31 h. ago Paris court convicts thieves who robbed Kim Kardashian in jewel heist

A French court on Friday convicted the jewel thieves who in 2016 tied up US reality TV star Kim Kardashian at gun point before making off with her $4 million engagement ring and other booty. Ten people were in the dock, accused of involvement in the Paris heist. Robbers wearing ski masks and disguised as […]

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38 h. ago Greek court charges 17 coast guard officers over 2023 migrant shipwreck

A Greek naval court has charged 17 coast guard officers over one of the Mediterranean’s worst shipwrecks two years ago, in which hundreds of people are believed to have drowned, three sources said on Friday. The shipwreck of an overloaded migrant boat in international waters off the southwestern Greek town of Pylos on June 14, […]

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7 d. ago Selling Greek Cypriot property in occupied Cyprus? You could end up in court

Selling Greek Cypriot property in occupied Cyprus? You could end up in court  eKathimerini.com

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8 d. ago Trump turns to US Supreme Court to pursue mass federal layoffs

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to lift a federal judge’s order to halt large-scale staffing cuts and the restructuring of agencies, part of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government. The Justice Department’s request came after US District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco blocked large-scale federal […]

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1 week ago EU transparency in question after court ruling on von der Leyen

The European Commission did not provide credible reasons for rejecting a New York Times request to hand over text messages between its president and Pfizer’s CEO related to Covid-19 vaccine contracts, a court ruled on Wednesday. Some EU lawmakers have criticised the Commission’s handling of the deals signed the height of the pandemic, while good […]

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1 week ago Kim Kardashian arrives at Paris court to testify in jewel heist trial

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian arrived in court on Tuesday to testify after her stylist told the tribunal of the “terror” they both felt during a multi-million dollar jewellery robbery, with the star screaming that she had babies and wanted to live. Kardashian arrived in court in a black van, accompanied by her mother. Cameras […]

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1 week ago Kim Kardashian tells Paris court she thought she was going to die in jewel heist

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian said she thought she would be raped and killed as she testified in a Paris court on Tuesday about the 2016 heist in which she was robbed at gunpoint in her hotel room by a gang who stole jewels worth millions. Kardashian, dressed in a smart black outfit and wearing […]

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1 week ago Cyprus real estate agents welcome jail terms over property usurpation

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council on Monday welcomed the court’s decision to convict two Hungarian nationals for their involvement in the illegal promotion and sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the island’s north. Council president Marinos Kineyirou said the ruling “sends a clear and unequivocal message that such illegal acts do not go […]

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2 w. ago Cyprus court jails Hungarians brokering property sales in Turkish

Cyprus court jails Hungarians brokering property sales in Turkish-held north  The Straits Times

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2 w. ago Expert tells court Yiannaki’s high school diploma was tampered with

A handwriting expert testified in court on Thursday that former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki’s high school diploma was tempered with, with the case against him regarding the alleged forgery of a high school diploma, a university degree, and a letter of recommendation continues. Yiannaki has already pled guilty to three of the eight charges which […]

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2 w. ago Cyprus Landfill Directive Failures Going Before EU Court of Justice

Cyprus Landfill Directive Failures Going Before EU Court of Justice  The National Herald

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2 w. ago Cyprus taken to EU court (again) over dangerous, unfinished landfills

Cyprus taken to EU court (again) over dangerous, unfinished landfills  Kathimerini.com.cy

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2 w. ago Cyprus referred to EU court over Vati and Kotsiatis landfill contamination

Cyprus is being referred to the EU Court of Justice for failing to comply with the landfill directive and an earlier court judgement, concerning the landfills of Vati in Limassol and Kotsiatis in Nicosia. The directive (Directive 1999/31/EC) sets requirements for landfills to prevent adverse effects on human health, water, soil and air. “In 2013, […]

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3 w. ago Court begins hearing on president’s objection to traffic light timer law

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus began hearing a case on Wednesday over a disputed law requiring countdown timers at junctions monitored by traffic cameras. At the centre of the legal battle is a law passed by the House of Representatives on March 13, making it mandatory to install digital timers alongside red-light enforcement cameras. […]

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4 w. ago White House asks Supreme Court to enforce transgender military ban

Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow implementation of his executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, one of a series of directives by the Republican president to curb transgender rights. The Justice Department in a filing requested that the court lift Seattle-based U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle’s […]

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