Costas Clerides
Cyprus: 15 officers face probe on serial killer investigation
Cyprus' top lawyer said Tuesday he has ordered a criminal probe into how police handled the country's first serial killer investigation, which led to the conviction of an army officer for the murders of seven foreign women and girls.
Attorney General Costas Clerides said in a statement that 15 members of the force may have breached the law or been negligent in their duty.
Cypriot students challenge flight ban as they seek to return home
Two overseas Cypriot students are challenging a ban on incoming flights from 28 countries imposed by the government in Nicosia on March 21 in response to the coronavirus epidemic, as they try to get back home, Cyprus media reported on Thursday.
Cyprus' top lawyer: Bishop's remarks on gays broke no law
Cyprus' attorney general says he's found no indication that a senior Orthodox Christian cleric broke the law by making widely-condemned remarks about homosexuality.
Cyprus aims to enforce civil servant pay cut from crisis era
Cyprus's attorney general says he will appeal a court decision that judged as unconstitutional cuts to civil servants' salaries imposed during the financial crisis six year ago.
The cuts had helped steady public finances that were nearly depleted during the 2013 crisis, when authorities confiscated savings from some citizens to keep the banking sector from collapsing.
Cyprus top lawyer: Judges' law firm links compromise rulings
Cyprus's attorney general has weighed into a growing feud with supreme court judges, backing his lawyer brother who alleged that the judges' familial and professional links to a law firm that handled cases involving the country's biggest bank may have led to favorable rulings.
Ex-BoC executives face trial over meltdown
Two former chairmen and three other one-time top executives of the Bank of Cyprus are being charged in connection with the economic meltdown that forced Nicosia to seek a painful international bailout.
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