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Aykut jailed for five years
Israeli property developer Simon Aykut was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison, after having last week pled guilty to a total of 40 of the charges he faced related ...
Ukrainian man ‘intends to plead guilty’ in north property trial
A 40-year-old Ukrainian national who appeared in court on Thursday facing charges related to the alleged development of Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north intends to plead guilty to some ...
List of available Turkish Cypriot properties in western Limassol to be published in January
The list of unused Turkish Cypriot properties in the western Limassol village cluster which will be available for use will be published on January 2, the House refugees committee stated on ...
Details of Greek Cypriot land used in north presented in Aykut trial
Reports with details of Greek Cypriot property in the north on which Afik group of companies has built residential and tourist complexes were presented during Thursday’s proceedings in the ...
Property arrests will not go unanswered, says Turkish VP
The recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north “will not go unanswered”, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said ...
Greens submit 33 new cases of property usurpation in north to police
The Green Party on Friday said it had delivered to police 33 new cases involving the usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the north.
The data was delivered to CID in ...
German woman arrested over north property testifies over flight with Elam MEP
The 49-year-old German woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot property in the north on Friday told the Nicosia criminal court about the flight from Germany to Cyprus ...
Businessman testifies against Aykut in property usurpation case
Greek Cypriot businessman Savvas Kakos testified as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Turkish-Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut at the Nicosia Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Aykut, who ...
Court shown TV interview of Aykut as trial continues
The Nicosia criminal court was on Tuesday shown a television interview of Turkish-Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, as his trial for the alleged development and sale of €43 million worth ...
Property arrests ‘will certainly not stop, no matter what Tatar says’
The arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north “will certainly not stop, no matter what Tatar says”, President Nikos ...
Trial of north property developer Simon Aykut continues
The trial of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, who stands accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, continued on ...
‘Trial within a trial’ of arrest of German for selling property in north to go ahead
A request for a “trial within a trial” over the arrest of a 49-year-old German woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot property in the north was given ...
Aykut’s son sues Cyprus for wrongful incarceration and loss of sales
Jack Afik, son of Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, is suing the government for millions of euros in compensation ...
Aykut to remain in custody till hearing begins
The Nicosia criminal court decided on Thursday that Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, will remain in custody until March 26, ...
Aykut dismisses all charges in court, doctors testify on Friday
Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, who was arrested in early June and is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, ...
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Criminal court throws out Aykut’s objections to trial
The criminal court in Nicosia dismissed on Friday three pre-trial objections put forward by the defence of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, questioning the jurisdiction of the criminal court ...
German denies usurpation charges, in custody till December hearing
A German real estate agent, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, on Thursday denied any involvement in all 44 charges she is facing.
The German woman ...
Woman remanded for usurpation of property in north
A 61-year-old European citizen has been remanded for seven days, pending investigations into the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north.
Police spokesman Christos Andreou told the Cyprus News ...
Case adjourned over Israeli property developer in north
The trial of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, who is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was adjourned ...
Greek Cypriot lawyer to face Bar disciplinary board over property sales in north
Former Disy MP, lawyer Rikkos Mappourides is being sent to the Cyprus Bar Association disciplinary council for participating in companies – including in the north – providing managerial services without a permit.
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German woman handed further remand over north property sales
A 49-year-old German woman was remanded for a further seven days on Friday, under suspicion of selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north.
The woman had already served out a ...
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President briefs party leaders in aftermath of UN reports
The island’s political leadership received an in-depth analysis on Friday of the sticky situation into which Cyprus has slipped, with the deadlock set fast and UN reports chastising the ...
‘Perhaps there will be no Turkish Cypriots left’
Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday there may be “no Turkish Cypriots left” in some areas of the north in five or ten years’ time ...
Akan Kursat ‘committed no crime on either side of Cyprus’
Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat, who is currently on bail after being extradited to Cyprus from Italy, “committed no crime on either side of the island,” Cyprus Turkish Bar Association ...