Cyprus Mail23 Jun 2026

Combative Anastasiades fights back against Mafia State allegations

Former president Nicos Anastasiades went on the defensive on Tuesday, speaking for over an hour at journalists’ house in Nicosia fighting against allegations levelled at him in the anti-corruption authority’s report into the Mafia State book.

The book was written by his former aide and journalist Makarios Drousiotis, and Anastasiades wasted no time in questioning the validity not just of the accusations, but of their source....

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