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Snowcapped castles, frosty fairytale villages and spellbinding frozen lakes: Beautiful images that show how many of the world’s most iconic destinations look at their best… in winter

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Looking forward to spring and a sunshine getaway?

It’s understandable if you are, but these beautiful images are a reminder that many destinations are actually even more enchanting when they’re besprinkled with snow, freckled with frost and draped in cheek-reddening cold mists. 

Our collection here includes iconic cities from New York to London via Paris and Madrid, all looking incredibly enticing in their winter finery.

This spellbinding portfolio will also whisk you to the village that inspired Frozen’s Arendelle, Slovenia’s

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After Parisians hit out at Emily in Paris fans and Florence museum boss said the city is a ‘prostitute’ to tourists, the other popular destinations that DON’T want you to visit

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Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Bali and Florence… all places that most people love to visit or dream of doing so one day.

Yet some of the most popular destinations for holidaymakers are fed up with British tourists and are actively trying to deter them from visiting.

Indeed, Parisians have recently hit out at Emily In Paris fans who are ‘invading’ Europe’s City of Light to take selfies with the sites made famous by the Netflix series.

Furious locals scrawled angry graffiti

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Can anybody stop Ursula von der Leyen? – POLITICO

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For a brief moment last year, it looked like Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second term as European Commission president just might be in trouble.

In an unscheduled trip to Israel in October, she had stood next to Benjamin Netanyahu and expressed unreserved solidarity in the country’s battle against Hamas.

Her statement would not have been out of place in the mouth of a U.S. president or, indeed, a German politician (which is, after all, what von

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There’s no such thing as a ‘safe amount’ you can drink and drive on: Doctors say even ONE can tip you over the edge as they warn booze has ‘got stronger’ since the 60s

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Brits were today urged not to get behind the wheel after just one drink, with doctors warning booze has got stronger.

The British Medical Association (BMA)’s president said the idea of ‘getting away’ with two pints ‘has always been dangerous’.

However, he cautioned that a 125ml glass of 9 per cent wine — more common when current drink-driving laws were devised in the 1960s — is now ‘virtually unheard of’. 

This would equate to just over one unit.

As a

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Stunning images show the bewitching beauty of Eastern Europe, from fairytale castles to sun-drenched beaches (and it’s cheap to visit, too)

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Eastern Europe has so much to offer travellers – yet it’s often overlooked in favour of popular Western European destinations such as Italy, France and Spain.

Those who venture off the beaten path and explore this segment of Europe will be rewarded with chocolate-box architecture, eye-opening historic sites and breathtaking national parks.

Not to mention, Eastern Europe tends to be incredibly affordable for holidaymakers.

As Lonely Planet notes: ‘From soaring mountains to golden sands, Eastern Europe reveals a tapestry of

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Big hopes but no quick fixes – POLITICO

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WARSAW — The campaign language ahead of this year’s Polish general election is apocalyptic — painting it as an existential battle for the soul of the EU’s fifth most populous country — but the likeliest outcome is a chaotic stalemate.

If the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) hangs on to power for a third term there isn’t much more it can do to wreck Poland without quitting the

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And the winner is… Covid vaccines! Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to US scientist and Hungarian peer who helped create game-changing mRNA jabs

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Two scientists whose pioneering work helped create mRNA Covid vaccines were today awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. 

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were credited with helping to change the course of the pandemic.

Before mRNA jabs were rolled out to millions of people worldwide to protect them against Covid, such technology was considered experimental. Researchers are now exploring if it could help beat cancer and other diseases.

Karikó, 68, and Weissman, 64, first met in the 1990s while working

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The secret, slipshod evidence the EU uses to sanction Russian oligarchs – POLITICO

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BY LEONIE KIJEWSKI

IT WAS AN UNUSUAL APOLOGY: from the office of the president of the European Council to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

In a confidential evidence packet used by the European Union to justify freezing his assets, Viatsheslav Moshe Kantor’s nationality had been listed as “Jewish/Russian.” 

A 70-year-old billionaire who once headed the Russian fertilizer giant Acron, Kantor stepped down as president of the European Jewish Congress after being sanctioned by the EU and the United Kingdom

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Italy to hit banks with 40 percent windfall tax – POLITICO

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Georgia Meloni is going after the banks.

In a move that surprised investors and political observers alike, Italy’s far-right government led by Prime Minister Meloni announced plans late Monday to slap a 40 percent one-off windfall tax on bank profits.

Italian lenders have been raking in huge benefits from higher interest rates on their loans at a time when ordinary people are struggling with the cost of living.

The eurozone’s cost of living crisis, which has been marked by the

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Romania decries ‘cynical’ Russian grain infrastructure attacks – POLITICO

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Romania is working to find more ways to help transport Ukrainian grain, the country’s foreign minister said Monday, describing the security situation in the Black Sea region as “quite serious.” 

More than half of Ukrainian exports using the EU’s solidarity lanes — corridors set up to facilitate transit by road, rail and inland waterway — came through Romania. The European Commission has estimated that more than 65 percent of the grain exported via solidarity lanes in June traveled along the

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