NICOSIA, Cyprus—New discoveries including gold ornaments and fine pottery at an ancient port city in Cyprus dating back more than 3,000 years indicate that the settlement was one of the Mediterranean’s most important trading posts in the late Bronze Age, an archeologist said Tuesday. Professor Peter M. Fischer from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, said…
Jewelry, Ornate Pottery Show 3,000-Year-Old Cypriot City Was a Key Trading Hub, Scientist Says
PREMIERING NOW: GOP Presentation on Biden Corruption Falls Short, But We Tell You the Real Story | Truth Over News
Many of the corruption allegations currently swirling around Joe Biden have been around for years, dating back to his son Hunter Biden’s early trips to China with him on Air Force Two. But recently, there’s been a flood of new information that has come to light. This information includes two separate whistleblowers—one with the IRS involving…
GOP Presentation on Biden Corruption Falls Short, But We Tell You the Real Story | Truth Over News
Many of the corruption allegations currently swirling around Joe Biden have been around for years, dating back to his son Hunter Biden’s early trips to China with him on Air Force Two. But recently, there’s been a flood of new information that has come to light. This information includes two separate whistleblowers—one with the IRS involving…
A Major Victory in a Small Country: Cyprus Shows Europe the Way Forward in Dealing With China
Commentary The holidays came early to Europe, with a gift for the rule of law and human rights protections offered not by some red-dressed, bearded man but rather by a court in Cyprus. On Dec. 23, the court, which has been processing the first-ever extradition request from the Chinese regime since it ratified an extradition…
UK Man to Plead Guilty to Manslaughter in Wife’s Death
PAPHOS, Cyprus—Defense lawyers for a British man on trial for causing the death of his wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos said Monday they’re hopeful the court will suspend any sentence it hands down to their client after he pleads guilty to manslaughter next week. Briton David Hunter faced a charge of premeditated…
3 Arrested After Soccer Fans Invade Pitch, Clash in Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus—Three individuals were arrested after opposing groups totaling about 30 people invaded the pitch during a top-flight soccer match in Cyprus and hurled rocks and flares at each other, police said Monday. Police said in a statement the individuals in custody, aged 17, 23, and 25, are being investigated on charges of unlawful entry…
While Ukraine Burns, Turkey Ponders a War With Greece
Commentary Turkey has been preparing a major military gamble to restore the plummeting prestige of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who—unless he can produce a miracle—could be swept from office within a year. Right now, there is little he seems willing to do about Turkey’s economic crisis. Inflation in Turkey reached a 24-year high of 78…
Cyprus Trial of UK Man: Was It Murder or Assisted Suicide?
NICOSIA, Cyprus—The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his sick wife got underway Thursday in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos, with defense lawyers arguing that David Hunter should instead be charged with assisting a suicide. State Prosecutor Andreas Hadjikyrou said the postponement was due to a court scheduling conflict…
Data Dominance: China Establishes Key EU Outpost in Cyprus
Republished with permission from BIRN. In October 2015, two years after a banking crisis left Cyprus in desperate need of new financing, President Nicos Anastasiades visited China on a charm offensive, touting the Mediterranean island’s low tax rates, its European Union membership and its readiness to take part in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, BRI. The floodgates…
Israel Accuses Iran of Cyprus Attack Plot After Suspect Arrested
JERUSALEM/NICOSIA—Israel accused Iran on Monday of orchestrating an attempted attack against Israelis in Cyprus after police on the Mediterranean island said an armed individual had been arrested. Iran swiftly denied the accusation. “This was a terrorist incident directed by Iran against Israeli businesspeople living in Cyprus,” Matan Sidi, spokesman for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, said…
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