April 2014

Kiev (CNN) -- Ukrainian acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Wednesday that the separatist protests in Ukraine's eastern region would be resolved within 48 hours -- either through negotiations or the use of force. At the same time,…

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- Masked men with metal rods and Molotov cocktails prowl the Russian flag-draped balcony, surveying the crowds below. Stacks of tires topped with ribbons of razor wireline a makeshift barricade around the main…

London (CNN) -- The reason for model Peaches Geldof's death is still not clear, with an autopsy turning up inconclusive results, UK police said Wednesday. Authorities are still waiting for toxicology reports, which could take several…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- With the next general elections constitutionally due early 2015, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says democracy depends on elections and if the process is to be free…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister of Health Hon. Mark Brantley shed light on advances being made toward the formation of a dialysis treatment centre as part of a new diagnostic wing at the Alexandra Hospital.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS) -- Following legislation passed in 2013, a Government-funded long-service gratuity fund for private sector workers may take effect by as early as the second quarter of this year. The fund, which is an…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has congratulated two schools in the Federation that recently won competitive athletic meets. Prime Minister Douglas was among…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- A local financial analyst is of the view that the recent good economic report on St. Kitts and Nevis poses a problem for Dr. Timothy Harris and his PLP/PAM/CCM concoction in fairly criticizing the governing…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The World Bank’s infoDev Group is providing opportunities through grant funding of up to US$50,000 for innovation and entrepreneurship to persons and businesses in the area of climate change. The Federation of St.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Thirty-five budding young readers from the various primary schools on the island of St. Kitts are at the Charles A. Halbert Public Library in Basseterre taking part in the annual Easter Read-A-Thon which this year…

ZIZ News -- The St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services Department is now in possession of a brand new state of the art, fully-equipped ambulance. An official ceremony, facilitating the handing over of the ambulance to the St. Kitts-Nevis…

ZIZ News -- Prime Minister, the Right. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas says while it is hard to ever know the true motivations behind the sometimes bewildering actions of the opposition coalition, it is clear that they are playing an elaborate…

ZIZ News -- The Department of Environmental Health, through its Vector Control Programme, has this week, intensified efforts to identify and alleviate possible threats of vector borne diseases. The April 7th to 11th initiative is being…

ZIZ News -- A number of new initiatives and projects, being undertaken by the Department of Agriculture to promote the sector, will be on display at this month's Open Day event. That is according to the Chairman of the Agriculture Open Day…

ZIZ News -- The Culturama calendar of activities has seen some scheduling changes as the organising committee prepares for the 40th edition of Nevis' Culturama Festival dubbed ‘C40’. During a recent interview with Executive Director of the…