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FinanceNorway's Socialist Party backs down from threat to LNG electricity project
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FinancePortugal keen to launch lithium prospecting tender in 2026
Milan bans check-in keyboxes for short-term rentals
UK government gives new powers to mayors in England to introduce travel levy
Date: November 25, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government plans to hand new powers to local mayors in England to introduce a new levy on visitors' overnight trips, it said on Tuesday, a day before the annual budget....
Germany's Christmas markets grapple with soaring security costs
Date: November 25, 2025
By Friederike Heine BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Christmas markets, a major tourist draw for local economies, are grappling with unprecedented security costs following a series of attacks. A nationwide...
UK to scrap police commissioners and plough savings into local patrols
Date: November 13, 2025
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would scrap U.S.-style police commissioners brought in 13 years ago to run local forces, saving 100 million pounds ($134 million) which...
Spaniards struggle to enjoy their own beaches in tourist deluge
Date: July 14, 2025
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) -International holidaymakers are keeping Spaniards off their own sun-kissed beaches due to ever-rising hotel and rental prices during an unprecedented tourism boom....
Support Indigenous People to protect nature, UK's Prince William says
Date: June 26, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Prince William told investors, politicians and scientists on Thursday that Indigenous People had a crucial role to play in protecting nature in his latest call for urgent action to...
Heavy floods threaten Romania's Praid salt mine, a tourism magnet
Date: May 29, 2025
PRAID, Romania (Reuters) -Severe floods in Romania are threatening to destroy the Praid salt mine, one of Europe's largest salt reserves which attracts half a million tourists each year with its...