NICOSIA, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The government of Cyprus said on Monday it would revoke the passports of Turkish Cypriot officials in the breakaway state in the northern part of the island.

A Cypriot passport gives the holder the right to live, work and travel in the 27 EU member states and to enjoy visa-free access to more than 170 countries. The Cyprus Papers.

Cyprus said on Monday it would revoke 14 passports issued to Turkish Cypriot officials in the breakaway north of the island over their "hostile" actions. We've detected you are on Internet Explorer.

The small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus has given citizenship and passports to more than 3,000 foreigners who agreed to invest at least $2 million in the country — a “golden passport ...

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But in 2020, an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera revealed corruption in the passport program. Cyprus had illegally issued hundreds of "golden passports," some to criminals and fugitives.

This process, governed by the Civil Registry Law of 2002 (Law 141(I)/2002), enables children of Cypriot descent to obtain a Cypriot identity card and passport, regardless of where they reside.

Cyprus awarded citizenship to 6,779 people between 2007 and 2020, the vast majority of them Russians, and almost all by the right-wing administration which assumed power in 2013 and was re-elected ...

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Cyprus on Sunday denied fresh allegations that it was granting citizenship to foreigners accused of crimes in exchange for millions in investments, insisting that all those who received a passport ...