27 February 2022 Archives

Cuba reports 630 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths

Published on: February 27, 2022
10:49

Havana, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba today reported 630 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, virus that causes Covid-19, which represents an increase of 21 with respect to the previous day, but no deaths.

Swift system announces financial measures against Russia

Published on: February 27, 2022
10:42

Moscow, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (Swift) communicated today that it is preparing to comply with the European Union's decision to disconnect certain Russian banks from the payment system.

European countries close their airspace to Russian airplanes

Published on: February 27, 2022
10:31

Moscow, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and Iceland closed their airspace to Russian airlines, while Finland is preparing to do so, the corresponding aviation authorities informed today through a communiqué.

Russia urged Zelensky to avoid excuses and negotiate peace

Published on: February 27, 2022
10:22

Moscow, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Russian State Duma (Lower House) Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin today urged Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to avoid excuses and move forward to start peace negotiations with the Russian side.

New records of Covid-19 cases in Vietnam

Published on: February 27, 2022
10:15

Hanoi, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Under the siege of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, Vietnam, above all its capital, Hanoi, reported again today the highest number of Covid-19 cases.

Ukraine agrees to talk with Russia in the Belarusian city of Gomel

Published on: February 27, 2022
08:58

Minsk, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) The head of the Russian delegation for talks with the Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Medinski, said that Kiev finally agreed to hold them today in the Belarusian city of Gomel, as decided at the beginning.

Cuban singer in the Bolero Festival in Nicaragua

Published on: February 27, 2022
08:47

Managua, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban singer Osdalgia Lesmes is taking part today in the X International Festival of Bolero and Romantic Song, held in seven cities in Nicaragua, including this capital, since its inauguration on February 24 last.

New Ukrainian bombings against populations of Donetsk denounced

Published on: February 27, 2022
08:39

Moscow, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched mortars this morning against the town of Panteleymonovka, in the Donetsk Territory, reported the Joint Center for the ceasefire in that region.

Cuba’s Polymita picta snail nominated for Mollusc of the Year

Published on: February 27, 2022
01:30

Berlin, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Polymita picta, a Cuban land snail, is one of five nominees to compete for the title of 2022 Mollusk of the Year, in a contest promoted by the LOEWE Center for Translational Genomics of Biodiversity in Germany.

Latin America at the Oscars

Published on: February 27, 2022
01:00

Washington.- Latin American fiction films, nominated more than twenty times at the Oscars granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States, were left out of the short list of five films competing in the Best International Film category this year.

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February 27, 2022