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811. All you need to know about the new iPhones and Apple Watch

Apple Inc introduced its largest-ever iPhone and a watch that detects heart problems on Wednesday in an attempt to get customers to upgrade to more expensive devices in the face of stagnant global demand for smartphones...

812. AG disagrees with former banker’s acquittal

Attorney General Costas Clerides disapproves of the acquittal of former banker Andreas Eliades, saying cases involving the collapse of the credit and financial system are “difficult and complicated...

813. INTERVIEW WITH THE FRENCH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

814. Amid aid delays to fire victims, ND leader visits Mati

A month after the disastrous wildfires on the outskirts of Attica that claimed the lives of 96 people and destroyed dozens of homes and thousands of hectares of land, the government approved additional aid for victims, as Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis conducted separate visits to Mati, the coastal settlement east of the capital where dozens died....

815. Court ruling stirs Turkey tension

Greek-Turkish relations took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry and other senior officials accusing Athens of violating the Geneva Convention and of protecting terrorists....

816. NGO says asylees can’t cope in Cyprus

A human rights group is calling on authorities to do more to help asylum applicants in Cyprus, saying rules governing financial aid are “racist and inhuman” five years post economic crisis...

817. Cyprus extradites Egyptian hijacker

The lawyer of Egyptian hijacker Mostafa Emam, who was extradited by Cyprus authorities after he withdrew his case with the European Court of Human Rights, says her client gave up after succumbing to pressure in a Nicosia prison...

818. Britain’s Cypriot dialect under pressure

London, 1990. Six-year old Skevi, of Cypriot background, was late for class at her Greek community school, which left her unable to find somewhere to sit....

819. Drug case goes up in flames, literally

Judges dismissed a case against two defendants in connection with drug related offences, siding with their defence attorney who argued the trial was unfair because a court fire had destroyed the evidence...

820. Mitsotakis blasts ‘deplorable’ government reaction to deadly wildfire

Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis slammed the government’s ‘deplorable’ reaction to the deadly wildfire that ripped through the east coast of Attica, killing more than 90 people and injuring scores, saying his party will ensure that responsibility is attributed to those who failed to prevent the disaster....

821. Security Council renews UNFICYP mandate

The Security Council authorized a six‑month mandate renewal for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on Thursday, unanimously adopting resolution 2430 (2018)...

822. Search continues as wildfires death toll climbs to 80

Rescue crews Wednesday continued to search the seaside areas northeast of Athens that were the worst affected by wildfires to locate any further victims, as the official death toll rose to 80...

823. Turkish court rejects release appeal for Greek soldiers again

Judges in the Turkish city of Edirne on Tuesday rejected for the fifth time an appeal for the release of two Greek soldiers held in a prison there since early March....

824. Greece to extradite Georgian suspected crime boss to France

Greek authorities have agreed to extradite to France the Georgian suspected head of an international crime ring specializing in robberies and burglaries....

825. Kotzias: FYROM name deal 'best news in Europe in 5 years'

In comments on Monday, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias referred to the name deal agreed between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia earlier this month as "the best news in Europe in five years."...

826. Turkish court rejects fourth appeal for release of Greek soldiers

A court in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne on Tuesday rejected for the fourth time an appeal to release from pre-trial detention two Greek servicemen who have been imprisoned in the country since early March, after they accidentally crossed into the neighbouring country, Greek TV broadcaster Skai reported....

827. Committee on Cyprus missing has more work to do

The Committee on Missing Persons says they need to start opening graves to obtain DNA, just days after media reports said CMP was slowing down, but the task ahead is difficult and in need of cash...

828. ‘Severna Makedonija’ on the table

As Athens and Skopje appear to be edging towards a solution on the Macedonia name dispute, reports indicated on Thursday that the Republic of Northern Macedonia (Severna Makedonija) is the likeliest settlement....

829. Mirror images of national agony

When I hear “Macedonia is Greek!” I think of the slogan used by opponents to Irish independence in the early 1900s:“Ulster is British” ...

830. Turkey pays Greek Cypriot damages over property in north

Turkey has paid, through the Council of Europe, a Greek Cypriot non – pecuniary damages, plus legal expenses, in addition to VAT in the order of €14,526.75 in line with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment...

831. Turkish court rejects third appeal for release of Greek soldiers

A Turkish misdemeanours court has rejected for the third time an appeal to release from pre-trial detention two Greek soldiers who were arrested after accidentally straying into Turkish territory...

832. New penalty points system in the works

The penalty points system for Cypriot drivers is about to be revamped, with new legislation proposing stiffer penalties but also fixing loopholes that make the current scheme unreliable...

833. Cypriot brothers in Fiji will make their plea in June

Defence lawyer Mark Anthony representing two Cyprus nationals charged with money laundering told the Fiji High Court that his clients were not ready to take their plea...

834. EU court upholds insecticide ban to save bees

An EU court upheld a partial ban on three insecticides known as neonicotinoids, saying that the European Commission had been right in 2013 to restrict their use to protect bees...

835. Property owners turn to Strasbourg over IPC ineffectiveness

Greek Cypriots with property in Turkish-held in Famagusta and Kyrenia, call on the Council of Europe to look into their cases, due to the ineffectiveness of the immovable property commission (IPC) which has no jurisdiction in properties located inside “military areas”....

836. Brexit-hit EU staff ditch UK passports

About one in 10 British civil servants at the European Commission has taken another EU nationality since the Brexit vote, but are nonetheless resigned to scant prospects of future promotion...

837. Probe into lawyers involved in migrant smuggling rackets

Judicial authorities in northern Greece are investigating the involvement of local lawyers in rackets smuggling migrants and refugees across Greece’s Evros River border from Turkey...

838. Cyprus Residency and Citizenship-by-Investment Scheme Remains Appealing to Investors

With more than three decades of presence operating as a leading international advisory services firm, K. Treppides & Co Ltd offers insight into the latest residency and investment trends to impact Cyprus...

839. Scientists raise alarm over Turkish nuclear reactors

A team of Greek scientists have called on the government, the European Union, the International Atomic Energy Agency, NATO and other international organizations to take measures that will halt the creation of nuclear power facilities in the seismically active region of Akkuyu in neighboring Turkey....

840. Plaintiffs move to block appeal in Astrasol pollution case

The Astrasol case is not over, as plaintiffs are scrambling to block an appeal that challenges a court ruling last year that found defendants were responsible for causing a cancer cluster in a Nicosia residential area...