Anastasiades rejects influence-trading at Mafia State press conference

Former President Nicos Anastasiades opened his press conference on Tuesday by accusing unnamed parties of publicly crucifying him and engaging in character assassination in the wake of the Anti-Corruption Authority’s findings, one week after the report’s publication.

Speaking at the Journalists House in Nicosia, Anastasiades said some people had set up “kangaroo courts” and reached their own verdicts without needing the report to do so. He said what had followed the report’s publication was an...