23 h. ago 'I quit US for freezing European country and was floored when I saw coffee bill'

Jewells Chambers, an expat who originally hails from Brooklyn, New York, ditched the US for a life in the stunning "Land of Fire and Ice", but conceded there's one pitfall to living there

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47 h. ago Ryanair axes hundreds of flights to another European country

RYANAIR is cancelling hundreds of flights across three European cities - the latest in a series of cuts. The low-cost airline is axing a number of flight routes in Germany during the winter season, affecting passengers up until January. According to local media, Memmingen Airport will be affected the worst. The airport will see 27...

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68 h. ago Georgia’s prime minister announces crackdown on dissent after Tbilisi protests

Irakli Kobakhidze accused EU ambassador of supporting ‘attempt to overthrow constitutional order’ Georgia’s prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has announced a sweeping crackdown on dissent, accusing demonstrators who tried to storm the presidential palace of aiming to topple his government and blaming the European Union for interference in his country.Kobakhidze levelled his allegations a day after protesters attempted to breach the presidential palace as local elections were being held. They were stopped by riot police using pepper spray and water cannon. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Airline set to cancel hundreds of flights in chaos for over 100,000 passengers

Ryanair is no stranger to flight cancellations or delays, next week will see hundreds of flights grounded in a move that will see hundreds of thousands of travellers hit hard

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8 d. ago Budget airline PLAY collapses and cancels all flights as passengers left stranded

Icelandic airline Fly PLAY said it has gone into administration and all flights are cancelled with immediate effect, leaving hundreds of people without jobs and potentially thousands stranded

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8 d. ago Israel in line for World Cup qualifying reprieve even if Uefa imposes ban

Ban would take in Nations League and Europa LeagueWorld Cup, co-hosted in 2026 by US, is Fifa competition Uefa is expected to avoid trying to block Israel from World Cup qualifying as it considers measures against the country’s football association.Under plans being worked out by the European game’s governing body that are expected to be voted on by its executive committee this week, the Guardian understands Israel would be banned only from competitions that Uefa directly controls. That means Israel’s men’s and women’s national teams would be excluded from the Nations League and Maccabi Tel Aviv would be removed from this season’s Europa League. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Brits considering moving to this tiny European country as it's 'easy to reach'

Brits are thinking about moving to Gibraltar due to lower taxes and because we have the right to roam free in the area without passports or time limits.

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1 week ago Moldova heads to the polls in tense vote that could steer country closer to EU or Russia

President Maia Sandu says parliamentary vote is Moldova’s ‘most consequential election’ and warns against falling deeper into Moscow’s orbitMoldovans began voting on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could see the country neighbouring Ukraine swerve from its pro-European path towards Moscow, with the government and the EU accusing Russia of “deeply interfering”.Moldova, an EU candidate country, has long been divided over closer ties with Brussels or maintaining Soviet-era relations with Moscow. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin preparing to attack another European country, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine’s president says Kremlin checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies following new drone sightingsVladimir Putin will expand his war in Ukraine by attacking another European country, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has predicted, and accused Russia of recent drone incursions that he said were an attempt to test Nato’s defences.Speaking in Kyiv after his meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York, the Ukrainian president said Russia was preparing for a bigger conflict. “Putin will not wait to finish his war in Ukraine. He will open up some other direction. Nobody knows where. He wants that,” he said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Holiday spot leaves tourists fuming with driving rule that could cost them £600

If you're planning on driving in this European country, it's important to familiarise yourself with the rules of the road before taking your car out for a spin there

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1 week ago The foreign criminals who are flown out of Britain with bank cards pre

Footage shows the group of serious offenders, who include killers, thieves and sexual abusers, being forcibly returned to Romania having served part of their sentences in prison.

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2 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa latest: China evacuates 1.9m people after world’s strongest storm kills 14 in Taiwan

Hundreds of flights cancelled, schools shut and supermarket shelves emptied as Ragasa brings Asian megacities to standstill

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2 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa latest: World’s strongest storm kills 14 in Taiwan as Hong Kong braces for impact

Hundreds of flights cancelled, schools shut and supermarket shelves emptied as Ragasa brings Asian megacities to standstill

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2 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa latest: Hong Kong braces for arrival of ‘king of storms’ with hundreds of flights cancelled

At least three people killed and five missing in Philippines after Ragasa brought landslides and flooding

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2 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa latest: Hong Kong shuts down as Heathrow flights among hundreds cancelled

Super Typhoon Ragasa, packing hurricane-force winds of up to 137 mph, is edging closer to the coast of neighbouring southern Guangdong province in China

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2 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa mapped: ‘Strongest storm on planet’ brings Asian cities to a standstill

At least three people have been killed and hundreds of flights cancelled

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2 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa latest: Hong Kong braces for impact as Heathrow flights among hundreds cancelled

Super Typhoon Ragasa, packing hurricane-force winds of up to 137 mph, is edging closer to the coast of neighbouring southern Guangdong province in China

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2 w. ago Poland's Donald Tusk warns country will shoot any Russian planes in its airspace

Russian fighter jets have encroached on the air space of NATO countries in recent weeks including Estonia and now Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said they would shoot down enemy aircraft

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2 w. ago Disruption continues at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports after cyber

Zaventem asks airlines to cancel half of Monday departures, while most of Heathrow flights expected to operate Hundreds of thousands of passengers at Heathrow and Berlin airports faced flight delays on Sunday after a cyber-attack hit check-in desk software, while cancellations at Brussels airport suggested that disruption of Europe’s air travel would continue into Monday.Airlines were forced to revert to slower manual check-ins from Friday night after the attack hit Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in desk technology to various airlines. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heathrow disruption continues as hundreds face flight delays

Heathrow disruption continues as hundreds face flight delays  London Evening Standard

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