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The controversy surrounding the suspended former volunteer commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis’ ongoing salary payments was raised in parliament on Wednesday.
During a discussion of the Cyprus youth organisation (Onek) budget for 2025 at the parliamentary education committee, Akel MP Christos Christofides revealed that, by the summer of 2025, the Cyprus government will have paid €76,800 in salaries to Yiannakis despite his suspension.
Yiannakis is currently on trial for falsifying his educational