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Statistically, it was found that in tourist areas, 54 percent of businesses evade taxes.
Myconos hotel rates beat MonacoAverage online double-room rates for Myconos hotels have risen above 500 euros per night for this month, even exceeding luxury hotels in Monte Carlo, according to the latest data on holiday booking website Trivago.A growth trend has also been recorded at many other popular resorts around the country.Rates have dropped on Lefkada, by 5.3 percent to 124 euros, and on Cephalonia, by 0.9 percent to 107 euros.
Briton arrested for setting firesPolice arrested a 57-year-old British man in Afidnes, north of Athens, Thursday on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started several fires in a wooded area.According to authorities, the suspect admitted during questioning that he started the fires but claimed that he had been drunk at the time and was not aware of what he was doing.He told the police that he is visiting Greece as a tourist. He is due to face a prosecutor on Friday.
Dutch soldiers are shouting 'bang, bang' because they've run out of bullets
Angela Merkel has inspired a new German word - so which British politicians could lend themselves to our lexicon?'Merkeln' - to merkel - is used as a verb meaning to be indecisive or not to have an opinion at all
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QuoteAngela Merkel has inspired a new German word - so which British politicians could lend themselves to our lexicon?
Angela Merkel has inspired a new German word - so which British politicians could lend themselves to our lexicon?
Privileges threatened, days may be numbered for Greece’s ‘everyman’ farmers
A young British tourist was found dead on Wednesday in the popular resort of Malia, Crete.According to reports, he was found in his hotel room by his friends.The police was called to investigate whether his death was caused from excessive alcohol consumption.
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Skoda drivers have last laugh as brand tops reliability surveyKorean firm Kia took the runner-up spot, while at the other end of the 26-strong manufacturer table, Chevrolet's cars were rated least reliable by their owners.However, perhaps the biggest surprise was the number of prestige brands that performed poorly, with BMW, Jaguar and Audi all in the bottom five.
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U.N. urges Greece to end 'total chaos' on islands where migrants landThe United Nations refugee agency called on Greece on Friday to take control of the "total chaos" on Mediterranean islands where thousands of migrants have landed.European Union member states must also do more to share the burden of Greece, where 50,000 people arrived in July alone, said Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR director for Europe, after visiting the Greek islands of Lesbos, Kos and Chios."In terms of water, in terms of sanitation, in terms of food assistance, it's totally inadequate. On most of the islands, there is no reception capacity, people are not sleeping under any form of roof," he told a news briefing."So it's total chaos on the islands. After a couple of days they are transferred to Athens, there is nothing waiting for them in Athens."Greek authorities must "lead and coordinate the response", said Cochetel, a 30-year veteran of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Greece says country cannot handle migrant inflowsGreece's infrastructure cannot handle the thousands of migrants landing on its shores from places like war-torn Syria and Afghanistan and needs European Union help, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday."Now is the time to see if the EU is the EU of solidarity or an EU that has everyone trying to protect their borders," he said after a meeting with ministers dealing with the influx.European Union member states must also do more to share the burden of Greece, where 50,000 people arrived in July alone, said Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR director for Europe.
The UNHCR's European Director, Vincent Cochetel, said facilities for the refugees on the Greek islands were "totally inadequate", after a 750% increase in migrants arriving this year, compared with the same period last year.He said 124,000 had arrived in Greece so far this year, including 50,000 in July alone.
'Unlikely' that sleeping gas was used in Jenson Button robbery, experts sayThe Royal College of Anaesthetists has debunked claims the F1 star was knocked out by sleeping gas before burglary
Driver stopped with sheep in car tells police 'I was taking it to McDonald's'A motorist in North Yorkshire who was travelling with a sheep in his boot tells police he was taking it out for a meal The incident occurred in North Yorkshire when officers from the local roads policing group stopped the driver of a Peugeot 206 on suspicion of driving with two bald tyres.But when they looked more closely at the vehicle they notice an unusual passenger in the hatchback boot of the car, a fully grown sheep.When questioned why he was travelling with the animal in a family hatchback the motorist explained that he had taken it to a nearby McDonald’s restaurant for a meal. “He told the officer, ‘some people take their dogs in their cars, I take my sheep’.
Diesel prices could fall to £1 a litre for the first time in six years, motoring groups have predicted after a price war broke out among supermarkets. On average diesel now costs 114.62p a litre, according to the AA – a penny less than petrol after significant price cuts last month. Fuel prices have now fallen by a quarter from their record high three years ago.
Saudi Arabia may go broke before the US oil industry bucklesIt is too late for OPEC to stop the shale revolution. The cartel faces the prospect of surging US output whenever oil prices rise
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