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Russian Sperbank announced yesterday that Apple has closed the loophole that allows the use of Russian MIR cards in the Apple Pay payment system. In the next few days, Apple will suspend all operations on previously added cards, Reuters reported.more

In six large cities, new flats rose in price by 17 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year. On the secondary market, dwellings increased by 13 percent. - According to NBP data. The bank's analysts point out that the sector will be affected in the coming periods by rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine.more

Polina Kovaleva, the British-sanctioned 26-year-old stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Ministry chief Sergei Lavrov, has a flat in central London that she bought for £4.4 million in 2016 without credit, while still a student at the time, British media wrote today.more

Inflation hit a new 30-year high of 6.2% last month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).more

The UK's annual inflation rate rose to 6.2 per cent in February, the first time in 30 years that the 6 per cent level has been exceeded. - Office for National Statistics reported today.more

Future contracts for London transport schemes which support jobs across the country are at risk without long-term funding from the Government, the capital’s mayor is warning.more

PETROL pump prices could soon reach £2 a litre, the head of the industry body has warned as the cost of living crisis intensifies.more

Giving up sausage rolls could get you on the property ladder, according to one estate agent.more

A backlash against P&O Ferries is growing after the firm sacked 800 staff without giving them any notice.more

US President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week to show America's support for Ukraine. He will meet with NATO and EU leaders, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced yesterday. She added that Biden would soon provide details of a $13.6 billion aid package for Ukraine.more

The UK government yesterday announced a ban on exports of luxury goods to Russia and increased tariffs by 35p on imports from the country of a range of products, including vodka.more

After a brief stop in Istanbul, a private jet linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich landed in Moscow today. Abramovich is Putin's "cashier" in the West, according to the authors of a journalistic investigation presented yesterday on the BBC Panorama programme.more

One in five Poles have no savings at all, the survey showed. 13% of respondents have gathered savings of less than PLN 1,000, while over 20% have set aside cash between PLN 1,000 and PLN 5,000.more

According to the survey conducted by UCE RESEARCH and SYNO Poland for the ePsycholodzy.pl platform, more than six out of ten people have at least one of the depression symptoms listed in the survey. According to experts, it is a hidden source of low productivity and frequent absence of employees, generating losses for employers and the whole economy. more

Londoners can expect a trip around the city to become more expensive as taxi fares are set to rise by 5.5%.more

The vast majority of adult Poles declared that these days they are most afraid of high prices - 71 percent, war - 70 percent and disease - 64 percent, according to a CBOS survey from the first half of February 2022.more

Nearly 40% of Polish women believe that they earn less than men working in the same positions, according to a survey. The same percentage has a different opinion on the matter, and one in five respondents does not know.more

House prices increased at the fastest annual pace since 2007 in February to hit a new record high, according to an index.more

From next month, big changes will come into force regarding the National Living Wage. The wage is set to rise by 6.6 per cent in April, from £8.91 an hour to £9.50 an hour.more

The NHS will pay for patients' taxis and hotels if they opt for treatment at another hospital away from their home, Sajid Javid is to announce, as he launches a major health reform that will allow the public to “shop around” between trusts to avoid long waiting times.more

Britain will not be able to place Roman Abramovich and other Russian oligarchs under sanctions for "weeks or months" because the government has failed to gather court-defensible evidence of their links to Vladimir Putin's regime, The Times reported today.more

Britain will ban Russian companies from accessing the London insurance market, the world's largest centre for commercial and specialist insurance, Britain's finance ministry said today.more

88% of surveyed Poles believe that living in a pandemic is expensive. This is most strongly felt by seniors and residents of large cities, according to the study by the National Debt Register.more

Associated British Foods (ABF) has said rebounding business at its Primark fashion stores mean its sales and profits are "strongly ahead" of last year.more

The UK announced today that it is following the US and European Union in taking further measures against Russia by banning British entities from dealing with Russia's central bank, finance ministry and sovereign wealth fund.more