’s handling of several disappearances of women who later turned out to be victims of a serial killer is expected to be...
View ArticleCourt denies delayed payments to Astrasol plaintiffs
Nicosia District court on Tuesday denied the attorney general’s request for the government to delay paying plaintiffs who successfully sued a shoe factory for causing them health issues, pending an...
View ArticleAG informs cabinet of what they can and can’t do legally to curb migration
The government is to announce a series of measures to combat an influx of migrants later on Tuesday following a cabinet meeting. The meeting was chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades and attended by...
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Coronavirus: Attorney general censures those calling health certificates...
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday censured legal experts who were quick to rule that the restrictions on Cypriots returning from overseas were unconstitutional. “Unfortunately, some people...
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AG rubbishes suggestions he sought to stay on another month for the money...
The debate concerning the retirement date of the incumbent attorney-general continued Thursday with Costas Clerides defending his decision to leave office at the end of the month, arguing that leaving...
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AG announces resignation, cites campaign of pressure (Update 2)
Outgoing attorney-general Costas Clerides announced his immediate resignation on Friday following the debacle over his retirement date while the state legal service employees staged an impromptu work...
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Our View: State officials like the AG should have term limits
Several reports about the appointment of Savvas Angelides as deputy attorney-general highlighted his age, 46, which meant that he could stay in his post for 22 years, no government being able to remove...
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Outgoing attorney-general says he leaves his office in ‘capable hands’ (Updated)
Former attorney-general Costas Clerides was bid farewell on Monday to the protracted applause of Legal Service staff as he handed over the helm to the state’s new top lawyer, Giorgos Savvides and his...
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New AG inherits mountain of delayed bills for review
Recently-appointed attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has inherited a mountain of delayed bills to review as his office seeks to help ministries get back on track, as the latter have been rendered – in...
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Akel asks AG to check if Golden Dawn committed any crimes in Cyprus
Akel on Thursday asked Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides to investigate whether Greece’s neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn had committed any crimes in Cyprus after a Greek court declared them a criminal...
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AG asks for time to study how to proceed on Elam
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides asked for time on Friday to study how to proceed in relation to requests to investigate whether far-right party, Elam could be prosecuted after its affiliate neo Nazi...
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Requests to cancel extrajudicial traffic fines will be rejected, AG’s office...
The legal service said on Wednesday that all requests to cancel out extrajudicial traffic fines which became steeper and tougher on October 1, will not be accepted if such requests are outside the...
View ArticleAG and audit boss ‘agree to disagree’, latter backs off passport files request
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has reluctantly agreed to stop demanding government files concerning a probe his office was carrying out on a number of naturalisations while the investigative...
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Attorney General v Auditor General
The clash between the Attorney General (AG) and the Auditor General (AuG) appears to have reached a compromise after their joint statement on November 4. But what are the legal arguments surrounding...
View ArticleConor O’Dwyer arrested outside AG’s office (Updated)
A British man who has been involved in a long and exhausting property dispute in Cyprus that lasted over 15 years, was arrested on Monday outside the attorney-general’s office in Nicosia, but was later...
View ArticleFindings of probe into teen suicide handed over to AG (Update 2)
The findings of a criminal investigation into the apparent suicide of a 14-year-old boy in Nicosia late last year were delivered to the attorney-general on Tuesday. The probe had been launched by...
View ArticleCypra files not missing, AG’s office says
No files or records on the Cypra slaughterhouse case have gone missing, the attorney-general’s office said Thursday, refuting earlier media reports. The statement came on the back of reports claiming...
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