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German-led consortium signs Greek port buy after Promsvyazbank hurdleATHENS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A German-led consortium bought a majority stake in Greece’s second-biggest port on Thursday, a week after the deal was put on hold because its guarantor, Russia’s Promsvyazbank, had to be bailed out.Deutsche Invest and its partners, France’s Terminal Link SAS and Cyprus-based Belterra Investments, signed the deal for a 67 percent stake in Thessaloniki Port with Greece’s privatisations agency HRADF.
Puppy farming to be targeted in UK government crackdownLegislation to stop breeders keeping ‘battery dogs’ in appalling conditions will be unveiled in new yearUnethical puppy farming is to be targeted in a new government crackdown against unscrupulous breeders, including tight new restrictions for selling pups online.Announcing the proposal, the prime minister said she understood the joy of bringing home a new puppy, but that pet owners needed to know that many had not had an ethical and healthy start in life.The government plans legislation in the new year to tackle so-called battery dogs, born in large-scale commercial breeding establishments. Campaigners have uncovered farms where mothers are given just enough food and water to keep them breeding continuously, in filthy conditions and with no exercise.Plans include tough new rules for licensed dog breeders, including showing puppies alongside their mother before a sale is made.Breeders will only be able to sell puppies they have personally bred and online sellers will have to publish their licence number, and the pet’s country of origin and country of residence.Gove said the crackdown on puppy farming was the latest of the government’s proposals to improve animal welfare standards. It is set to ban the sale of puppies, kittens and rabbits under eight weeks old and make licensing compulsory for dog breeders.
Blast damages court complex in central Athens; no injuries
Ambulance crewman accused of killing patients and selling them to mafia funeral parlours An Italian ambulance stretcher-bearer has been arrested on suspicion of injecting air into patients’ veins and “selling” their bodies to a funeral parlour for 300 euros a go, in an operation with alleged links to the Sicilian mafia.Davide Garofalo, 42, from Sicily, is alleged to have killed at least three people with the injection method, and possibly up to 50.In what has been dubbed the “ambulance of death” investigation, Mr Garofalo is accused of secretly injecting air as patients were transported, killing them by triggering an embolism.
Sainsbury's beef burgers recalled after customers fall illSainsbury’s is recalling batches of its frozen Taste the Difference Aberdeen Angus British Beef Quarter Pounders after reports of customers falling ill.
Errington recalls Dunsyre Blue cheese over listeria fearsThe Scottish cheesemaker implicated in an outbreak of e.coli last year has been forced to recall one of its blue cheese products over fears it contained listeria.Lanark-based cheesemaker Errington announced a recall of Dunsyre Blue cheese yesterday, warning customers not to consume the product as listeria monocytogenes had been detected in a sample from batch J9.If consumed, listeria can cause moderate to severe symptoms ranging from pains, chills, sickness and diarrhoea to serious complications such as meningitis. The FSA has advised shoppers to return the affected batch to retailers, where a full refund will be offered.Errington insisted the recall was “precautionary”.
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