2016

(ZIZ News) -- Italy's special Envoy for Caribbean states, his Excellency Paolo Serpi paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mark Brantley, at the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) office on May 5th. Mr. Brantley said…

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has been banned for six games by the Football Association for violent conduct against Chelsea's Diego Costa. Belgium international Dembele appeared to eye-gouge forward Costa during Spurs' 2-2…

Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is set to miss Euro 2016 after dislocating a kneecap in training. The Borussia Dortmund player has been strongly linked with a move to Manchester this summer when Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola will take…

The exact scale of the damage is difficult to assess, as access to the city is restricted. Officials have given few details other than to report that 1,600 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. Read more:…

Turkey's president has told the EU it will not change its anti-terror laws in return for visa-free travel. "We'll go our way, you go yours," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36229468

The likely Democratic nominee for president, Hillary Clinton, was the keynote speaker at the NAACP’s Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit, in which she expressed a concern that she was going to “shirk” what needs to be done. In the…

The ministry of health has advised that Grenada has reported its first laboratory confirmed case of zika virus infection. A 27-year-old female non-Grenadian was diagnosed as the island's first case of the mosquito related illness. The case…

(ZIZ News) -- Formal charges have been laid against Pia Nisbett of Spooner’s Village who was arrested on Sunday (May 01) at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport after a search discovered cocaine on her person. Nisbett was charged…

(RSCNPF): The Special Victims Unit is currently investigating an incident of Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm that occurred in Keys Village. The investigations have revealed that about 5.45pm on Thursday (May 05), an altercation occurred…

(ZIZ News) -- Senior staff members at Her Majesty’s Prison have been undergoing training this week in an effort to boost their effectiveness. The Prison Management Training Courses have been held at the Police Training Complex under the…

(SKNIS): The Ministry of Tourism has sharpened focus on the development of sustainable tourism which has the objective of preserving the culture and heritage in relation to the environment, while giving consideration to socio-economic…

(ZIZ News) -- Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Timothy N. J. Antoine, met with representatives of the Germany-based Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation (SBFIC) on 3 May to discuss the start of a project…

(SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, who is in Washington D.C. to attend the United States-Caribbean-Central American (US-CCA) Energy Summit in Washington D.C. from May 3-4, 2016, is holding…

(PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris and members of his Cabinet met with officials from the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Thursday, April 28th for a roundtable discussion on the economy and…

(ZIZ News) -- The athletes who participated in the Special Olympics were the beneficiaries of an EC $12,000 dollar donation courtesy of The CFBC Jenkins Cohort 4 Leadership Team during an award ceremony held at Government House on Saturday.…