Mavroyiannis pushes back on calls for attorney-general to recuse self from Mafia State probe

Former Greek Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Andreas Mavroyiannis on Wednesday urged caution over the question of whether the attorney-general and his assistant should recuse themselves from an expected investigation into a report released by the anti-corruption authority which found former president Nicos Anastasiades may be criminally liable for abuses of power.

“Political culture demands that we do not substitute institutions, and it also means that since we have the...