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Golden visas in Cyprus: Investment or inequality?

Over the past ten years, the Republic of Cyprus has granted more than 30,000 passports and "golden visas" to...
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Government revokes two more passports

The government on Thursday said that it revoked the citizenship of two more individuals who had obtained Cyprus passports...
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Cypriot passport in fourteenth place

A Cypriot passport ranks in fourteenth place out of 227 countries worldwide, according to the Henley Passport Index for...
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Al Jazeera ‘Cyprus Papers’ up for BAFTA award

The Al Jazeera undercover documentary The Cyprus Papers that exposed some of the players involved in the island’s citizenship...
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Silver medal for residence permits

Cyprus finished in the silver medal position for issuing the second highest number of first residence permits to non-EU...
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Golden passports scheme ‘irrevocably terminated’

The controversial Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) scheme is "definitively and irrevocably terminated", Interior Minister Nicos Nouris assured MPs on Monday, but...
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EU citizenship must not be for sale

EU citizenship must not be for sale was the key message from European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, speaking...
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Cyprus in hot water with EU over ‘golden passport’ scheme

The EU said it will begin legal action against Cyprus and Malta over their controversial “golden passport” schemes for...
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Cypriot minister has one regret over passport scheme

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides, who oversaw Cyprus' disgraced golden passport scheme while he was serving as interior minister, says...
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Cyprus ditches ‘golden passport’ scheme

Cyprus has announced it will abolish a controversial passport scheme following an investigation by Al Jazeera that revealed how...
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Al Jazeera in Cyprus passports ‘gotcha’ video

Cypriot parliament speaker Demetris Syllouris has lashed out at the Al Jazeera network, saying it tried to snare him...
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New storm brewing over ‘golden passports’

Cyprus Citizenship for Investment Scheme is under scrutiny once more following revelations the cabinet approved the naturalisation of 42...
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Industry seeks benefit from passports scheme

Leading employers believe the controversial Cyprus passport for investment scheme should be maintained, improved and its resources redirected from...
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Passport revocation inquiries move forward

Cypriot authorities have identified seven individuals or foreign investors who could potentially be stripped of their Cypriot citizenship, after...
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EU vows to take aim at ‘golden visa’ programmes

For years, wealthy Chinese have made investments in Cyprus and Malta in exchange for European Union passports – so-called...
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Wealthy Britons turn to Cypriot citizenship

The number of British entrepreneurs looking to "buy" citizenship from countries offering visa-free access to the European Union has...
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Developers call to end ‘golden passports’ debate

The Association of Large Property Developers has called on those engaging in public criticism of Cyprus' Citizenship for Investment...
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A passport to due diligence

It has been several weeks now, that the media has been buzzing about the leaked information on the individuals...
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Moves to strip seven people of citizenship

Cyprus will begin taking steps to remove citizenship from seven people who violated the terms of obtaining a passport...
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President wants probe into ‘golden passport’ scheme

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said he will ask the Attorney-General to appoint an investigating committee to conduct a probe...
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