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Croatia’s Tourist Pearl Dubrovnik Seeks to Reclaim City for Locals
Date: March 14, 2024
Croatia’s tourist pearl Dubrovnik seeks to reclaim city for locals By Antonio Bronic DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) – Croatia’s historic city of Dubrovnik aims to lure back locals priced out by high tourist prices with a plan next month that includes banning new private rental permits, following the example of other popular destinations across Europe. Dubrovnik,...
Olympics-Decision on Aluminium Surfing Judges’ Tower by End November – Paris 2024
Date: November 10, 2023
Olympics-Decision on aluminium surfing judges’ tower by end November – Paris 2024 By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – A decision on whether an aluminium tower for surfing judges will be built at next year’s Olympics in Teahupo’o in Tahiti will be made by the end of the month, Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said on...
Malta to Ban Rented E-Scooters From March
Date: October 20, 2023
Malta to ban rented e-scooters from March VALLETTA (Reuters) – Malta will ban all rental e-scooters from March 1 because of the inconvenience they cause pedestrians, the Transport Ministry said in a surprise announcement on Friday. The decision had been taken because of “intolerable abuse,” Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia said. “E-scooter violations are so rife...
Italy’s Edison Inaugurates Power Station Partly Funded by Citizens
Date: September 15, 2023
Italy’s Edison inaugurates power station partly funded by citizens QUASSOLO, Italy (Reuters) – Italian utility Edison on Friday inaugurated a new hydroelectric power station partly financed by the local community and its wider customer base. Italy aims to generate nearly two thirds of its electricity from renewable energy sources by the end of the decade,...
UK PM Sunak: Election Results Show People Want Us to Deliver for Them
Date: May 5, 2023
UK PM Sunak: Election results show people want us to deliver for them LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said local elections results so far showed that people wanted his ruling party to deliver on their priorities, but that it was still too early in the process of announcing results to draw...
Back to the Land: Lebanese Family Turns to Farming to Survive Crises
Date: June 13, 2022
By Maya Gebeily and Aziz Taher HOULA, Lebanon (Reuters) – In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon’s own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency. Like many families in crisis-plagued Lebanon, Shreim...