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2641. Europe's banks reveal billions worth of Russia risk as sanctions bite

Credit Suisse said it had gross exposure to Russia of 1.6 billion Swiss francs ($1.73 billion) at the end of 2021, the latest European bank to reveal the size of potential losses as Western sanctions shut Russia out of the global financial system....

2642. A war of endurance

It is very difficult to say how the war in Ukraine will end and how long it will last. It is purely a question of endurance, of who will last longer....

2643. EU sanctions 14 more oligarchs, blocks transactions with Belarus central bank

The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on 14 more Russian oligarchs, freeze relations with Belarus’ central bank and curb three top lenders in that country, the EU Commission said on Wednesday....

2644. USA: First man to receive pig heart transplant dies

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday....

2645. Nikki Beach Easter Special

Welcome Spring with Easter deals among the verdant grounds and tranquil coastline of Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Porto Heli, at the tip of the Argolis Peninsula. ...

2646. Cypriot officers being trained on how to handle rape and sexual assault cases

Cypriot officials are visiting Glasgow this week to undertake training on the best methods to handle rape and serious sexual assault cases....

2647. $100,000 grant for an interactive platform to promote shared cultural heritage

A grant agreement for the implementation of an interactive shared cultural heritage education program for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youth was signed on Wednesday by United States Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Chief of Mission in Cyprus Jakhongir Khaydarov, during an event held at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia....

2648. Study: Certain blood types may be more or less vulnerable to covid

Blood type doesn’t affect much in our daily lives. In fact, most people don’t even know whether they’re Type A, B, AB, or O. But the seemingly-banal detail might be a factor in who comes under the thumb of 2020’s worldwide tyrant—that is, coronavirus....

2649. Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine now available on vaccination portal

The Ministry of Health has announced that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid (also known as NVX-CoV2373) to prevent COVID-19 in people from 18 years of age, will be available on the vaccination portal....

2650. Five female-run businesses using design to create a waste-free world

From ‘collaborating’ with bacteria to make material for trainers, to ‘unplastic’ made from brewery waste, these female-founded businesses enlist the power of creativity to do away with waste....

2651. Kyriakides: 10,000 beds in European hospitals for sick or injured refugees

In Europe at the moment, solidarity is unprecedented. Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou, after talking to the Ministers of Health in the Member States and Moldova,...

2652. Op-ed: Our Strength is our Unity: Putin Chose War. We Stand with Ukraine

An op-ed by US Ambassador to Cyprus, Judith Garber...

2653. New opening hours of NIPD Genetics Sample Collection Centers

2654. Op-ed: On the doorstep of an unknown world

We are Witnesses of the end of the world we knew, without knowing where we will be in a short time....

2655. Germany seizes $600 million superyacht belonging to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov

German authorities have seized a $ 600 million superyacht belonging to Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov at a Hamburg shipyard....

2656. Petrides: Cyprus banks are safe from exposure to Russia

The economic sanctions imposed against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine are not affecting Cyprus to a large extent as the island’s banking system has no exposure to Russia...

2657. Eleftheria square lit up in solidarity with Ukraine (images)

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 7 days ago, monuments around the world were lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag to show support and solidarity with the Ukrainian people. ...

2658. Police probe water theft in Chloraka’s refugee complex

A man has been arrested in Paphos after the local council in Chloraka filed a complaint for illegal tapping of water supply at a controversial apartment complex where hundreds of refugees have been asked to leave...

2659. At least five oligarchs have bank accounts in Cypriot banks

In Cyprus, five oligarchs from the EU list What emerges from the investigations of Cypriot banks for the lists of the European Council which includes 50 persons...

2660. Zalensky makes impassioned speech to EU Parliament, gets standing ovation

President Volodymyr Zelensky today told European leaders Ukrainians are ‘paying the ultimate price to defend freedom’....

2661. YouTube in Cyprus blocks RT over Ukraine

YouTube in Cyprus has blocked access to popular Russian news outlet RT citing 'the ongoing war in Ukraine' after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said pro-Russia sites were spreading lies...

2662. Ministry of Labor cracks down on undeclared labor

Targeted inspections in the construction sector will now be conducted by the Ministery of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance beginning in March in an effort to clamp down on undeclared labor. ...

2663. 'Anonymous' group takes down three Russian news websites after attacking Kremlin-backed channel RT

Anonymous collective have taken down three Russian news agency websites after attacking Kremlin-backed channel RT....

2664. Op-ed: The new Cold War has begun

With almost the same arguments of those who had mobilized Bulent Ecevit on July 20, 1974 to invade Cyprus, Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine on the morning of February 24....

2665. In historic shift, Germany ramps up defense spending due to Russia’s Ukraine war

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday announced a major boost to German military spending in the latest of a series of dramatic moves reversing decades of Germany’s post-Cold War foreign policy in just a few days....

2666. Petrides: 'Cyprus has NOT objected to ANY EU sanctions including cutting Russia off Swift'

The Minister of Finance, Constantinos Petrides stated that reports concerning Cyprus' objection to imposing a ban on Russia from the SWIFT international payment system were false....

2667. Russian forces continue to pound Kiev

Missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday and families cowered in bomb shelters as Russian forces pressed their advance and authorities said they were girding for an assault aimed at overthrowing the government....

2668. Cyprus House Plenary passes resolution on Ukraine

Cyprus Parliament Plenary on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russia`s invasion of Ukraine and calling for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory....

2669. We're all gonna die so here's a greener way to go

Back in January 2021, Covid created such a backlog of bodies at L.A. County morgues that the local air quality agency lifted air pollution limits on crematories so they could work extended hours....

2670. 'I am target number one': Zelensky says Russian special forces kill squads are inside Kyiv (video)

Ukraine's president has admitted that he is 'target number one' for Russian assassins in his capital but insisted that he remained in Kyiv as he urged his fellow citizens to remain strong. ...