PPC encourages customers to adopt a blue power tariff
Electricity providers are shifting more than 3 million of their customers from the green tariffs toward the fixed blue ones.
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ECONOMY
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HISTORY 
October 4, 2026 4 October 2026: This day in history
1537: First printing in England of the complete English-language Bible, the “Matthew’s Bible,” with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale (an update of the earlier “Coverdale Bible”) [exact month/day unclear] [1] 1582: Last Julian calendar day in Spain, Portugal, and the Papal States; to sync to the Gregorian calendar 10 days are skipped, and […]
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WORLD
October 3, 2026 Russia hits second major bridge in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv
A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital. The attack on Saturday morning injured two people, and damaged the road surface and overhead trolleybus wires on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, Klitschko said, causing traffic jams. It […]
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CULTURE
October 3, 2026 Greece and Bulgaria exchange historic religious artifacts in landmark cultural agreement
Greece and Bulgaria on Saturday exchanged historic religious artifacts and anthropological remains under an agreement that returns 48 sacred objects to Greece more than a century after they were removed during World War I.
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TOURISM
October 3, 2026 Making EU tourism more climate-resilient
By Martin Banks Europe has no shortage of projects and pilot initiatives showing how tourism can become more sustainable and climate-resilient.
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EUROPE
October 3, 2026 Greens welcome “new momentum” for UK re-joining the EU.
By Martin Banks The European Greens has welcomed what they call the “new momentum” for Britain to rejoin the EU.
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HISTORY
October 3, 2026 3 October 2026: This day in history
2333 BC: According to Korean tradition, the state of Gojoseon, in present-day Korea, is founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the legendary Chinese ruler Yao 52 BC: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia 1283: Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 2, 2026 New Belgian air route aims to help raise awareness of former Soviet state
By Martin Banks New direct flights from Brussels to Azerbaijan will help “turbo boost” awareness of the former Soviet republic.
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EUROPE
October 2, 2026 School protests send shivers down French government’s spine
It is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to heed: young people on the street equals trouble. Since the student protests of May 1968 – memorably described by President De Gaulle as chienlit (bed defecation, in other words chaos) – every government has run scared of angry French youth. Why? Because […]
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CYPRUS
October 2, 2026 Cyprus ‘to serve as launchpad’ for UK assistance to Saudi Arabia in Houthi conflict
Cyprus is expected to serve as a launchpad for the British Royal Air Force as the UK prepares to provide assistance to Saudi Arabia in its ongoing conflict with Yemen’s Houthi movement, according to reports published on Tuesday.
