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The 'world's safest city' for 2021 revealedWhile Asian cities like Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka have continuously occupied the top spots year after year, it's a European destination that holds the number one position for 2021.

Is Germany about to take a big step into the digital future?As Germans go to the polls to elect a new government, what can they expect for their digital future? What are the various parties promising and why does Europe's biggest economy need to play catch-up anyhow?

Half-term holiday bookings jump 200% after England travel rules changeHalf-term holiday bookings have jumped by 200% compared with August since the government announced a relaxation of travel rules in England, the travel firm Thomas Cook has said.

‘It’s a seller’s market for workers’: how Covid and Brexit have shaken up UK jobsFor employers struggling to find staff, Britain’s worst labour shortage in decades is seen as putting the economic recovery from lockdown at risk. For workers, it comes as a moment of opportunity.

Post-Brexit passport blunder could mean Brits are owed thousandsIf you have been turned away from a flight recently, there’s a chance the government might owe you thousands of pounds in compensation.

Irish president won’t mark Northern Ireland’s 100th birthdayIrish President Michael D. Higgins says he won’t attend a religious ceremony alongside Queen Elizabeth II commemorating the foundation of Northern Ireland a century ago. His decision has roiled opinion across the island, winning cheers from Irish republicans hostile to Ireland’s 1921 partition but irritating the north’s British unionists and some politicians in the south.

How Reykjavik's Sheet-Metal Homes Beat the Icelandic WinterStreets in Reykjavik’s downtown are often lined with rugged, cottage-like timber-framed houses clad top to bottom in a material that (roofs aside) is used elsewhere almost exclusively for industrial, non-domestic purposes: corrugated sheet metal. To someone used to seeing this material reserved for warehouses or farm buildings, the sight of wall after wall of crinkled iron or steel creates the impression the Icelandic capital’s heart is made up of really pretty sheds.

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Seize the moment! Visit post-pandemic Amsterdam before the tourist hordes return

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Micro-tourism and patrimoine: Alice Verberne finds France’s hidden heritage in Burgundy

Achelse Kluis is one of 11 Trappist beer monasteries, but with its own fabulous beers and lazy Sunday afternoon ambiance

Monique Mols: Employing 119 nationalities worldwide, Dutch tech giant is ‘truly the United Nations of ASML’

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Eindhoven Business Briefing: Lack of student housing critical as uni year begins

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Seize the moment! Visit post-pandemic Amsterdam before the tourist hordes return

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Micro-tourism and patrimoine: Alice Verberne finds France’s hidden heritage in Burgundy

Achelse Kluis is one of 11 Trappist beer monasteries, but with its own fabulous beers and lazy Sunday afternoon ambiance

Monique Mols: Employing 119 nationalities worldwide, Dutch tech giant is ‘truly the United Nations of ASML’

Gripes about Greece, Pt. 2: The hard truth about our education and healthcare systems

Eindhoven Business Briefing: Lack of student housing critical as uni year begins

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