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Greece: Government to double the country’s territorial waters
The Greek government has submitted a bill to parliament that doubles the country’s territorial waters along its western border, allowing it to develop untapped energy reserves and thereby boost its troubled economy. Greece also hopes to extend its borders along its eastern border in the Aegean Sea, but neighboring Turkey rejected the move, […]
Read MorePortugal: All regions in yellow zones until Wednesday
According to the country’s meteorological agency IPMA, due to the continued low minimum temperature, all areas of the Portuguese mainland have been in a yellow warning state from Monday to Wednesday. The yellow notification will be valid until 12 pm. on Wednesday. On Monday, the minimum temperature will fluctuate between -3 degrees Celsius in […]
Read MorePortugal: Thousands of Britons request new residence permit
According to the Lusa News Agency, the SEF stated that in the past three weeks, the SEF has cooperated with the British Embassy in Lisbon to propose an agreement through the new Brexit portal launched by the SEF on December 14 regarding 18,000 requests by UK citizens for residence permits. According to SEF, a […]
Read MoreGreece: January forecast to be one of hottest in a half-century
The Meteorological Service of the National Observatory of Athens said on Friday that Greece is expected to experience its highest January temperature in nearly 50 years. The temperature at this time of the year will be 15 degrees Celsius higher than normal. Only the temperature that occurred on January 29, 1987 (more than 25 […]
Read MorePrague: Christmas trees to be reused in social services
After the Christmas and New Year holidays, local authorities of Prague are faced with a long and complicated process of removing decorations and restoring the original appearance of the city. One of the important issues facing every environmentally conscious city is how to make Christmas trees, which become redundant after only a few weeks […]
Read MoreDenmark: Travel to all countries will be limited from January 9
Denmarkwill restrict travel to all countries from January 9th and advise against restricting the spread of the new coronavirus, especially the more easily spread mutations first discovered in the UK and South Africa to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. Before that, it was decided this week to further tighten the already severe […]
Read MoreGreece: extension of coronavirus curbs until January 18
Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said in a television briefing on Friday that the Greek government adopted some containment measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus until January 18. The country has been locked down since the beginning of November due to a surge in infections mainly in the north. Its […]
Read MoreLowest temperature ever recorded in Spain and Portugal
On Wednesday, January 6, the Iberian Peninsula recorded the lowest temperature ever recorded because this morning, the thermometer reached minus 34.1ºC at the unofficial observatory of Clot del Tuc la Llança in Alto Aneu, Catalonia, near Andorra. This extreme low temperature has been verified by official agencies, such as the Aragonese delegation of the […]
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