Angela Merkel ‘preparing to back down over travel rules’
Germany is set to ease quarantine rules for fully-vaccinated British travellers as Angela Merkel prepares to meet Boris Johnson today for crunch talks at Chequers.
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POLITICS 
July 2, 2021 Labour’s win in Batley and Spen is one of the most surprising I can remember – and should worry Boris Johnson
There have been sensational by-election victories in the past. The first Liberal win in a safe Conservative seat in Orpington in 1962; the Scottish National Party breakthrough in Hamilton in 1967; the Liberal destruction of Labour in Bermondsey in 1983; George Galloway’s stealth win in Bradford West in 2012. But Labour’s win in Batley and Spen is one of […]
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UK NEWS
July 2, 2021 Funding for deprived schools in England has shifted to wealthy areas, study finds
Government promises to level-up funding in education have resulted in money being shifted away from schools in the most disadvantaged areas and invested in pupils in more prosperous areas of England, according to the official parliamentary spending watchdog.
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TOURISM
July 2, 2021 European holidays could be off limits to 5m Britons given Indian-made AstraZeneca jab
Up to five million Britons face being locked out of European holidays because their vaccines are not recognised by the EU’s passport scheme, the Telegraph has learned.
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GREEKS ABROAD
July 2, 2021 Gus Cherevas Estia-Pindus AHEPA Chapter 326 Presented Scholarships
FLUSHING, NY – The Gus Cherevas Estia-Pindus AHEPA Chapter 326, which has its base at the St. Nicholas Flushing community, presented scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each to three deserving high school seniors at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church, on June 27. The scholarship recipients are the following: Marie Lolis, John Douveas, and […]
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CYPRUS
July 2, 2021 Cyprus MP attends remote session of OSCE
Cyprus Parliamentarian Irene Charalambidou, Head of the Cyprus Delegation in OSCE and special representative on corruption attended Thursday the 2021 remote session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and in her intervention she noted that the fight against corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing, especially in times of crisis such as the one caused by the Covid-19 […]
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EUROPE
July 2, 2021 Slovenia takes EU driver’s seat as values questions dominate
A joint press conference between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša was dominated with questions over rule of law, media freedom and EU values.
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HISTORY
July 2, 2021 2 July 2021: This day in history
626: Incident at Xuanwu Gate: in fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng 1776: Continental Congress resolves “these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States” 1823: Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese […]
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WORLD
July 1, 2021 President Xi Jinping warns foreign powers trying to bully China will ‘get their heads bashed’
China’s President Xi Jinping has warned foreign forces attemping to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed” in a defiant speech to mark the centenary of the ruling Communist Party.
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AUTO MOTO
July 1, 2021 ‘Pay at Pump’ fury over new £99 deposit charge for drivers
Furious drivers have blasted an ‘unbelievable’ £99 ‘deposit’ charge for using pay-at-pump stations.
