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Argentina announces citizenship-by-investment programme

Argentina will launch South America's first citizenship-by-investment programme, economy minister Luis Caputo announced on X on Friday. Applications will open...
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Villa bought by fugitive Malaysian Jho Low goes to auction after Cyprus court order

Cyprus's anti-money laundering unit has secured a court order to auction a luxury seafront villa belonging to fugitive Malaysian...
Local

Bangladeshi tycoon with Cypriot passport faces asset freeze and jail term

A Nicosia court has frozen the Paphos property of Bangladeshi businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam, who acquired Cypriot citizenship through...
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Fugitive ex-governor’s Cyprus assets frozen in golden passport probe

Cypriot authorities have obtained a court order freezing €3.175 million in property linked to a former Russian regional governor...
Opinion

Correcting a mistake with another mistake

The state moved swiftly to revoke the passports of foreign investors who had been naturalised as Cypriot citizens unlawfully,...
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Golden passport holder wins court battle to keep Cypriot citizenship

The Administrative Court has annulled the revocation of citizenship granted to Indian businessman Anubhav Aggarwal under the now-defunct golden...
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European Commission ends infringement procedure against Cyprus over citizenship scheme

The European Commission has officially informed the Republic of Cyprus that it has terminated the infringement procedure concerning the...
Opinion

They made a complete mess of it — and have the nerve to wag their finger at us

The outcome of the Syllouris-Giovani trial over the golden passports scandal has left a deep stain — and raised...
Opinion

When will those up in the clouds at the Attorney General’s office do a little self-reflection?

At the very same time that the Attorney General's office was scrambling to build a case against the so-called...
Opinion

I’m no lawyer. But I know a cop-out when I see one

Let me be upfront about something. I have no idea where the nearest law school is, and if I'd...
Opinion

A banana republic with delusions

The Law Office — that most self-important of institutions — has disgraced itself over the Al Jazeera case. And...
Opinion

It’s a huge fiasco — and you’re both hiding, Mr Savvides and Mr Angelides!

Yesterday's press conference by the Law Office was not a routine briefing on a lost case. It was a...
Op-eds

After all, this is Cyprus.

By Christiana Xenofontos* the question remains: is this the Cyprus we dreamt of ? Yesterday’s acquittal of former House President Demetris Syllouris and...
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