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The New 2026 Travel Guides

          Our 2026 travel guidebooks, each updated for this year’s summer season, have been added to the stock lists of all major book retailers worldwide. In 2026, we are pleased to announce that we have also launched our guides for the first year in Kindle format, available directly from Amazon*. The […]

Increase in Mosquitoes

Higher summer temperatures, milder winters and heavier rainfall resulting from climate change are increasing the beneficial breeding conditions for one of the most detested and potentially dangerous of insects, the mosquito. The change in climatic conditions is driving not only the proliferation of mosquitoes in areas where they already exist, but also in completely new […]

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Holiday Scam Alert

The New Year season, with its surge in holiday bookings, is also a peak period for scammers who seek to exploit those less savvy. In 2024, as digital technology became even more integrated into daily life, new and evolving scams posed significant threats to consumers and financial institutions alike. Understanding these scams and employing strategies […]

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The UK Bans Products Brought in from the EU

The UK government has imposed a temporary ban on a wide range of food products being brought into the UK by travellers from the EU, due to a growing number of countries in the EU reporting cases of foot-and-mouth disease. The restrictions apply regardless of whether the products are professionally packaged or not, and include […]

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Airbnb Fined for Unlicensed Properities

The Spanish government has fined the short-term property rental giant Airbnb €64m (£56m) for advertising and renting out unlicensed apartments. It was also confirmed that some of the properties advertised within Spain were prohibited from being rented. The fine cannot be appealed and means Airbnb has to pay the penalty, as well as removing all […]

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World’s Temperature Continues at Record Levels

The Copernicus Observatory, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme, is expected to report that 2025 will be the second-warmest year on record globally. The observatory also notes that November 2025 was “the third warmest globally” on record. 2025 presents a temperature level identical to that of 2023, pending the statistics for […]

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Production of Feta Cheese Threatened

The widespread culling of sheep and goats in Greece due to the increasing number of cases of the highly contagious sheep and goat pox has raised fears that it will have a knock-on effect regarding the production of  Feta cheese, one of the country’s famous culinary exports. Small Greek Feta manufacturers say they are already […]

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Ryanair Drops Printed Boarding Passes

Ryanair, the European low-cost airline, has moved to 100% Digital Boarding Passes (DBP) and will no longer accept printed boarding passes. This means all passengers will receive a DBP via the Ryanair App on their mobile device when they check in online*. Online check-in can be completed on Ryanair.com or on the Ryanair App. All […]