NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus said Wednesday it dismantled a criminal human smuggling ring responsible for bringing boatloads of Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. Andreou said the police raid also found 44 Syrian migrants living in those homes, all of whom are asylum seekers or have been accorded international protection status. Cyprus’ Interior Ministry had noted an increase in …
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Bulgarian cheesemakers won a legal victory over their Cypriot rivals on Wednesday after an EU court ruled for a second time that their "Bbqloumi" cheese would not be confused with halloumi. In the latest twist in a long-running legal battle, the EU’s general court on Wednesday confirmed the European Union Intellectual Property Office was right to grant Bbqloumi the European …
