A landmark corruption inquiry recommends criminal charges against the former President, his former law firm, and top associates over an alleged influence-trading scheme linked to Russian billionaires and a massive bank collapse.

Cypriot authorities say alleged 1MDB scandal mastermind’s legal team did not oppose seizure of 6 million euro villa he bought as part of their country’s now-scrapped “golden passport” scheme.

On weekends in a laboratory in Cyprus, long after the experiments themselves had ended, Dr. Andreas Ioannides sat alone analyzing brain data that, in his own words, revealed […]

CIReN has reached out to the source of the photograph of a blindfolded person, presumed to be a Greek Cypriot prisoner of war (POW) from 1974, which has […]

The Republic of Cyprus, which currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has slipped three more places in 2026 in the World Press Freedom […]

The Agorà application used by the Cypriot member of the European Parliament, Fidias Panayiotou, and his Direct Democracy Cyprus party does not provide the required personal data protection measures, and publicly exposes almost 40,000 users’ personal information, according to an independent audit confirmed by CIReN. 

A Russian national was arrested last year in the northern part of Cyprus and extradited to Russia via Turkey on fraud charges

The Paris Judicial Tribunal is holding the first hearing on criminal charges of aggravated money laundering against Russian businessman Dmitry Klyuev, the alleged ringleader of a massive tax fraud.

The Cyprus Medical Council drafted alerts in 2019 about two doctors in a European Union warning system but did not share them with other countries until October 2025., shortly after the publication of a cross-border investigation on the subject, records viewed by CIReN show.

Abolfazl Shamkhani, the son of a political adviser to Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, invested in an investment company in Cyprus with a Dominica passport obtained under an assumed name. Reporters also found millions in luxury Dubai real estate held by Abofazl and his older brother Hossein Shamkhani, a sanctioned oil magnate, under assumed names and Dominica passports.

Belarusian businessman Yury Chyzh claims that he was behind Cypriot companies while sanctioned by the European Union

Auditor General Andreas Papaconstantinou speaks to CIReN about the Videogate fallout.

Cyprus court clears ex-Parliament president, MP in a case linked to golden passports, citing missing witnesses and lack of evidence.

How can they not even open one crossing point?

In the wake of the videogate scandal, Cyprus’ score on the 2025 CPI decreased by one point, falling to 55. Since 2012, the country’s score has significantly declined by 11 points. 

CIReN fact-checked Erhürman’s claim by analysing flight routes to island nations as well as non-sovereign islands and found that the northern part of Cyprus stands out as a territory uniquely restricted in air connectivity.

Cypriot citizens continue to not have direct access to up-to-date information on who owns the media

A leaked recording that appears to show senior officials discussing ways to bypass campaign spending limits and trade charitable donations for political access has triggered high-level resignations and a criminal investigation in Cyprus.

Bassam and Raad survived more than 60 hours in freezing waters off Cape Greco in March, after a migrant boat from Lebanon sank – 19 others perished. Based on survivor accounts, interviews, official statements and tracking data, CIReN analysed the rescue response, and the aftermath.