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2161. Poland calls on EU to halt issuance of Schengen visas to Russians

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/poland-calls-on-eu-to-halt-issuance-of-schengen-visas-to-russians

Poland wants the Schengen Area countries to completely stop issuing Russians visas for short-term stays in the 26 Schengen countries as a part of the sanctions imposed due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military....

2162. Bucha atrocities bring about fresh sanctions and deportations

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bucha-atrocities-bring-about-fresh-sanctions-and-deportations

Following the revelations about the atrocities against civilians that took place in Bucha and other areas near Kyiv, the EU is preparing fresh sanctions against Russia to "hit them where it hurts". ...

2163. High concentrations of dust continue to plague Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/high-concentrations-of-dust-continue-to-plague-cyprus

Cyprus continues to be plagued by high concentrations of dust on Tuesday, according to measurements from ground Stations of the Air Quality Monitoring Network....

2164. Zelensky to address Cypriot parliament

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zelensky-to-address-cypriot-house

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the Cypriot parliament on Thursday, during a busy week on the island with US diplomat visits and after local media suggested Nicosia was grappling with a difficult dilemma...

2165. US Undersecretary of State to visit Cyprus this week (update)

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-under-secretary-of-state-to-visit-cyprus-this-week

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Turkey, Greece and Cyprus in the coming days....

2166. World horrified over Bucha death footage

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/world-horrified-over-bucha-death-footage

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply shocked” by images of civilian deaths in Ukraine posted online over the weekend, with Kiev blaming Moscow and Russia rejecting the accusations and calling for a special Security Council meeting on Monday...

2167. UN official gets ‘donkeyed’ Cyprus-style

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-official-gets-‘donkeyed-cyprus-style

UN official Colin Stewart was amused over two gag gifts he received at a bicommunal gathering in north Nicosia, with one elder of the group presenting him with a donkey ornament to remind him he would 'need a lot of patience' on the island...

2168. US says Putin being misled by fearful advisers

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-says-putin-being-misled-by-fearful-advisers

Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misled by advisers who are too scared to tell him how badly the war in Ukraine is going, the White House says....

2169. Russian troops begin moving away from positions around Kyiv

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-troops-begin-moving-away-from-positions-around-kyiv

Some Russian units suffering heavy losses in Ukraine had been forced to return home and to neighboring Belarus, British military intelligence said a day after Russia promised to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city....

2170. Credit Suisse in the hot seat for telling its clients to shred evidence

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/credit-suisse-in-the-hot-seat-for-telling-its-clients-to-shred-evidence

Just weeks after Credit Suisse was caught telling clients to shred evidence of its loans to Russian oligarchs, the embattled investment bank has decided to pull out of the country....

2171. Russia to bar entry for people from growing list of 'unfriendly' nations

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-to-bar-entry-for-people-from-growing-list-of-unfriendly-nations

Russia said on Monday it was preparing to restrict entry into Russia for nationals of "unfriendly" countries, which include Britain, all European Union states and the United States. ...

2172. Abramovich, Ukrainian negotiators hit by suspected poisoning

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/abramovich-ukrainian-negotiators-hit-by-suspected-poisoning

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month after a meeting in Kiev...

2173. Putin not seen ready to compromise ahead of peacetalks

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-not-seen-ready-to-compromise-ahead-of-peacetalks

Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, but a senior U.S. official said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not appear ready to make compromises to end the war....

2174. Shanghai facing biggest lockdown in 2 years

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shanghai-facing-biggest-lockdown-in-2-years

Shanghai, the Chinese financial capital of 25 million people, is facing the worst outbreak of covid-19 cases in two years and entering a two-phase lockdown....

2175. Walls go up as wall comes down in divided Nicosia

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/walls-go-up-as-wall-comes-down-in-nicosia

Turkish Cypriot city officials in north Nicosia say they are prepared to tackle a collapsed Venetian wall with or without help from the south, as both sides on the divided island still disagree on how to fix it together...

