Cypriot court

Cyprus' Court of Appeal has ruled against the extradition of Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to Romania, overturning a lower court ruling on October 11.

Steinmetz was detained in Cyprus in late August on an outstanding warrant issued by Romania over a land rights' case. He denies wrongdoing.

A Cypriot court on Wednesday ordered the detention of a soccer club president and a referee for eight days as police investigate allegations that the two men were involved in fixing the outcome of a second-division match.

The chief of the Anti-Corruption General Secretariat, Anastasia Xepapadea, has denied one more allegation of many over the last days - that she has a seat on the Board of a family business which may constitute a conflict of interest.

New Democracy has called on the government to fire her.