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Singletons looking for love abroad after exhausting dating app options at home
Daily Star
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July 22, 2025
12:03, 22 Jul 2025 With local dating app options running dry, singletons are setting their sights on international love this summer. A survey of 2,000 solo travellers revealed that two-thirds have rekindled dormant dating apps in the quest for...
Slovakia: Fico uses anti-EU rhetoric as diversionary tactic
Deutsche Welle
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July 22, 2025
Slovakia's veto of the EU's package of sanctions against Russia is not something entirely new. After all, the bloc is already well familiar with such maneuvering from the prime minister of neighboring Hungary: Viktor Orban has in the past blocked...
Ursula vs. the dragon
EurActiv
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July 22, 2025
Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta. Feedback is welcome. Were you forwarded this newsletter by a friend? Sign up here. In today’s edition: A tale of two summits Ireland pushes EU to pressure Israel Wanted: cyber, AI experts...
Morgan Gibbs-White and the Tottenham winners and losers after Thomas Frank debut
Football London
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July 22, 2025
The Thomas Frank era at Tottenham Hotspur is well and truly under way with the first match with the Dane at the helm now in the rear view mirror. Spurs will make their next trip of pre-season to Luton Town on Saturday where they will come up...
World champion Gukesh D finishes 18th in rare Titled Tuesday appearance event after losing 3 games out of 11
The Indian Express
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July 23, 2025
Gukesh D, the youngest world champion in the history of the sport, made a rare appearance in the Titled Tuesday online event and ended in 18th position with a score of eight wins from 11 games. The event was won by Hikaru Nakamura, who has now won...
Full list of countries with new 20 euro entry fee for UK tourists
Liverpool Echo
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July 22, 2025
New rules will soon mean people travelling on a UK passport will have to pay 20 euros to enter countries such as Spain, Greece and Italy. Following Brexit, UK citizens will will legally have to register with the European Travel Information and...
The most powerful passports of 2025: The US and the UK fall, while India rises
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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July 22, 2025
Singapore, again, has the world's strongest passport in the latest Henley Passport Index. The small nation-state broke a six-way tie for first place earlier this year. The United States and the United Kingdom dropped down the list, while India...
Fishermen to get EUR 208,000 for loss of income over border dispute
STA
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July 21, 2025
Ljubljana, 21 July - The Ministry of Agriculture said on Monday it approved just under EUR 208,000 to compensate Slovenian fishermen for loss of income in 2024. The fishermen are unable to fish in waters that an international tribunal assigned to...
Explora Journeys adds Alaska to its 2027 cruise programme
Globetrender
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July 22, 2025
Explora Journeys' summer 2027 cruise programme marks significant new milestones for the brand - its first-ever Alaska itineraries and the launch of a fourth ship. Olivia Palamountain reports Explora Journeys' next season, running from March to...
Brits travelling to Spain, France and Greece warned of new 20 euro entry fee
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 22, 2025
British travellers and other non-EU travellers are being reminded of a new rule which will see them have to pay to enter 30 European countries as part of a new travel scheme. Following Brexit, UK passport holders will legally have to register with...
Six tourists per resident: Malta among top EU hotspots for tourism intensity
Times of Malta
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July 22, 2025
Malta’s booming tourist arrivals show little sign of falling according to recently published visitor numbers, with Malta seemingly on track to beat last year’s record of over 3m visitors. And the government hopes to keep growing this figure,...
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Further Changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation are Likely
JD Supra - California
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July 22, 2025
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) covers cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soy(a) and wood, as well as many derived products. The Regulation is currently scheduled to apply to operators and traders beginning at year-end. In late 2024,...
Cyprus cuts debt ratio to 64.3 per cent, among EU’s biggest annual declines
Cyprus Mail
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July 21, 2025
Government debt across the euro area and European Union rose in the first quarter of 2025, while Cyprus recorded one of the largest annual decreases in debt and posted a strong budget surplus. At the end of the first quarter of 2025, the general...
I've been on 53 cruises. Here are the itineraries I would sail again in a heartbeat and the ones I would skip
Cruise
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I started cruising with my family when I was just 3 years old on the Big Red Boat by Premier Cruise Lines. Each year, my family would embark on a cruise together, typically over school holidays like spring break or Christmas. Years of cruising...
UConn alums ‘Stars of Storrs’ fight their way to the Sweet 16 in million-dollar tournament
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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July 22, 2025
Ryan Boatright, and many of the players he has helped assemble for the Stars of Storrs, have not had many chances to play basketball in their home country since leaving college. The Basketball Tournament (TBT) offers that chance, and so far...
World reacts to star’s ice cold celebration
The Geelong Advertiser
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July 22, 2025
Chloe Kelly scored a dramatic late winner in extra-time as reigning champions England came from behind to beat Italy 2-1 on Wednesday morning AEST and reach the Women’s Euro 2025 final. The Lionesses had been on the brink of elimination as they...
10 Strongest Passports In The World, According To Henley Passport Index 2025
Times Now
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July 22, 2025
10 Strongest Passports In The World, According To The Henley Passport Index 2025 Every year, the Henley Passport Index reveals which passports offer the greatest global mobility. For 2025, the rankings are in—and once again, Asian and European...
Meet the Founder Breaking the Mold Amidst Return-to-Office Power Struggles
150sec
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July 22, 2025
Podcast Globally, the last year has been rife with headlines of major companies demanding employees return to offices full time. Europe, on the other hand, has been a bit slower to adopt the trend. Across the EU, hybrid work remains the most...
Greece closes the Acropolis as 44C heatwave grips Athens and Malaga is hit by wildfires while tornado rips through airport in storm-hit France as Europe battles extreme weather
Daily Mail
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July 22, 2025
Southern Europe is being scorched by an unrelenting heatwave that has forced Greece to close ancient landmarks and triggered fierce wildfires across Italy, Spain and the Balkans. Meanwhile, northern parts of the continent are battling a different...
Americans And Canadians Will Soon Pay Triple To Visit Europe As EU Confirms Fee Rise For New Entry Requirement
The Travel
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July 21, 2025
After this summer, traveling to countries in the European Union (EU) is about to get more complicated and expensive for those in the U.S. and Canada. Just as the United States government plans to double its ESTA fee for international travelers...