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Government's last-minute decision to delay clocks going forward caused confusion and deepened religious division.

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Lebanon is in the midst of the worst financial crisis in its modern history. “I had an 8am appointment and a 9am class, which will now happen at the same time,” she said.

The government decided to keep the time as it is, meaning that Muslims in the country can open their fast an hour earlier, but many people have now opposed ...

Some Muslims objected to the change and pointed out that fasting is supposed to begin at dawn and end at sunset regardless of time zone. The country’s phone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic so the time would not change at midnight. [Lebanese](https://news.sky.com/topic/lebanon-6383) government decided that daylight saving time would begin at the end of Ramadan on 21 April, but this was met with much confusion.

Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for ...

His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a "purely administrative procedure" that was being given "an obnoxious sectarian turn". A spokesperson for the premier's office said it did not have an immediate comment on the reasoning behind the decision or the resulting backlash. instead of 7 p.m. During the meeting with Berri, Mikati was seen responding in the video clip that his request was not possible because it would cause "problems", including to flight scheduling. LBCI said in a statement that it would disobey Mikati's decision because it would have harmed its work, adding: "Lebanon is not an island". Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for ...

instead of 7 p.m. His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a "purely administrative procedure" that was being given "an obnoxious sectarian turn". A spokesperson for the premier's office said it did not have an immediate comment on the decision's reasoning or the resulting backlash. LBCI said in a statement that it would disobey Mikati's decision because it would have harmed its work, adding: "Lebanon is not an island". [Najib Mikati](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/najib-mikati/) issued a decision on Thursday to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20, instead of entering daylight savings time on the last weekend of March as is usually the case in [Lebanon](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/lebanon/), Europe and other regions. [Muslims](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/muslims/) by allowing those fasting during the holy month of [Ramadan](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/ramadan/) to break their fasts an hour earlier, at around 6 p.m.

The time of day is a matter of dispute because of a row between political and religious authorities.

He did not give a reason for the move, but many commentators regard it as a way to boost his popularity during Ramadan. It said its clocks and other devices would stay in winter time but its flight times would be adjusted to avoid disrupting international schedules. But Christian authorities said they would change the clocks on the last Sunday in March, as happens most years.

Kildare welcome Meath to Newbridge on Sunday knowing a win will hoist them above The Royals into second in the table. The meeting of these two may have ...

What time is throw-in? A draw will mean Meath finish above Kildare whereas The Lillywhites need to win to climb above them. Kildare welcome Meath to Newbridge on Sunday knowing a win will hoist them above The Royals into second in the table.

Caretaker PM decides to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20th, instead of entering daylight savings time on last weekend of March as is usual.

But later that day, Mr Mikati issued the decision to stay in winter time. His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a “purely administrative procedure” that was being given “an obnoxious sectarian turn”. LBCI said in a statement that it would disobey Mikati's decision because it would have harmed its work, adding: “Lebanon is not an island”.

Maybe it's when it's applied to you when you're being laid off. Last week, Indeed boss Chris Hyams opened his grim layoffs letter to staff as if it was a ...

To me, it seems that there’s a time and place for all of this. Why have it in the first place, if it’s just for shallower company updates? I’m not sure Mosley’s use of a playful ‘Humans’ tag when talking about canning them will be appreciated too much, though. For some, maybe. But there’s a time when they should be discreetly parked. There’s a time for morale-building, comradely nicknames.

In revisiting the village where she spent her childhood summers, photographer Nadia Sablin was able to capture the essence of a place untroubled by ...

This picture, the boy and girl following their grandmother up the wooden staircase, stands as something of a metaphor for the whole project, in its sense of wonder and foreignness and recovered memory. Sixteen years later, she returned to the city she grew up in, and to the village of Alekhovschina, where she had spent her childhood summers with her aunts. That six-hour rural ride to an older Russia, and to the house her grandfather had built, returned Sablin to the magic of her past.

The Lebanese government's last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ...

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of President Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Three quarters of the population lives in poverty and IMF officials recently warned the country could be headed for hyperinflation if no action is taken. - The The 8 a.m. appointment and a 9 a.m. “I had an 8 a.m.

In 1386, the last pagan ruler of Lithuania, Jogaila, married the child queen of Poland, Jadwiga, then in her early teens. The marriage created a political ...

