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6211. Greece admits Predator sale to Sudan but denies implication

A private airplane that flew from Cyprus to Sudan last year had delivered the infamous Predator surveillance software, with the Greek government admitting the export but denying any involvement in the ongoing civil war there...

6212. Fox News pays over $787 million for airing false info

Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems for over $787 million, marking the largest media defamation settlement in history. The settlement was reached just hours before the defamation trial was set to begin in a Delaware court....

6213. Cyprus extradites Kenan Agias to Germany

A Larnaca District Court approved the extradition of Kenan Agias, a 49-year-old Kurdish man, to Germany over his alleged involvement in a terrorist organization. ...

6214. Politics blog: Moscow on the Mediterranean

While some talk behind our backs, The Guardian is unabashedly labeling our country, especially our banking system, as the "Moscow of the Mediterranean". ...

6215. Numerous foreclosure sales expected in 2023 and 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent suspension of divestments since 2020 have led to the creation of a considerable volume of properties for disposal that banks and credit purchase companies have on their balance sheets....

6216. Nicosia resolute amid damage control over sanctions

There is clear political will on the part of the Government so that there is no shadow of a doubt, Cyprus’ President, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Tuesday evening, when asked to comment on media reports regarding the inclusion of Cypriot natural and legal persons on the list of the latest sanctions by the US...

6217. Whistleblower suspicious of Biden's Cyprus trip in 2014

A former White House stenographer is accusing US President Joe Biden of committing crimes a decade ago in connection with Ukraine and Cypriot-registered gas company Burisma, while also raising suspicions over a private dinner in Limassol back in 2014...

6218. Cypriot banks dump Russian client accounts

Russian nationals in the Republic of Cyprus are facing bank account closures as the island’s financial institutions are choosing to axe client accounts to avoid sanction violation risks, but some fear an indiscriminate sweep may affect innocent customers...

6219. Strovolos authorities ramp up efforts to locate dangerous pack of dogs

Efforts to locate the pack of stray dogs roaming the Strovolos 'Gramiko' park have been ongoing since Saturday, April 15th, with the assistance of the Dog Branch of the Cyprus Police....

6220. FBI arrests 2 for running Chinese police station in NY

Two men have been arrested by the FBI for allegedly running a covert station for China’s police force in New York. The station, which was allegedly set up in February 2022 in Manhattan’s Chinatown, was operated by Beijing’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and used as a base to track Chinese dissidents living in the US....

6221. Assets of US and UK sanctioned entities in Cyprus will be frozen

Cypriot individuals and entities included in UK and US sanctions list will see their assets in the Cypriot banking system frozen and will not be able to carry out any banking transaction in Cyprus, Marios Skandalis, Chief Compliance Officer of Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender has said....

6222. The new four-legged resident of the Presidential Palace (photo)

In addition to Nikos Christodoulides and his family, the Presidential Palace also houses the family's four-legged friend, Nala, a golden cocker spaniel. ...

6223. Air guardsman caught applying for hitman job on rentahitman.com

An Air National Guardsman was arrested and charged Thursday with applying to be a hitman on a parody website, officials say....

6224. Washington okays baby deal for Turkish F16

US President Joe Biden's administration is set to move ahead with the sale of a modernization package for Turkey's existing F-16 aircraft, after leaders of US congressional committees gave informal approval, but Turkey's request to buy billions of dollars worth of F-16s remains in limbo...

6225. Delivery driver middleman scandal widens

A recent traffic accident has prompted police to widen a fraud investigation that began in Limassol and now has reached the capital, following revelations that foreign food delivery drivers in Cyprus were paying middlemen to secure driver permits through the state’s austere system...

6226. Nicosia scrambles to protect brand after sanctions incident

President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides convened an extraordinary meeting on Thursday following the inclusion of Cypriot natural and legal persons in the lists of the latest sanctions published on Wednesday by the United States of America and the United Kingdom...

6227. US monitoring of UN Secretary-General Guterres revealed in leaked documents

Leaked Pentagon files indicate the United States was monitoring UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres because it believed he was too soft on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine....

6228. Russian opposition leader Navalny grapples with severe stomach pain in jail

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition politician, is grappling with severe stomach pain in jail that could be some sort of slow-acting poison, his spokeswoman said on Thursday....

6229. Energy Minister puts forth Cyprus' natural gas to cut costs for consumers

Cyprus' Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said that, during his discussions with consortiums operating in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), he suggested the option of importing natural gas quantities from the EEZ for power generation, in combination with LNG exports via a small LNG plant....

6230. F1's Leclerc chases watch thieves in custom Ferrari, caught on video

6231. Leaker identified as fit military leader with gun-worshipping gamer group

The Washington Post has traced the recent Pentagon intelligence leak to a man who shared hundreds of secret files with a small group of young gamers on a private Discord server....

6232. Kaili to go home after denying all charges

Greek MEP Eva Kaili, the former European Parliament vice president accused of corruption, is said to be released from custody while still facing charges, with her lawyers saying he would not admit to crimes she did not commit...

6233. Three major concerns of ECB regarding Cypriot banks

Although Cypriot banks have made great progress over the last decade, foreign supervisors have reservations and summarise their concerns in three areas....

6234. Italy declares state of emergency

To deal with the recent influx of migrants arriving on the southern shores of Italy, the country's right-wing government has announced a six-month nationwide state of emergency....

6235. Second driver in fatal double hit and run sentenced

A man who was found guilty of manslaughter in a double hit and run fatality in Paphos was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday, with police still unable to locate the first car that struck the local woman unconscious...

6236. U.S. scrambles to reassure allies after Ukraine intel leak

Senior U.S. officials are scrambling to address concerns and questions from allies in Europe, the Middle East, and Ukraine following the leak of highly classified information about the war in Ukraine and other global issues. ...

6237. Bunny with a badge: Rabbit joins police force in California

The Yuba City Police Department in northern California includes a SWAT team, an anti-gang unit, a canine unit with three active dogs — and a rabbit....

6238. Dead loved ones could be uploaded to your computer by end of year

You may soon be able to catch up with friends and relatives who have passed away — on your computer....

6239. EY report: Governments need new ways of working to seize digital opportunities

Governments around the world are at risk of failing citizens through lack of digitalization, according to EY research presented in a new report: “How can government workers and technology align to serve future citizens?”. ...

6240. Greek and Turk connect over tombstone in Istanbul

Kerem Soyyilmaz knew very little about the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey but felt such a strong urge to investigate after discovering in the summer of 2017 a marble slab with an inscription in Greek...