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Ukraine nuclear agency reports higher Chernobyl radiation levels due to heavy military equipment
(Reuters) - Ukraine's nuclear agency said on Friday it was recording increased radiation levels from the site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Experts at the agency did not provide exact ...
Feb 25, 2022
Russian foreign minister to hold talks with Donbass officials on Friday
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics of eastern Ukraine on Friday on their plans to open emba...
Feb 25, 2022
Russian central bank provides banks with $23 billion at 3-day repo auction
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank on Friday said it had provided banks with 1.9 trillion roubles ($22.87 billion) out of 3 trillion roubles on offer at a "fine-tuning", three-day repo auction. ...
Feb 25, 2022
Russia closes its airspace to British airlines
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has banned British airlines from landing at its airports or crossing its airspace, its state civil aviation regulator said on Friday. The move follows London's ban on the fli...
Feb 25, 2022
Poland sees more cyberattacks on government servers, official says
WARSAW (Reuters) - The computer servers of the Polish government and the national system for payment clearing have experienced more cyberattacks in recent days, a government official in charge of cybe...
Feb 25, 2022
Two more Evergrande property assets taken over by state-owned firms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - At least two more developments of China Evergrande Group have been taken over by state-owned enterprises (SOEs)in the past few weeks, corporate registry records showed. The takeo...
Feb 25, 2022
Japan’s central bank lowers limits on CP, corporate bond purchases
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Friday it had decided to reduce the maximum amounts of commercial paper (CP) and corporate bonds it can buy in a single issuer's outright purchase for...
Feb 25, 2022
China to step up policy support for economy, Xinhua cites politburo
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will step up policy support to stabilise the economy, Xinhua news agency quoted the Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, as saying on Friday. ...
Feb 25, 2022
Greek lender Piraeus Bank’s Ukraine operations only 0.2% of assets
ATHENS (Reuters) - Piraeus Bank, one of Greece's four largest lenders, said on Friday its operations in Ukraine comprise a financial institution, JSC Piraeus Bank ICB, and investments in real estate a...
Feb 25, 2022
European bank shares rise as bankers wrestle with sanctions
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European bank shares rebounded early Friday from steep falls a day earlier, even as bankers wrestle with the impact of a slew of sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine....
Feb 25, 2022
