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Turkish officials, including Vice President Yılmaz, former AKP ministers, and government officials made repeated visits to north Cyprus in recent weeks to back incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s re-election bid. During the visits just before the ballots, Turkish officials fully endorsed Tatar’s hardline election promises.

The first hearing was held today in Limassol involving a company that is accused of failing to pay 26 million euros in taxes and interest for superyachts once used by Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire sanctioned for his ties to the Kremlin.

An unprecedented international investigation exposes how doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing, including patient harm, can easily relocate and practice in different countries. In Cyprus, a doctor whose medical licenses were revoked in Sweden and Norway, is practicing at a Larnaca clinic. But reporters could only obtain limited data, including in Cyprus, identifying big gaps in information-sharing mechanisms.

The Cyprus Investigative Reporting Network (CIReN) examined recent claims by Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos that the island of Cyprus is currently populated by 60% Christians and 40% Muslims, and that in 2037 this will be 49% Christians and 51% Muslims. CIReN used the latest available census data and population projections, as well as its own calculations based on these figures to conduct a fact-check and issued its verdict.

Despite Tatar’s claim, the northern part of Cyprus does not have any significant trade relations with the rest of the world and Turkey is by far its main trading partner.

Despite Deputy Attorney General Angelides’ claim, ECtHR ruling constituted a substantive criticism of how the rape case was handled by the Cyprus authorities as a whole, and himself personally.

The investigation dates back to payments Abramovich made in the 1990s to maintain control of a Russian oil company.

Despite declarations by Cypriot authorities regarding civil protection, Cyprus lacks a Public Warning System and Caller Location technology via the European Emergency Number 112 in case of emergencies.

Former directors of a company linked to Roman Abramovich’s superyachts are due in court in October for enabling tax evasion, Cyprus’ tax commissioner confirms.