North Korea has said it will change time by moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to create Pyongyang Standard Time.
The move is to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, according to the KCNA news agency, and will take effect on 15 August.
Passengers flying with easyJet will no longer be guaranteed that their hand luggage will be placed in the cabin. Carry-on could be put instead into the hold even if they are within the size limit.
Bags within the size regulations put in the hold will incur no additional charge, but it means the owners will have to queue at the baggage carousel on arrival.
Over a dozen van loads of Portugal’s feared riot police were called out today to stop a crowd of angry protestors from storming Novo Banco’s head office in Lisbon.
During the demonstration an appeal was made to the prime minister that he should make a decision before the election that "respects fairness and social responsibility" and hand them their money back.
France has been invaded by hornets from Asia which prey on the local bees.
Their activities have caused the production of honey to plummet to a record low as beekeepers have been unable to protect hives from attack.
At last the cursory treatment of customers by electricity supplier EDP Universal has been recognised and the company fined €15,000.
The Regulatory Authority for Energy Services (ERSE) decided to fine the energy company for not having "immediately provided the complaints book to two customers."
The Algarve’s anti-toll campaigning group CUVI said today that it is essential now to end the ruinous toll system on the Algarve’s Via do Infante, adding that the tolled road has turned the so called alternative route, the EN125, into a battleground with in excess of 20 accidents a day.
CUVI has issued a list of forthcoming actions to highlight the tolls situation at a time when “with the arrival of summer the Algarve’s traffic volume has increased on the chaotic and very dangerous EN125.
British gin is being promoted by British embassies around the world in an effort to boost sales abroad.
While whisky exports account for £4 billion, gin has a lot of catching up to do. Although the UK is the world’s leading exporter of gin, the spirit was responsible for just over £380 million in 2014.
The president of the Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve (AMAL) said today that the management model of the Via Algarviana walking route will be discussed "at a meeting in September" and is sure the problem will be solved.
"Right now, what I want is that the mayors to open negotiations and talks on a management model" that they all agree on, according to AMAL’s president, Jorge Botelho.
