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Cyprus votes in presidential election as run-off expected

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AlJazeeraEnglish

People in the Republic of Cyprus have begun voting for their eighth president in the ethnically divided island’s 63-year history as an independent state, with three frontrunners. Heralding the end of two terms for incumbent conservative President Nicos Anastasiades, some 561,000 Greek Cypriots are eligible to vote in the election on Sunday after a campaign dominated by issues such as corruption, labour disputes related to accelerating inflation, irregular migration, and a deadlocked peace process with estranged Turkish Cypriots who live in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our […]

Cyprus ends citizenship through investment scheme

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AlJazeeraEnglish

Cyprus has abolished a lucrative programme granting citizenship in turn for investments after an Al Jazeera expose. The parliamentary speaker who is seen in the undercover video says he will abstain from duties until an investigation is completed. Aljazeera exposed senior politicians who took part in a scheme to help a criminal buy a Cypriot passport. Al Jazeera’s David Harrison reports from Nicosia, Cyprus. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Cyprus #CyprusPapers #CyprusCorruption