Month: May 2023

A restaurant in an idyllic tourist hotspot has become notorious for luring in unsuspecting holidaymakers, before serving bad food and charging unbelievably overpriced food and drinks. The Dk Oyster Bar on the Greek island of Mykonos has become infamous for its deceptively inflated prices and then bullying innocent diners into settling bank-busting bills. A quick check on the statistics on Tripadvisor shows that there are 342 ‘Excellent’ reviews compared to […]

Rescue op  ONLINE fashion firm Asos is raising £80 million (€93.2 million) from shareholders and borrowing £275 million (€320 million) from Bantry Bay Capital, which recently bailed out Superdry. Following £291million (€339 million) losses, the funding would give it “financial headroom” to return to profitability, Asos said.   Getting lower SPAIN’S Consumer Price Index (IPC) stood at 3.2 per cent in May, nine-tenths below April’s 4.1 per cent rate, the […]

Age-defying veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen gave his fans a scare when he took a tumble mid-concert as band members feared for his safety. The mishap happened on Saturday, May 27, as ‘The Boss’ was in the middle of his concert in Amsterdam as part of his ongoing European Tour. Video footage shows the Born in the USA singer, guitar in hand, climbing up steps before missing the top one. He […]

THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the winner in the Balearic Islands on Sunday, taking the most seats in the regional elections. The group did, however, fall short of a majority and is likely to have to depend on far-right Vox in order to form a government.  “People have called for change, and we are the […]

Next month passengers boarding flights with one major operator will be asked to get weighed before they’re allowed to board, raising the question, will others follow suit? Starting tomorrow, Air New Zealand will be conducting a test whereby passengers will be asked to step onto weighing scales before they board their plane, writes Metro, Wednesday, May 31. The new rules will affect the estimated 10,000 people expected to fly with […]

A DOZEN of high-school students are suffering from food poisoning after bringing homemade cakes to their class in Inca (Mallorca).   Emergency services were alerted this morning (May 31) that a number of students at Berenguer d’Anoia de Inca High School had symptoms of nausea and diarrhoea.  The unpleasant incident reportedly started after the teens, aged […]

A GIANT warehouse for post-Brexit border checks costing £25 million (€29 million) lies empty. Nearly 12 months after construction was completed, the complex at Portsmouth’s international port –  the UK’s second-busiest Channel port – is unused. The UK government announced over a year ago that checks on fresh European Union imports would be delayed for the fourth time as ministers discussed how to carry out inspections. The new border strategy […]

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez surprised everyone on Monday, when he called a snap election after his Socialist Party suffered serious losses at the local and regional elections. On Wednesday, he had another surprise up his sleeve, after he went on an extraordinary attack against the country’s right-wing parties and right-wing media.  Speaking to lawmakers […]

THE Bank of Spain homed in on the low interest rates paid on bank customers’ deposits. In an article in its most recent Financial Stability Review, Spain’s supervisor pointed out that the country’s banks had fallen short of its expectations regarding the effects of the continually-increasing interest rates on clients’ savings. Against what it described as “a backdrop of sharp monetary policy tightening” the article studied the links between bank […]