0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Three out of 10 households in Greece to pay more income tax, beyond declared taxable income
Taxes make Greeks think there is no point working any harder
Overtaxation hurts private consumption
Supreme Court backs agreed end-of-life decisionsLegal permission will no longer be required to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state, the Supreme Court has ruled.It will now be easier to withdraw food and liquid to allow such patients to die.When families and doctors are in agreement, medical staff will be able to remove feeding tubes without applying to the Court of Protection.
Jeremy Hunt gaffe: 'My wife is Japanese'Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt mistakenly referred to his wife as Japanese during a visit to Beijing to discuss post-Brexit trade deals between the UK and China.Mr Hunt's wife is actually Chinese.
Does milk go in tea first or last? Definitive poll finally reveals answer Britons drink 165 million cups of tea every day, more than 60 billion a year.The specific manner in which a cup of tea is made once had strong class connotations.In the days when only the most expensive china would not shatter when boiling water was poured into it, the less well-off cooled their vessels by pouring their milk in first.Today, such concerns are of little importance and the poll of almost 1,600 people suggests that both the middle class ABC1 demographic and the working class C2DE demographic are similarly split, with some 80 per cent of each preferring to add their milk last.When it comes to brands, Yorkshire Tea just pipped PG Tips to the post, with 25 per cent naming it the best.Fancy a brew? | The world's 20 biggest tea drinking nations01 Paraguay - 12.22kg per capita per year02 Uruguay - 9.66kg 03 Argentina - 6.05kg04 Kenya - 3.24kg05 The Gambia - 3.22kg06 Djibouti - 3.2kg07 Kuwait - 3.2kg08 Turkey - 3.11kg09 Mauritania - 2.63kg10 Malta - 2.24kg11 Afghanistan - 2.17kg12 United Kingdom - 2.06kg13 Morocco - 2kg14 Brazil - 1.99kg15 Macao - 1.97kg16 Ireland - 1.88kg17 Taiwan - 1.85kg18 Iran - 1.83kg19 Kazakhstan - 1.81kg20 Chile - 1.61kgSource: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (includes mate tea)
Santorini Works to Improve Treatment of Donkeys Used in TourismMunicipal officials said the animal owners had agreed on Saturday to a set of measures that included weight restriction, the microchipping of all animals, regular veterinary support, ensuring rest periods, keeping the animals in the shade, providing plenty of water and food as well as the creation of a list of violating donkey owners so that the necessary penalties are imposed.Donkeys and mules were used in remote areas of Greece decades ago as the only means of transportation in rugged terrains. The practice continues today on the islands of Santorini and Hydra, where hundreds of tourists line up for a ride.