2176. Cyprus springs forward yet again

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-springs-forward-yet-again

People in Cyprus will lose an hour of sleep after Daylight Saving Time goes into effect Sunday morning, with European officials and public opinion still divided on whether there is value in switching back and forth at all...

2177. US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia while providing an additional $1B in humanitarian aid

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-imposes-fresh-sanctions-on-russia-while-providing-an-additional-$1b-in-humanitarian-aid

The United States will expand its sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, targeting members of the country’s parliament and the central bank’s gold reserves, the White House announced Thursday....

2178. Op-ed: 'The world needs to come clean about dirty money'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-world-needs-to-come-clean-about-dirty-money

On a spring ski break in Colorado last week, I found the town of Aspen buzzing with talk about Roman Abramovich. While the Russian oligarch has rarely been seen in the resort in recent years,...

2179. Putin spokesman not ruling out use of nuclear weapons

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-spokesman-not-ruling-out-use-of-nuclear-weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman has conceded that Russia has yet to achieve any of its military goals in Ukraine and refused to deny that Moscow could resort to the use of nuclear weapons....

2180. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny sentenced to another nine years in prison for fraud

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/jailed-kremlin-critic-alexey-navalny-sentenced-to-another-nine-years-in-prison-for-fraud

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security jail, according to Russian state-owned news agency Tass....

2181. World baffled as biowar talk in Ukraine builds up

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/world-baffled-as-biowar-talk-in-ukraine-builds-up

Washington and Moscow have been exchanging accusations over possible use of biological weapons in Ukraine, with Russians expecting to reveal 'more ugly facts' about US activities and Americans warning the former Soviets were getting desperate...

2182. Extreme freakish heat in both north and south poles

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/extreme-freakish-heat-in-both-north-and-south-poles

Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average....

2183. Ukrainians run out the clock in Mariupol

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukrainians-run-out-the-clock-in-mariupol

Russian forces called on Ukrainian nationalists in surrounded Mariupol to lay down their weapons on Monday morning and leave the city before civilian evacuations by noon, with Ukrainian officials putting Moscow on notice that there would be 'no talk of any surrender'...

2184. Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-conflict-putin-lays-out-his-demands-in-turkish-phone-call

On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia's precise demands were for a peace deal with Ukraine....

2185. UK revokes Russian channel RT's licence, citing links to Kremlin

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-revokes-russian-channel-rt-s-licence-citing-links-to-kremlin

Britain's media regulator on Friday revoked Russian-backed television channel RT's licence to broadcast in the United Kingdom, citing its links to the Kremlin....

2186. Moscow jumps on Burisma links to Kiev

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-jumps-on-burisma-links-to-kiev

Moscow has put together an elaborate diagram alleging Biden connections to Ukrainian biological labs, with new revelations initially described by Washington as “Russian disinformation” now gaining traction in the United States and reaching all the way to Cyprus...

2187. Athens put Kiev and Moscow on notice

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-put-ukraine-and-russia-on-notice

Athens’ top diplomat says he wants to personally lead a humanitarian mission into Mariupol following a private debriefing he had with the Greek consul general of Ukraine’s besieged city...

2188. Akar calls for sharing ‘riches of the Aegean’ with Greece

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akar-calls-for-sharing-‘riches-of-the-aegean-with-greece

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said his country is in favor of joint exploitation of “the riches of the Aegean” with Greece, following talks with his Greek counterpart in Brussels on Wednesday....

2189. UK approves first drug that prevents Covid

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-approves-first-drug-that-prevents-covid

A first-of-its-kind drug that stops people from catching Covid has been approved in the UK by the country's medical watchdog....

2190. Energy Minister expects developments on Cyprus' confirmed gas deposits

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/energy-minister-expects-developments-on-cyprus-confirmed-gas-deposits

Cyprus’ Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry Natasa Pilides has told CNA she expects developments soon regarding the exploitation of Cypriot natural gas fields, given the large increase in natural gas prices internationally....

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