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Italy

Venice cafe sparks outrage online with €43 bill for coffee and water

A cafe in Venice’s famous St Mark’s Square has sparked outrage online after a picture shared by a disgruntled customer of his €43 bill for two coffees and two bottles of water went viral.

07/08/2018

Cinema

New film shows human costs of capitalism, narcissism and greed

Made using over half a million images documenting the eccentricities of the world's wealthiest inhabitants, filmmaker Lauren Greenfield spent a quarter of a century photographing rich families detached from the world.

17/07/2018

Belgium

Mix-and-match holidaymakers to enjoy stronger financial protections

People booking mix-and-match holidays from a single point of sale will from July 1 enjoy the same protections granted to those who purchase ready-made packages from travel agencies.

01/07/2018

World News

Problem with Visa cards in Europe resolved, says company

Visa users across Europe experienced payment chaos after the network crashed on Friday. The credit card company later said it is operating at close to normal levels and said the disruption was due to a hardware failure.

01/06/2018

World News

234 bottles of champagne? Right-wing MEPs asked to explain expenses

A right-wing group in the European Parliament has been told to justify excessive spending totalling €427,000 in 2016

29/05/2018

World News

Public broadcasting: Licence fees in Europe compared

In Britain, those over 75 do not have to pay for it. In Germany, its existence is being debated in the Federal Constitutional Court. In Switzerland, most of the population voted against its abolition in a referendum. But what about other countries?

17/05/2018

Republic of North Macedonia

Plastic vs paper: which banknotes are greener?

As FYROM makes the switch to polymer banknotes, find out whether plastic or paper banknotes are better for the environment.

16/05/2018

World News

Britain's Rich List shows wealth becoming more meritocratic

Majority of Britain's 1,000 wealthiest people are self-made with old money losing ground, the annual Rich List shows.

13/05/2018

United Kingdom

UK food costs could rise after Brexit. Which foods will be affected?

Food prices in Britain could soar and supply could be throttled if Westminster fails to secure a post-Brexit free trade deal with the EU by 2020, according to a new parliamentary report.

10/05/2018

United Kingdom

Working for free! Britain's gender pay gap

International Women's Day is also 'Women's Pay Day' according to the UK's Trades Union Congress. It says March 8 is the day when average women effectively start earning, compared to better paid average men.

08/03/2018

United Kingdom

Queues, tea and Loch Ness monster featured on new UK 10p coins

The new collection is an A-Z of what makes Britain great.

01/03/2018

World News

Europeans among 36 charged over global cyberfraud ring

The Infraud Organization was responsible for more than $530 million (€433 million) in losses.

08/02/2018

Economy

Job surge in the USA

U.S. jobs and wages make largest annual gain in more than eight and a half years.

02/02/2018

USA

US lottery winner dies three weeks after scooping $1m jackpot

The New York native planned to spend the money on his retirement and on a visit to the doctor.

01/02/2018

France

Nutella price cut sparks fights in supermarkets across France

"They fought like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady had a cardboard box put on her head, another had a bloody hand, it was terrible," a witness told French media.

26/01/2018

Italy

Venice’s mayor pledges action over €1,100 dinner bill

Four Japanese tourists say they were handed the bill for a dinner of steak, fish and water.

22/01/2018

Sport

Liverpool midfielder Coutinho joins Barcelona in big bucks deal

British media say Barca will pay out £142m for the Brazil international - that is a whopping 160 million euros!

06/01/2018

World News

England up, Spain down in football financial firepower league

Why Manchester City and Arsenal outgun the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona off the pitch, according to football events company Soccerex.

05/01/2018

Economy

US government blocks MoneyGram sale

It's the latest in a series of Chinese acquisitions of US companies to be blocked by CFIUS.

03/01/2018

World News

The world's billionaires get richer by $1 trillion in 2017

The Bloomberg billionaires index finds Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet, as the 500 wealthiest see their fortunes soar in line with global stock markets.

28/12/2017