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Home » Cruise News » Save up to £600 on Saga River Cruises’ summer European itineraries Saturday, June 29, 2024Reading time: 2 minutesSaga River Cruises is offering summer itineraries along the Rhine, Danube, Main and Moselle rivers with savings of up to £600. Enjoy an all-inclusive experience and chauffeur service to and from the UK.Saga River Cruises are currently offering a special summer deal at discounted rates. For a limited time only, you can save up to £600 per person on selected all-inclusive cruises. These cruises travel around some of Europe’s most iconic rivers, including the Rhine, Danube, Main and…

Press ReleasePublished on June 6, 2024Image by Janka Ambrózová, Environment & Me/EEAOver the past decades, air quality in Europe has improved significantly, but polluted air remains the biggest environmental health hazard in Europe and worldwide. According to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) analysis of air quality for 2022 and 2023, published today, air quality in Europe continues to improve, but in many regions, especially urban areas, pollution remains above recommended safety levels. The EEA briefing “State of Air Quality in Europe 2024” presents data on the levels of key air pollutants in Europe for 2022 and 2023 and compares these…

Finding your favorites comes with the glowing recommendations of others. We turn to people in the know for the secrets on what really works, whether it’s cleaning essentials or what makes dinner prep a little less tiring. Amazon shoppers know exactly what they’re talking about. If you’re planning on spending a lot of time in the garden this summer, we’ve discovered the tools they’re most excited about. Are you ready to dig, prune, and plant? Scroll down to see Amazon’s cult-favorite gardening tools and gadgets.AmazonThese waterproof knee pads are made from thick, high-density foam to withstand dirt and rocks while…

This briefing is underpinned by a report from the European Environment Agency’s European Topic Centre on Circular Economy and Resource Use (ETC CE). The report is largely based upon information derived from a questionnaire completed by 27 of the European Environment Agency’s member countries in 2023[1].   The generation, composition, and sources of textile waste The EU-27 generated an estimated total of 6.95 million tonnes of textile waste in 2020 — around 16kg per person. Of this, 4.4kg per person were collected separately for reuse and recycling, and 11.6kg per person ended up in mixed household waste.  Figure 1 illustrates…

Berlin-based family fintech app Bling has successfully completed its Series A equity funding round, raising $12 million. Founded in 2021, Bling provides educational, family-friendly digital solutions in the areas of payments, investing and mobile communications. The company aims to improve families’ financial and media literacy through the use of simple visualizations and educational information in its apps and social media. The company will launch the PocketMoney card and companion app in 2022, and through partnerships with various industry leaders such as Société Générale and Evergreen, is evolving into a comprehensive family-focused platform, giving Bling’s B2B2C partners unique access to target…

The European Commission has proposed a budget of around €200 billion for the EU in 2025, supplemented by €72 billion raised in the post-COVID recovery plan, NextGenerationEU. This aims to fund EU priorities and help tackle current and future challenges. The Commission’s proposal will be debated and adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. What is the EU budget?The EU budget enables EU countries to achieve more together than they could alone, such as funding infrastructure projects or responding to crises. By pooling resources, uniting and supporting all EU countries, their citizens and beyond, the EU…

CARENTAN, France (AP) — In the small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of the morning during the Normandy invasion, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shea. He was the only veteran at a ceremony in Carentan marking the 77th anniversary of the attack that helped end World War II.This year’s commemoration of the Normandy landings is being held in France under travel restrictions barring veterans and families of those killed in the fighting from the U.S., Britain and other allied nations from traveling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only a few people have been granted…

European Commissioner Thierry Breton announced that Tilde, Europe’s leading language technology company, is the winner of the Large-Scale AI Grand Challenge. The prize includes a cash prize of €250,000 and 2 million GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) hours on Europe’s fastest supercomputer, LUMI, to develop the foundational Large-Scale Language Models (LLMs) for European languages. Tilde will use these resources to address linguistic inequality in generative AI and promote linguistic inclusivity and access to the technology across the continent.The European Commission-funded Large AI Grand Challenge aims to expand the frontier of AI in Europe by harnessing the potential of large-scale AI models.…

Apple has become the first US tech giant to be indicted under the European Union’s tough new tech antitrust law and could face multi-billion-dollar fines for throttling developers on its App Store. The European Commission said on Monday that the iPhone maker may have violated EU digital markets law by banning app developers from easily steering customers to cheaper products outside the App Store. If found in violation of the law, Apple could be fined up to 10% of its total global revenue, which could amount to tens of billions of dollars given the company’s global revenue of $383 billion…

Emirati nationals travelling to many European countries are urged to remain cautious and vigilant following a number of cases of theft involving UAE nationals.The foreign ministry said UAE nationals travelling to the UK, Spain, Italy, Georgia, France and Austria should be particularly careful.This comes as Albanian and Libyan Rolex gangs target Europe.Organized crime gangs use lookouts to identify victims in upscale neighborhoods and then send thieves in getaway vehicles to carry out the robberies.The “Rolex ripper” crime wave has seen the number of watches stolen in England and Wales almost double between 2015 and 2022, reaching 11,035, according to figures…