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.

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.