Russian flights bans hit airlines from 36 countries – aviation authority
Published by Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has closed its airspace to airlines from 36 countries, including all 27 members of the European Union, in response Ukraine-related sanctions targeting its aviation sector. Some of the banned countries had already been identified, while others were named by the aviation authority Rosaviatsia for the first time on Monday following the punitive measures imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The flight bans are expected to hurt airlines that fly over the world’s biggest country to get from Europe to Asia. They are likely to force them to find new routes. Rosaviatsia s…
Ukraine | Assistance offered through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism – DG ECHO Daily Map | 28/02/2022
UCPM responseUkraine requested support from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) for assistance including notably shelter and medical items, communication equipment, fuel and humanitarian assistance, to respond to the ongoing conflict. So far, 22 E…
Rare Copy of First Novel by African American Woman Donated
A rare version of a book considered the first novel published in the U.S. by a Black woman has returned to her home state of New Hampshire.An original first edition of Harriet Wilson’s “Our Nig; or Sketches From the Life of a Free Black” was recently d…
‘Wicked’ Welcomes Pioneering Good Witch, Brittney Johnson
While many people spent Valentine’s Day with the traditional flowers and chocolates, Brittney Johnson was making theater history.The young Broadway veteran was gently lowered onto the Gershwin Theatre stage to become the first Black actor to assume the…
THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLANNING AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITIES: 2,500 trees, shrubs and plants as part of ?amrun greening project
Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia together with Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities Alex Muscat visited the ongoing works at Misrah is-Sebgha ta’ Gunju 1919 in Hamrun.Here they had the opportun…
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: General Election – 26th March 2022: Delivery of Voting Documents by Police Officers
The Electoral Commission notifies those persons whose name appears in the Electoral Register published on 25th February 2022, subject to additions, deletions and corrections ordered by the Revising Officer, that voting documents will be delivered by th…