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Papastavrou: Heating allowance to rise significantly across the board, with heating oil target set below €1.75 per litre
The government is preparing two measures to support households facing higher heating costs while safeguarding public finances
UK threatens Israel with “measures” over West Bank settlements
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has told MPs the UK will unveil sanctions targeting Israeli settlement expansion within weeks, as UN figures show settler attacks in the West Bank at record levels this year
Foreign millionaires buying 3 million euro homes and moving to Athenian Riviera
Wealthy taxpayers who choose Greece through the Non-Dom scheme are not just making the investment required by the special tax regime, they are also buying extremely expensive homes, and more than half of them are British A few years ago there were only a few dozen of them. Today, wealthy taxpayers who choose Greece through […]
Iranian hackers knocked out UK power plant for four days, Telegraph reports
The unprecedented breach in July hit a small-scale facility whose outage did not affect the wider grid. It emerged alongside separate cyberattacks on US water infrastructure, which have also drawn concern from the White House
Germany’s ‘mammoth’ €12bn arms programme for long-range missiles in case of Russian attack
Berlin plans a four-pillar missile arsenal, cheap cruise missiles by 2027, US Tomahawks, and joint UK systems, targeting distances beyond 2,000 kilometres by the mid-2030s
Prince Harry, Elton John and others ordered to pay Daily Mail £9.5 million by August 28 after losing privacy battle
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and six other celebrities have been ordered to pay Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, an initial sum of around £9.54 million, after losing their privacy invasion case against the company. The claim was brought against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which publishes the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday […]
British PM duped by White House chief of staff impersonator
Downing Street insists the exchange wasn't compromising, but British government officials feared Trump's chief of staff had been hacked again, prompting the embassy in Washington to raise the matter directly with the White House
Months without rain: Images of London’s (unrecognisable) parks
Once-lush green spaces have taken on the characteristic yellowish colour of parched grass, as July was the driest month on record in the country
«It’s a matter of safety»: Anger in Britain as open facility for over 1,200 migrants is built next to village of 350 residents
Piddington's parish council is backing a symbolic independence referendum after officials pressed ahead with plans to house 1,250 male asylum seekers at Bicester barracks, with residents warning of inadequate infrastructure and unaddressed security concerns
