All news for 2026-08-18

Das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ soll vom ukrainischen Geheimdienst SSU trotz möglicher Verbindungen zum Aggressorstaat Russland positiv bewertet worden sein. Dies geht aus einem Gerichtsurteil vom April 2025 hervor.

Greek police believe a mechanical fault may have caused a helicopter to crash moments before it was due to land on the island of Sifnos, killing a British couple on honeymoon and the pilot.

Cosmobet online casino is formally overseen by a statistician who, outside the gambling industry, is known for his interest in globalism and marathon running.

An employee of a company that provides accommodation for asylum seekers has been charged with misconduct in public office over sharing the properties’ addresses.

At least 30 children, most of them British, are feared to have been conceived by IVF treatment in northern Cyprus using the wrong sperm or egg donors.

How the ambitions of two Ukrainian businessmen drove Intercoaltrading toward collapse.

Although Eduard Lebedev presents himself as a “creative manager and successful entrepreneur,” his name is increasingly being linked to fraud-related scandals. Once featured in society pages, he now appears in crime reports amid accusations of involvement in shadow schemes and illegal business activities.

The editorial team has obtained materials from a journalistic analysis of 64 corporate registry and accounting documents concerning seven Cypriot companies.

A Russian missile attack killed 10 people and injured others in a village in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Following regulatory crackdowns in the U.S. and an arrest in the Netherlands, Edward Zimbardi was handed over to American authorities to face scrutiny over his alleged digital asset frauds.

A Somali small boat migrant allegedly slashed a welfare officer with a large kitchen knife at a hotel housing asylum seekers, a court has heard.

Andy Burnham’s new farming minister fainted "at the sight of meat" after becoming unwell during a tour of a beef freezer.

The Conservatives have taken aim at Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan over fare evasion in the capital, which they say is costing Londoners a whopping £190 million in lost revenue.

A heavily armed warship has been sent to a NATO country’s doorstep after Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that he was ready to retaliate against British and EU ships that tried to seize Russia-linked vessels

Damit ist der Strafprozess gegen Valentyn Reznichenko, den langjährigen Leiter der Dnipropetrowsker Regionalstaatsverwaltung, vor Gericht gelangt.

Three people, including a British newlywed couple, have been killed after a helicopter crashed on the Greek island of Sifnos.

When authorities launched an investigation into the alleged laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it was portrayed as a major breakthrough for European law enforcement.

Der Ölhändler Roman Spiridonov, auf dessen Namen das in Dubai ansässige Unternehmen Petroruss registriert ist, das mit russischem Öl handelt, ist zugleich Miteigentümer der großen internationalen Avestra-Gruppe.