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Ferry operators face a number of challengesGreek coastal shipping companies face the threat of turning loss-making again due to fuel price increases and overtaxation.The last financial year (2017) was seen as marginally profit-making in net terms for the biggest companies in the sector – but not all of them – as transport costs appear to have increased by 44 million euros.
London City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found in Thames
Is Facebook for old people? Over-55s flock in as the young leave
How a British telecoms startup is bridging UK’s rural digital divide KEYNSHAM, England — The rolling hills around this small market town on the outskirts of Bristol don’t exactly shout high-tech hot spot.Rural and sparsely populated, it’s the sort of place where big telecommunications operators would rarely invest to install a high-speed internet network. More often than not, local residents would be resigned to slow connections and poor mobile coverage — a digital gulf separating them from those in big cities like London.And yet, this rural community, located in southwest England, has some of the fastest internet speeds on the planet, thanks to a former British air force officer named Evan Wienburg.
German workers win right to 28-hour week following industrial actionCollective deal covers around 900,000 metal and engineering workers but is expected to prompt changes across Germany and in other industries
Greek parents more consumed by social media than their children, study findsParents use social media networks 60 per cent more than their children
NBC's Katie Couric offers extraordinary explanation for why the Dutch are good at speed skatingIt's no secret the Dutch are quite good at speed skating."Why are they so good you may be asking yourselves? Because skating is an important mode of transportation in a city like Amsterdam, which sits at sea level and have lots of canals that can freeze in the winter," she said."For as long as those canals have existed the Dutch have skated on them from place to place, to race each other, and also to have fun."
How Britain's state pension is now meaner than Mexico's (and it's getting worse) he UK's state pension is less generous than that of Mexico and Poland, and under-30s will now have to wait until their 70s to receive it, according to official figures. A full state pension in Britain is equivalent to just 29pc of average earnings, the lowest percentage in the developed world. State pensions offered by other developed nations are many times more generous.
The idyllic cove from The Beach is closing due to overtourism aya Bay in Thailand, a strong contender for the world’s most celebrated beach, will be closed to tourists for at least three months this year in a bid to reverse damage caused to the surrounding coral reef.The idyllic cove that starred in The Beach, Danny Boyle’s adaptation of Alex Garland’s novel about the search for untouched backpacker paradise, has long been the victim of its own fame. The film encouraged waves of tourists to visit the once little-known Phi Phi Islands, where Maya Bay is located, and the sheltered strip of sand is now a far cry from the unspoiled utopia depicted on the big screen.As many as 5,000 people arrive each day on boat trips from the bustling mainland resorts of Krabi and Phuket.
Diesel is dying – let steam trains ride to the rescue The new rail minister wants to phase out diesel, and his predecessor hobbled electricity. That leaves one viable option
British national stabbed on CorfuA 50-year-old British national who is a permanent resident of the Ionian island of Corfu was hospitalized on Monday with serious stab wounds.Police said they are looking for a 30-year-old Pakistani national.According to local reports, the two men had an altercation concerning the British man’s female partner before the suspect attacked him with a kitchen knife.
Voluntary disclosure program finds two kinds of taxpayersFigures from Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue show that more than half a million taxpayers have declared previously hidden incomes of 10 billion euros and the tax imposed on them is close to 800 million euros.Those taxpayers are split in two categories:
South African lions eat 'poacher', leaving just his head
Cambridgeshire blackmailer jailed for punching toddlerA man who punched a toddler in the face in a bid to blackmail the child's grandparents has been jailed.Deividas Subacius sent a video to the grandparents of himself hitting the 18-month-old girl demanding £130 or he would continue to hurt the child.Subacius... was jailed for 17 years after admitting actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm and blackmail.Police said the girl had no "significant lasting injuries".An examination of the girl showed eight healed fractures, including to her femur, wrist, collarbone and ribs.
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