Food and drink

Spanish slaughterhouses will have to install video surveillance to ensure animals are not mistreated before being killed, the government has announced, claiming a first in the EU.

Bosnian photographer, film director and cinematographer Sahin Sisic documented life in the besieged capital Sarajevo during the 1992-95 war, a period that formed the rest of his private and professional life.

One of the most memorable pictures he recalled from that time was his photograph of professor Semsudin Harlac, which was taken in 1992.

“We got holy-smoked that there’s possibly a tree that’s leaning toward the equator wherever it grows”

A 27-year-old man has become the first district governor of Armenian descent in Türkiye's history.

"Berk Acar has been appointed as the district governor of the western province of Denizli's Babadağ district," reports Agos, an Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in Türkiye.

The younger generation is drinking less alcohol than their parents, a move that has affected taxes on drinks such as rice wine sake. Therefore, the national tax agency entered into a national competition for ideas to reverse the trend.

"Fuel adulteration is not a new phenomenon, but today the smugglers and those who adulterate fuel have become experts in this game, so it is very difficult to catch them" Athanasios Papadopoulos, vice-president of the Federation of Gasoline Dealers of Greece, pointed out.

With double-digit inflation in Bulgaria, household spending is expected to outpace income in the second quarter of the year. According to the data of the National Statistical Institute, in the period April - June, the total income of a household member is BGN 2,207, which is an increase of 16.5% compared to the same quarter of 2021.

Evidence of beer making has been discovered at a road construction site in the East of England

Sixty-eight-year-old Cava will work until 11 p.m., trying to earn enough money to buy the medicine his wife needs to treat her cancer, while festivalgoers hurry excitedly through the city, tickets and souvenirs in hand.

One cob of Cava's roasted corn costs a euro. He sells up to 50 a day during Dokufest, but barely 10 on other days.

Leafhopper, a type of cicada originated in France, has spread around Anatolia, sickening plants with a pathogen called "phytoplasma," a research carried out by four experts from Istanbul University has revealed.