While you may think of Paris, Barcelona or London as the ideal summer getaway, the hustle and bustle might just be too much.
That’s when you need the word aylyak. This word means relaxation, but not in the traditional sense. It is a practice of…
Category: 3. Europe
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Fewer pilgrims and falling rates: Rome's Jubilee tourist rental boom fails to materialise
As Rome marks its Jubilee year, the anticipated wave of pilgrims and short-term rental profits has yet to arrive, leaving landlords disappointed and locals grappling with a still-tight housing market.
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10 years after Europe’s migration crisis, fallout reverberates in Greece and beyond
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Fleeing Iran with her husband and toddler, Amena Namjoyan reached a rocky beach of this eastern Greek island along with hundreds of thousands of others. For months, their arrival overwhelmed Lesbos. Boats fell apart,…
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Israel presses ahead with strikes as Trump’s 2-week deadline looms
Israeli officials insisted Friday that they will keep up their bombing campaign against Iran, even as President Donald Trump has given Tehran a two-week deadline to come to some sort of diplomatic deal that reins in its nuclear program.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny…
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Microplastics beneath skin to toxic lakes: Wellcome Photography Prize spotlights climate and health
The shortlist of 25 photos captures our changing world in extraordinary depth, from rooftop picnics to undersea greenhouses.
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Moray schoolgirl’s message in a bottle gets reply from Norway 31 years later
Alaina BeresfordAlaina Beresford was 12 years old when her bottle was dropped into the North Sea A Scottish schoolgirl’s message in a bottle has finally received a reply more than 30 years later – after being discovered in Norway.
Alaina Beresford, from Portknockie in Moray, sent the message in…
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Trump says Europeans unlikely to be helpful on ending Iran-Israel war
Donald Trump said Friday that European powers would not be able to help end the Iran-Israel war, after British, German, French and EU top diplomats met Iran’s foreign minister in Geneva.
“Iran doesn’t want to speak to Europe. They want to…
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Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House
The White House recently nixed the Pentagon’s pick to head the country’s top spy agency and command its elite hacking force, according to three people familiar with the move.
The decision not to move forward with the Defense Department’s recommendation to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Richard…
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Trump says US doesn’t have to meet NATO spending goal
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. shouldn’t have to abide by the same defense spending standards as the rest of NATO — potentially antagonizing leaders from the rest of the alliance days before he’s to meet with them in The Netherlands.
Trump has long demanded that NATO…
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Eine Lesung mit Robin Alexander aus „Letzte Chance“ – POLITICO
Was ist wirklich passiert beim politischen Wechsel in Berlin – und warum? In dieser Sonderfolge spricht Gordon Repinski mit Journalist und Bestsellerautor Robin Alexander über sein neues Buch. Es geht um die Lektionen aus dem Ampel-Scheitern, den strategischen Stilwechsel…
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