Reading Time: < 1 minute Greece has extended to Dec. 14 a nationwide lockdown imposed last month to contain a surge in new coronavirus cases, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Thursday. The lockdown, the country’s second since the pandemic began, was extended by a week. “There is a stabilisation or rather a decline in the (number of) cases
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy’s top energy companies Enel and Eni have agreed to work together on plans to supply green hydrogen to two refineries in Italy. The two pilot projects will involve building close to the Eni refineries 10-megawatt electrolyzers powered by renewable energy that will start producing hydrogen by 2022-2023. “We are interested
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses his Apple Daily, an anti-government tabloid. Hong Kong authorities have intensified a crackdown on key opposition figures in the Chinese-ruled city since Beijing circumvented
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Times of Malta says that COVID has exposed the vulnerability of the country’s air connectivity, with airlines substantially reducing the routes they service. The Malta Independent says that the Santa Lucija tunnels have been partially closed to traffic. It says that , once again, the government was inaugurating an incomplete
Reading Time: < 1 minute Photos from New York as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is illuminated during the 88th annual tree lighting ceremony at the Rockefeller Center. US singer Tori Kelly (C) performs during the 88th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree during the 88th annual tree lighting ceremony at the Rockefeller Center in New York,
A major Asia-focused tech conference announced on Thursday it is ditching Hong Kong in favour of Malaysia in a fresh blow to the Chinese financial hub’s push to attract tech talent. The annual RISE Conference brings together CEOs, startups and investors and has been held in Hong Kong over the last five years. But organisers said they would move their
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded into custody on Thursday after being charged with fraud, the latest in a string of prosecutions brought against high-profile Beijing critics and democracy campaigners. Lai, 73, is the owner of Hong Kong's best-selling Apple Daily, a popular tabloid that is unashamedly pro-democracy and fiercely critical