A survey involving more than 27,000 respondents from 27 European countries, conducted by the European Environment Agency, found that EU citizens are increasingly concerned about the impacts of climate change on their lives and security. The survey also found that many citizens are unprepared to deal with the increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, […]
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Researchers have confirmed that record temperatures were recorded in the summer of 2025 in the seas around Greece, making it the hottest in forty years. The researchers, studying data from satellite observations from 1982 onwards, found that during the summer of 2025, the warmest conditions in the last forty years occurred across the entire Aegean, […]
Heathrow Airport, the largest in the UK, has announced that the 100ml limit on liquids allowed has been increased to 200ml, clear plastic bags being used for liquids has been dropped, and electronics such as laptops can also be left in luggage as its high-tech CT scanners are now operational. However, Heathrow is the only […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
