AG names committee to probe Cypra slaughterhouse (updated)
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Tuesday appointed a three-member committee of inquiry into every aspect of allegations made in connection with the Cypra slaughterhouse, which is owned by the...
View ArticleOur View: The govt did not think through the pay rise for the citizenship...
The Anastasiades government’s tendency to shoot itself in the foot, would suggest that very little thought is put into some of its decisions. The latest row, over the increased payment of the members...
View ArticleCoronavirus: AG orders criminal prosecution after refusal to carry out...
The attorney-general has ordered the criminal prosecution of a state pathologist for refusing to carry out a post-mortem and not complying with the order of a coroner because of Covid. It followed the...
View ArticleCalls for prosecution of archbishop over demolition of listed houses
A letter addressed to the attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called for the immediate prosecution of Archbishop Chrysostomos over the demolition of four listed houses last week. Signed by 62...
View ArticleAG says world audit body ignored key provision in criticism of Cyprus
The attorney-general said Thursday the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Intosai) had ignored a key provision of its own guidelines in a statement it issued expressing concern...
View ArticleWomen protest over AG’s decision not to prosecute police officers (Updated)
A group of demonstrators on Wednesday gathered outside the offices of the legal service to protest against a decision by the attorney-general not to prosecute 15 police officers named in an independent...
View ArticleOur View: Criminal case against officers in serial killer affair could not be...
Anger at the decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute the 15 policemen over their apparent failure to investigate the disappearance of foreign women that were subsequently discovered to have...
View ArticleNo wrongdoing by state treasurer in Cypra affair (Updated)
An inquiry has found nothing improper against the state treasurer in connection with a slaughterhouse that belongs to her husband which found itself in hot water last year on several fronts. On the...
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AG’s office ‘assessing’ material in Pandora Papers
The Law Office of the Republic is “assessing” the material made public through the Pandora Papers, and if it spots content meriting a criminal probe it will instruct the police to do so,...
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AG brushes aside criticism that he did nothing in wake of Pandora Papers...
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Friday brushed aside criticism that his office has done nothing in the wake of the Pandora Papers reveals, noting that criminal cases need to be based on hard and...
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Akel cries foul as AG remains tight lipped over dropping spy van charges
The attorney-general’s office on Tuesday said it had no comment on its decision a day earlier to drop all charges against three individuals in the case of the so-called ‘spy van’, while the main...
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Coronavirus: Charges filed in two cases involving breach of Covid rules
At the instruction of the attorney-general, police have filed charges in two separate cases relating to the pandemic, including threatening doctors over Covid vaccines. In a statement on Thursday, the...
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Case closed, says legal service over allegations Cypriots implicated in...
The attorney-general’s office has rejected claims made by Greek activist Ilias Gkionis that implicated Cyprus or Cypriot nationals in a prostitution ring and subsequently codified in relevant documents...
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Audit Office takes on finance ministry over title change
The Audit Office has petitioned the Supreme Court to rule on whether the government can unilaterally alter the nomenclature pertaining to state officials as these are prescribed in the constitution. In...
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Attorney-general and deputy to visit EU Court of Justice
By Andrea Charalambous Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelidis are travelling to Luxembourg next week to visit the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). During their...
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Four individuals and three legal entities face charges over ‘golden passports’
Four individuals and three legal entities will face charges arising from Cyprus’ discredited citizenship by investment scheme, the attorney general’s office said on Friday, as it announced that a new...
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AG chairs first meeting of anti-corruption coordinating team
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has chaired the first meeting of the team coordinating the investigation of corruption, where participants laid out a road map for the handling of such cases. The team...
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Third investigation into soldier’s 2005 death ‘points to murder’
The findings of the third investigation on the circumstances leading to the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 will be handed to Attorney-general George Savvides by September 15, it...
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Presidential candidates lambast passport scheme
Several independent presidential candidates on Wednesday jumped on the bandwagon to slam the government over the findings of the auditor office report on the citizenship by investment scheme, which was...
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Report into prisons controversy handed over to AG
A report relating to allegations and counter-allegations between the central prisons director and the head of the Drugs Squad was handed over to the attorney-general on Thursday. The report was...
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