4 h. ago Lawyer says Philippines’ Duterte was ‘abducted’, too ill to testify at ICC

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was “abducted” before being taken to The Hague to face murder allegations and is too ill to give evidence, his lawyer told International Criminal Court judges at his initial appearance on Friday. Duterte – who arrived in the Netherlands on a flight from Manila on Wednesday after being arrested on […]

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34 h. ago Swedish national to testify against lawyer, officer in Larnaca escape case

A 49-year-old Swedish man will serve as the prosecution’s key witness against a lawyer and a police officer accused of aiding his escape from a private clinic in Larnaca last December, it was heard on Thursday. The development was announced before the Larnaca Criminal Court by the prosecuting authority, which revealed that the criminal charges […]

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4 d. ago Yiannaki ‘in final stages’ of finding new lawyer as forgery case rumbles on

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki on Monday said he is “in the final stages” of finding a new lawyer as he continues to fight accusations that he forged his high school diploma and university degree, among other documents. He represented himself in court on Monday, with judge Nicole Gregoriou and prosecution lawyer Theodora Papakyriakou agreeing […]

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9 d. ago Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to be freed by Greek top court

Greece’s top court has ordered the release of Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, setting aside a lower court ruling for his extradition to Romania on an arrest warrant, his lawyer and a source with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Wednesday. Steinmetz was initially detained by Greek police on October 13, hours after he […]

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9 d. ago Imamoglu’s lawyer files charges against writers of report which called north uni unrecognised

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivanli on Tuesday announced that he had filed criminal charges against the three people who had signed a report which declared that the university in the north at which Imamoglu had studied was not recognised in Turkey when he was studying there. He said that the case regarding his […]

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1 week ago Teenager arrested in Limassol in connection with kidnapping, robbery case

Police arrested an 18-year-old man from the Limassol district on Monday afternoon as part of an investigation into a case involving conspiracy to commit a felony, abduction or kidnapping with intent to unlawfully restrain, robbery and other offences. The crimes were committed on February 28 in Limassol. According to a police statement, two other men, […]

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1 week ago Police complaints lodged as spat at English School intensifies

Members of the English School board have, through a lawyer, filed complaints with the police for illegal recording and threats, they said on Sunday. Reports to the police had been made for the “serious criminal offences related to the illegal recording of conversations and their dissemination via troll accounts as well as written threatening messages […]

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2 w. ago Lawyer threatens Turkish opposition leader over ‘slander’ of ambassador in north

Omer Faruk Karaguzel, the lawyer of Turkey’s ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim, on Wednesday threatened to “use our legal rights against baseless news and slander” after Turkish opposition party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel had drawn links between Serim, his father Maksut Serim, Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was assassinated in 2022, and […]

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3 w. ago Indian Chamber of Commerce, Borghese Multi Family Office sign MoU

In a landmark initiative poised to reshape the ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) family business landscape in India, the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Borghese Multi Family Office have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cross-border investments and capacity-building initiatives. This significant agreement, signed as part of ICC’s 100th anniversary celebrations, will establish a dedicated […]

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