A parliamentary committee in Cyprus on Wednesday discussed recent revelations by CIReN and media partners relating to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Leaked documents have revealed Turkish Cypriot businessmen who own companies in Curaçao.
A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin Islands companies using backdated paperwork.
Water use is an environmental issue with high public interest, and the large-scale extraction of water – particularly in a country facing water scarcity – should be subject to public scrutiny. However, despite repeated attempts, CIReN was not able to get information on major water extractors on the island. In withholding the information, relevant authorities cited personal data-protection and commercial confidentiality.
Cyprus regulates tens of thousands of groundwater abstraction points. But incomplete records, limited inspections and patchy meter data mean authorities still cannot reliably determine how much water is actually being pumped. Meanwhile, many of the island’s aquifers remain under severe pressure.
When the commercial surrogacy agency World Center of Baby told clients it was filing for bankruptcy hopeful parents and pregnant surrogates were thrown into chaos. The company’s opaque ownership and operations raise questions over its business practices, and who was responsible for the human suffering left in its wake.
Suspects detained by Cypriot police in murder-for-hire network have criminal histories, including links to organized crime
How Divided Nicosia Is Quietly Addressing a Water Crisis
A hearing regarding the deadly shooting of Cemil Önal today in a Dutch court revealed that a key suspect was arrested in possession of a car with stolen license plates loaded with weapons only five days before the murder.
Kıbrıs Postası Online news outlet Kıbrıs Postası is owned by CityPress Yayıncılık Ltd, which was founded by Turkish Cypriot businessman Polat Alper. The shareholders of CityPress are Alper […]
