Fanis Makrides

Fanis Makrides trained in journalism in Athens before being hired by Politis in 1999 as sports writer, later becoming content editor until the end of 2012. He then moved into freelance and online reporting, working with several digital outlets including Nikodea (part of the 24h.com.cy group), the weekly World News Media, and Vouli.tv. He returned to Politis in July 2021 before joining the Phileleftheros team in May 2022.
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Audit Office asks why presidential commissioner was given police guard

The Audit Office has written to police asking what criteria were used to approve a police guard in September...
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Cyprus among world’s top three for criminal investigations

Cyprus rose two places to 28th out of 143 countries in the World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law...
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Cyprus order and security score at six-year low, index shows

Cyprus’s score for order and security has fallen to its lowest level in six years, according to the World...
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Police examine BBC claims Abramovich billions were hidden via Cyprus

Cyprus police have begun gathering information about a BBC report alleging that billions in assets belonging to Roman Abramovich...
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Ethics official alleges leak to shooting federation in walkout row

The vice-chairman of the Sports Ethics and Protection Committee (EDPA), Efthymios Efthymiou, has accused someone at the Cyprus Sport...
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Law Office rejected CyMA plan to suspend doctors facing charges

The Law Office of the Republic rejected a proposal by the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) in 2022 that would...
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Melios Zoo Park demolition on hold until animals are rehomed

The Veterinary Services are in talks with the zoo in Paphos and with similar facilities abroad to take animals...
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‘Black van’ businessmen held roles in same company, records show

Company records show that Israeli businessman Tal Dilian and Avraham Shahak Avni both held roles in the same Cyprus-registered...
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Cyprus skeet shooters face probe over European final walkout

Cyprus sports authorities are investigating possible unsportsmanlike conduct by the country’s men’s skeet team and their coach at the...
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Cyprus prisons face mounting crisis as reoffending rate reaches 43.69%

George Ioannou, Cyprus's former military attaché to the United States, will take over as director of the Central Prisons...
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Limassol ketamine hauls linked to suspected pink cocaine route

Cyprus's Anti-Drugs Unit (YKAN) has clear indications that two ketamine seizures in Limassol last month are linked, according to...
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US Oxygen scandal puts Cyprus responsibilities under scrutiny – Alexis Mavros on the wider implications

The case involving US company Oxygen Forensics Inc has raised questions in Cyprus over how authorities scrutinise software developed,...
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Surgeons plead guilty in case of eight patients’ lost sight

Two ophthalmologists pleaded guilty on Wednesday to reckless and negligent acts, after prosecutors amended the charge sheet, in relation...
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