Al Jazeera stories a propaganda to harm Cyprus politically and economically, Interior Minister says (1)

During the last 24 hours we are witnessing an orchestrated effort by the Al Jazeera network, which, after succeeding in obtaining  confidential documents of the Republic of Cyprus, has launched an attack against our country through distortion of facts and through deception, Minister of the Interior Nicos Nouris has stressed in the light of a series of strories published by Al Jazeera about the Cyprus Investment Programme.

In his opening remarks at a press conference,  Nouris said that "investigative journalism is one thing, which we respect, but propaganda which aims to harm the country politically and economically is a completely different thing".

He also said that the Ministry of Interior has from the very beginning begun an investigation about all the information made public by Al Jazeera.

(CNA)

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