Interior Minister Nicos Nouris urged land development companies to avoid advertisements that connect real estate to gaining Cypriot citizenship or residency. He said acquiring a European passport should only occur when the
President Nicos Anastasiades refuted claims that his cabinet’s decision to revoke 14 Cyprus passports held by Turkish Cypriot officials was racist and a violation of human rights. The President was drawn into
Cyprus’ cabinet on Monday said it would revoke 14 passports issued to Turkish Cypriot officials in the breakaway state of the island due to their ‘hostile’ actions over Varosha. After the three-hour
President Nicos Anastasiades has refuted Al Jazeera’s claims that a minister of his government went out of his way to accommodate a shady Russian investor get a Cyprus passport who was on
Cyprus is linked to a fictitious shady investor seeking to buy one of England’s oldest football clubs Derby County FC, to use as a vehicle for money laundering. Just when Cyprus started
By Panicos Demetriades Soon after the report on the ‘citizenship by investment’ scheme, fellow economist George Koumoullis convincingly made the case that Cyprus is a kleptocracy – a system of government in
President Nicos Anastasiades gave an overdue apology on Friday for his government’s mistakes and shortcomings in handling the disgraced Cyprus passports for investment scheme. Speaking at the swearing-in of the new cabinet
Last October, the international broadcaster Al Jazeera released a damning investigative report on how a convicted criminal can obtain a European passport in Cyprus for the right price. The report sent shockwaves
Next week, the President will meet party leaders on a one-to-one basis as he tries to reinvent a government stained by the golden passports corruption fiasco. With billions of EU funds swishing
The European Commission has stepped up legal action against Cyprus and Malta over their cash-for-passports schemes in a move that may eventually see them end up in court and face fines. The
