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Brave holidaymaker survives being adrift at sea for 18 hours by clinging onto beach ballA holidaymaker miraculously survived 18 hours adrift at sea by clinging to a small ball lost by boys on a beach an amazing 80 miles away.The astonishing drama began when a tourist named only as Ivan, 30, was swept out to sea by powerful currents off the coast of Kassandra in Greece.
Post Office workers hold 24-hour strike in dispute over payStaff who deliver cash and supplies to sub-post offices, process finances and work in administration will walk out for 24-hoursPost Office workers are staging a 24-hour strike on Thursday in a dispute over pay.Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who deliver cash and supplies to sub-post offices, process finances and work in administration are involved in the row.
‘Feta’ is Greek, EU top court says in snub to DenmarkGreece on Thursday scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term “Feta” as Europe’s top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the European Union.Greece claims feta as part of its cultural heritage because it has made the sheep and goat milk cheese for 6,000 years.The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) agreed with its assertion.
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Air taxis to come to Greece by 2026Orama Ventures announced on Wednesday that a group of leading global players in the aviation, tourism and hospitality, construction and investment sectors has formed a consortium to develop the required infrastructure for the entry and operation of eVTOL (Electric, Vertical Take Off and Landing) in Greece, until 2026. EVTOLs are aircraft with electric propulsion systems, capable of vertical take-off and landing, without requiring the existence of a runway. They can transport up to six passengers with zero emissions and minimal noise levels, and at a cost per kilometer completely comparable to that of a conventional taxi.
Greece sends water-dowsing aircraft to AlbaniaGreece is sending air assistance to help neighboring Albania cope with wildfires, European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič tweeted on Thursday.
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Police hunt ‘lunatic’ driver who knocked down nude cyclistsA 'lunatic' motorist who knocked down a pair of nude cyclists undertaking a tour of UK landmarks for charity is being hunted by police.Colin Unsworth, 52, and Sadie Tann, 32, who are riding from Lands End to John O’Groats on a tandem, captured the brazen “attack” on video last week.And the pair now say police are taking the incident so seriously that there may be an “attempted murder charge” for the culprits if they’re arrested.
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Greece tells Germans fearing huge heating bills to ‘come here for winter’German pensioners seeking ‘asylum’ from soaring energy costs and rising inflation are welcome in Greece, says ministerHe compared the gesture to offering asylum and described it as a way of thanking German taxpayers who he said had helped bail out Greeks from the financial crisis of 2008.