05/07/16

[Maik]

Seems the Skala beach 'Seatrack' mechanism used to provide people with a disability easier access to the sea has been vandalised just a few days after it went operational.

[Maik]

Greece has second highest rate of defense spending in NATO

http://www.ekathimerini.com/210145/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-has-second-highest-rate-of-defense-spending-in-nato

[Maik]

Junior doctor contract 'to be imposed'

Ministers are preparing to impose a contract on junior doctors in England after the profession rejected the deal that had been agreed between union negotiators and the government.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36714792

[Maik]

Just had a look at charter flight arrival figures for June 2015 v 2016. In percentage terms, big increases this year from Norway (98%) and the Czech Republic (48%) but in actual bodies on beaches terms, 176 more Norwegians this June and 330 more Czechs. Overall, a 5.38% increase: 43,341 arrivals in June 2015 and 45,672 this June, an increase of 2,331.

32,240 sun seekers arrived from the UK compared to 30,654 last June, an increase of 1,586, or 5.17%.

Percentage of June, 2016 arrivals by country:

70.59% UK
  7.17% Italy
  5.05% Poland
  4.97% Netherlands
  2.58% Sweden
  2.24% Austria
  1.22% Slovenia
  1.21% Denmark
  1.20% Yugoslavia
  0.78% Norway
  0.76% Hungary