And why would Western European nations acquiesce to (and largely pay for) the rise of a new European power that irrevocably shifts the EU’s center of gravity to the east? Given old Europe’s chronic fecklessness, illustrated by the EU’s misadventures in the Balkans, Ukraine’s future is too important to be left in the hands of Brussels, Paris, and Berlin. But that is not news, regardless of the nature of the postwar political settlement. Subsidiarity ought to be the guiding principle of such efforts, particularly because the purpose of the union would not be to efface Ukrainian identity or statehood—quite the contrary. Unlike in 1990, when East Germans contended themselves with embracing the existing West German Basic Law and, in fact, the entire legal and political system of their more developed democratic cousins, a Polish-Ukrainian union would require drafting a new constitutional document and building shared federal or confederal institutions—in addition to what would be a complex unification treaty. [estimated](https://www.economist.com/europe/2007/05/24/blossoming-landscapes) to have been transferred from the West to the East, or around half of Germany’s annual GDP, [much in the form of transfers](https://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/pages/publication1437_en.pdf) through the welfare system. There is no downplaying the complexity of the unification, particularly of its legal and regulatory aspects, which were complicated further by Germany’s European commitments. [passed legislation](https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/04/22/one-million-ukraine-refugees-receive-polish-id-numbers-as-government-extends-support-for-host-families/https:/notesfrompoland.com/2022/04/22/one-million-ukraine-refugees-receive-polish-id-numbers-as-government-extends-support-for-host-families/) allowing Ukrainian refugees to obtain Polish ID numbers, giving them thus access to a host of social and healthcare benefits normally reserved for Polish nationals. The Polish-Ukrainian Union would become the second-largest country in the EU and arguably its largest military power, providing more than an adequate counterweight to the Franco-German tandem—something that the EU is sorely missing after Brexit. Instead of a rambling, somewhat chaotic country of 43 million lingering in no-man’s land, Western Europe would be buffered from Russia by a formidable country with a very clear understanding of the Russian threat. Fast-forward to the present and to the near future, however. Two, the union addressed the immediate security concern facing both Poles and Lithuanians: the threat of Teutonic Knights.

And it's true that there is no direct way of gauging the impact of Johnny Sexton versus that of Jack Kyle. And in the case of the latter, the absence of.

He is adored by supporters in Ireland and beyond, with his international support based on what he did for the Lions. That the tour even happened should be a source of ongoing regret, given the wretched apartheid regime was in its pomp at the time. That reliability helped Eddie O'Sullivan build the first formidable national team of the professional era, and along with O'Connell and O'Driscoll, he epitomised the high standards that have now become the norm. And after his sensational form of the past two years, he is now untouchable in any list of Ireland's greatest . His playing record remains incredible, not least a flabbergasting 17 Lions Tests earned over five tours. 6 RONAN O'GARA (2000-2013; Caps: 128; Points: 1,083) AS with O'Connell, his career ended not with bouquets but a more familiar sporting disappointment. The glorious moments wallpaper the memories of sports fans of a certain age. The Irish team were celebrating their Grand Slam in the Millennium Stadium, when Brian O'Driscoll made contact with Jack Kyle (right). His end, when it came, was in keeping with an often brutal sport. And it's true that there is no direct way of gauging the impact of Johnny Sexton versus that of Jack Kyle. Unlike O'Driscoll, Sexton does not have peers of a similar age and status to help him lead his country. And in the case of the latter, the absence of footage of his sporting heyday obliges the adjudicator to lean on the accounts of his prowess.

'For 25 years, these awards have been a concrete signal of The Irish Times' commitment to the arts in general and the art of theatre in particular'

Aedín Cosgrove won the award for best set for Good Sex. A special tribute award was given to Bosco Hogan in recognition of his decades of work on the Irish stage, while No Magic Pill won the audience award. We want now to salute the great theatre work which we were not able to recognise in our nominations and to express our appreciation for the enormous pleasure it gave us in 2022.” What we had to do, and what we did, was to look at each category in turn and apply to each one the same criteria of excellence that are laid out for the awards. Irish Times Arts and Culture Editor Hugh Linehan said: “For 25 years, these awards have been a concrete signal of The Irish Times’ commitment to the arts in general and the art of theatre in particular. Nolan’s An Octoroon colleague Maeve O’Mahony was nominated for best supporting actress, but she lost out to Anna Healy for her performances in Portia Coughlan, The Last Return and The Spin.

More first-time buyers chasing an ever more limited supply of homes mean that property market supply problems are getting even worse.

Traditional two-way movement from commuter towns to the capital has stalled in some counties, with Kildare agents REA Brophy Farrell reporting that most sales in the past six months have been investor-related, with landlords exiting the market. “However, after a slow start, late February and March viewings have been much more active, with homes in my own area of Lucan in Dublin selling within five weeks. The biggest city rise was in Galway city, where prices increased by 0.9pc to €334,000 – an annual increase of 11pc in an active market, according to agents REA McGreal Burke. A total of 70pc of sales in the county were to first-time buyers, with 30pc of purchasers moving from renting or living in cities. As purchasers seek affordability outside the city, Co Galway saw selling values increase by €5,000 in the three-month period to €225,000 – an annual rise of 16pc, the highest in the country. This is pushing prices back up again. Cork and Waterford were static, but average prices in Limerick rose by 0.7pc in the quarter to €272,000, with agents REA Dooley reporting a steady increase in new listings since late February, after a later start to the season. But in Dublin itself, where prices are already the highest in the country, they rose again by 0.5pc to €498,333 in the past three months. The biggest quarterly rise came in Ireland’s most affordable county, Donegal, where prices increased by 3.4pc to an average of €150,000 in the past three months, with properties reaching sale agreed in an average of four weeks. The data shows that first-time buyers now make up an unprecedented 81pc of purchases of the “average” three-bedroom semi-detached homes in the capital. Outside the capital, properties which are in need of modernising are proving more difficult to sell. There are 81pc of first-time buyers in the Dublin city and county market, as second-time buyers hold out for more certainty on interest rates and the cost of living.