Aykut case adjourned until October
The case against Israeli property developer Simon Aykut, accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was on Friday adjourned until ...
Erhurman, others incensed by arrest of Greek Cypriots’ lawyer
Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday expressed his distaste at the arrest of Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested ...
Lawyers’ group demands prosecution of arrested Greek Cypriots’ defence witness
The Cyprus democratic lawyers’ association on Monday demanded that criminal charges be brought against a defence witness in the case of the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north last ...
‘Terrorism’ on one side, ‘fascism’ on the other – property arrest saga rolls on
FEW things in the recent history of the Cyprus problem have been able to generate such explosive language and visceral reactions from the leaders of the island’s two sides ...
Tatar ‘insulted’ by Christodoulides calling arrest of five in north an act of piracy
President Nikos Christodoulides “insulted” the Turkish Cypriots with his statements over the detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday.
In a ...
Greek Cypriots arrested for spying in north back in court
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on Saturday near the village of Galatia, near Trikomo, on suspicion of espionage, appeared in court again on Wednesday.
There, all five had ...
Trial of German accused of selling Greek Cypriot properties delayed
The trial of German national Eva Isabella Kunzel, accused of illegally seizing Greek Cypriot properties in the north, was delayed on Wednesday with proceedings set to continue on July 23.
The ...
Cyprus condemns north property sales in UN letter
Cyprus has strongly condemned Turkey’s ongoing exploitation of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, accusing Ankara of persistent violations of international law and deliberate obstruction of efforts to reach ...
Property issue ‘a legal weapon which can be used’
Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north and the construction of buildings on it without the original owners’ consent is “a legal weapon which can be used”, Green party leader Stavros ...
Ustel slams Christodoulides’ ‘aggressive, terroristic attitude’ on property
The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday decried President Nikos Christodoulides’ “aggressive, terroristic attitude” on the matter of property, in light of recent arrests made by the Republic ...
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 ...
Government insists property arrests are not political
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Tuesday once again insisted that the arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north are ...
Turkish Cypriots ‘anxious, intimidated, threatened’ by property arrests
Turkish Cypriots have been rendered “anxious, intimidated, and threatened” by the flurry of arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the ...
Property arrests ‘a reaction to two-state solution demands’
The arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north may have been “designed as a reaction to the Turkish side’...
Tatar: healthy dialogue not possible amid property arrests
It is “not possible to talk about a healthy dialogue” between Cyprus’ two sides amid the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek ...