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Phenomenal 1000-metre-long Spider Web covers Northern Greece’s Vistonida Lake
Untapped potential in Greece’s food and agricultural sectorGreece’s agricultural and food sector could bring an additional 12.2 billion euros per year into the economy and create 200,000 new jobs if it was brought up to modern European Union standards, according to a study by the Financial Analysis Department of the National Bank of Greece that was published this week.
Greece entices India to import Greek fruitGreek fruit producers, predominantly apple growers are sending trial shipments to India following a request they made in 2015 to expand to the Asian market giant.The Indian government is interested in Greek apples and kiwi fruit of Greek production “on a permanent basis”, pending a trial of at least 8 to 10 trial shipments under specified conditions... other agreements were pending for the export of Greek prunes, cherries, and citrus fruit.
Cobalt, the Cypriot airline, has collapsed overnight. Tens of thousands of passengers are waking up to find that their tickets for future travel to and from Cyprus and Greece are worthless.The airline told the Cyprus Ministry of Transport at 9pm on Wednesday night that it would shut down shortly after midnight on Thursday. Cobalt flew from Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester to Larnaca, its main hub, and from Gatwick to Athens.
Survey: The four member countries that like the EU even less than the UKFour member countries like the EU even less than Britain, a poll carried out by the European Parliament has found.The survey asked whether people thought their country’s EU membership was a good thing, a bad thing or neither a good or bad thing.People in Greece, Croatia, Italy and the Czech Republic were less likely than Brits to think that their membership of the bloc was ‘generally speaking… a good thing’.The countries with the most favourable view of the EU were Luxembourg, Ireland, Germany and The Netherlands.
UK recycling industry under investigation for fraud and corruptionExclusive: Watchdog examining claims plastic waste is not being recycled but left to leak into rivers and oceansThe plastics recycling industry is facing an investigation into suspected widespread abuse and fraud within the export system amid warnings the world is about to close the door on UK packaging waste, the Guardian has learned.The Environment Agency (EA) has set up a team of investigators, including three retired police officers, in an attempt to deal with complaints that organised criminals and firms are abusing the system.Six UK exporters of plastic waste have had their licences suspended or cancelled in the last three months, according to EA data. One firm has had 57 containers of plastic waste stopped at UK ports in the last three years due to concerns over contamination of waste.
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