Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has quashed rumours that a big screen spin-off is being made, although he admitted he would “love to see one”. The Daily Star quoted him as saying at at an HBO party that there “will be a movie”. Martin took to his online LiveJournal to respond: “Don’t believe everything you read, boys and ...

The French and Russian presidents are set for talks on Friday amid fears Russia is carrying out “indiscriminate” air strikes on Syrian militants. The French military, like the US, is targeting Islamic State (IS) fighters with air strikes. But the US says Russia is carrying out random strikes against the Syrian opposition. Russia says it is targeting the same groups ...

Governance Activist Maurice Malambo has advised all State House officials to conduct themselves above board as some people want to use their misconduct to attack President Lungu. And Mr. Malambo has commended Enock and Kaunda Kavindele for withdrawing the criminal complaints against Special Assistant to the President for Politics Kaizer Zulu. Mr. Malambo has told QFM News that he is ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has encouraged government to revise traffic fees as indicated by Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza in a statement says it will be extremely saddening to see the PF government revise these exorbitant fees in 2016 as a campaign tool targeting the motoring public especially bus drivers and the youth ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says the decision by Government to start working on a list of goods and services that should not be imported into the country to help protect the local currency will definitely run in conflict with the COMESA Treaty. Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Miles Sampa has said it is unacceptable that Zambia has continued ...

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu says he hopes that government will now heed to calls of diversifying the country’s economy and stop depending on copper as a major exporting earning. Mr. Hamaundu has told QFM News in an interview that this is because of the poor performance of the kwacha against the major currencies due to over-dependence on copper. Mr. Hamaundu ...