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Retail commerce saw Christmas turnover plunge 500 million euros compared to last year as the problem of diminished disposable incomes was exacerbated by the negative timing due to political uncertainty in the country.According to the head of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurship and Commerce (ESEE), Vassilis Korkidis, Christmas turnover dropped by 8 to 10 percent from a year earlier, which translates into a loss of half a billion euros.
How swan-derful! Trapped cygnet comforted by its mother for two days as she pines for the bird's releaseMother swan is seen spending two days by the side of her cygnet after it got trapped in a lock in Leicester
Teen trapped without toilet paper on Virgin train Tweets for helpA teenager travelling between Euston and Glasgow suffered every train passenger's worst nightmare - running out of loo paper at the critical moment, only to be saved by Virgin Trains' enterprising social media team
Barbarella Buchner: Woman celebrates 10-year anniversary after MARRYING her two pet cats
Tesco to close 43 stores despite better Christmas sales...a "significant proportion" of which will be local convenience shops.Tesco also confirmed that two of its businesses - Tesco Broadband and online entertainment service Blinkbox, will be sold to TalkTalk.
Thunderstrike shocks OS X with firmware bootkitPermanent backdoor affects all Macs packing Thunderbolt ports
'Burglar's shopping list' security flaw fixedAn online service recommended by most of the UK's police forces has fixed a privacy flaw after being alerted by a security expert.Immobilise allows members of the public to add records to the National Property Register, detailing valuables in their homes.But security consultant Paul Moore discovered a flaw that made it possible to access other people's records.Recipero, operators of Immobilise, said it had fixed the vulnerability.
MP calls for email disclaimer banAn MP has called for an end to "useless" legal disclaimers at the bottom of emails.Sir Alan Duncan said the "meaningless missives" led to "forests' worth of paper" being wasted when emails are printed out.He presented a bill that would ban the practice for public bodies.Sir Alan told MPs the disclaimers were a hangover from the early days of the internet and could be replaced with a link to an attachment.The legislation was accepted at first reading, but it is unlikely to become law in its current form without government support due to a lack of parliamentary time.
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For the month of November, the airports which reported the highest increases in passenger traffic are as follows:Group 4: Santorini (+69.0%), Chania (+67.0%), Kefallinia (+58.5%)