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De folkevalgte i Longyearbyen på Svalbard ha en reduksjon i alkoholforbruket i byen, men vet per i dag ikke hvor mye alkohol som omsettes, skriver Nettavisen / NTB.
Nå er er det 25 virksomme skjenkebevillinger og salgsløyver i byen, pluss 67 ekstra bevillinger i forbindelse med ulike arrangementer og salgsbevillingen til Nordpolet, skriver Svalbardposten.
Lokalstyret i Longyearbyen (det nærmeste man kommer et kommunestyre på Svalbard) jobber med en ruspolitisk plan, og hovedmålet er å redusere alkoholforbruket. Blant annet skal det gjennomføres undersøkelser blant ungdom minst hvert fjerde år for å kartlegge og sikre statistikk over den faktiske bruken av alkohol og tobakk.
Det er “ikke krav om innrapportering fra bevillingshaverne, det betales ikke skjenkegebyr og lokalstyret har derfor ikke oversikt over alkoholomsetningen”, heter det i sakspapirene. Sektorsjef for oppvekst og kultur, Unn Martinsen, vil undersøke med jurister om Longyearbyen lokalstyre kan kreve statistikk fra bevillingshaverne.
Lokalstyrerepresentant Espen Klungseth Rotevatn (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) ønsker en debatt om alkoholpolitikken i Longyearbyen og mener næringslivet i dag anser det som en formalitet å få alkoholbevilling.
Eivind Trondsen (Venstre) mener det er vanskelig å sammenligne Longyearbyen med andre kommuner siden det er en reiselivsdestinasjon.
– Jeg er veldig uenig i å sette et tak på skjenkesteder, sier Trondsen.
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Den indiske restauranten Mr India ligger helt på topp på Tripadvisors oversikt over de beste restaurantane i Polens hovedstad Warszawa, skriver Dagbladet.
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In order to strengthen its economic and bilateral relations ties with Nigeria, Denmark has formally opened its embassy in the federal capital Abuja and consulate in Lagos, Nigerias former capital and now it’s main commercial hub, with a team of investors visiting the country to discuss ways of attracting investments into the economy, reports the nationalmirroronline.net website.
The team of investors who visited the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) was led by the consul general of the new embassy, Mr. Per Christensen. He stated that his team was willing to invest in a commercially viable interest with Danish equity.
Mr.Christensen listed some sectors of the Nigerian economy his country would be establishing partnership with Nigeria to boost as renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, power and agro allied sectors. He harped on the important roles and support of the Commission to help navigate them through the Nigerian market and also match-make them with potential local investors. The envoy maintained that the diplomatic mission in Nigeria was established to advise and assist in a number of areas which include, political, consular, commercial, investment, cultural, press, and facilitate business relations and activities between both countries, but however disclosed that the danish Government had officially registered its presence in Nigeria since 1984.
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Air Mauritius is set to launch a regional African airline, with the intention of reinforcing connectivity between Africa and Asia, reports news24.com
Carla da Silva, Regional Manager for Southern Africa and Latin America made the announcement at its annual Air Mauritius Awards.
The new regional airline is set to operate as a subsidiary of Air Mauritius and “will increase the Air Mauritius network, adding additional eight points in the African region.
Added to this the airline will be launching operations to Maputo, capital city of Mozambique, and Dar es Salaam, commercial capital of Tanzania, in May. Mauritius remains a popular destination for South Africans and is the fourth largest market for the airline.
In July 2015 South African Airwaysand Air Mauritius broaden their code-share agreement to enhance greater connectivity between the continent, South Africa, Mauritius and other inter-continental routes.
“The broadening of our relationship with Air Mauritius follows growing traffic between our two countries not only as a consequence of tourism, but is also concomitant to growing trade between the markets,” said South African Airways Acting CEO Nico Bezuidenhout.
In December 2015 Turkish Airlines also announced it would be serving the Mauritian capital city of Port Louis with a four-times weekly flight.
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Kirsebærblomstring i Washington DC. Foto: washington.org
Til tross for en sterk dollar – reiseoperatøren Ving vokser i det amerikanske markede, og det er på Florida økningen er størst, skriver reisenettstedet travelnews.no
Nylig lanserte Ving to USA-nyheter – Boston i Massachusets, og den føderale hovedstaden Washington DC. Til Boston flyr Norwegian direkte fra Oslo Lufthavn, mens Icelandair flyr via Reykjavik til den amerikanske hovedstaden.
– I fjor var det imidlertid Florida som sto for den største økningen i antallet reisende, sier Tonje Løkaas Fossum, markeds- og kommunikasjonsdirektør i Ving Norge.
Interessen for USA ser altså ut til å holde seg, selv om dollaren holder en rekordhøy kurs.
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This year will see Good Friday as a public holiday in the Czech Republic of the first time.
About 235,000 foreigners are expected to arrive in the Czech capital Prague for Easter, which is 7 percent more than last year, reports the Prague Post.
Easter Sunday falls on March 27 for people following the Western calendar. In the Czech Republic, Good Friday (Velký pátek) will be a public holiday for the first time due to a new law. Easter Monday (Velikonoèní pondìlí) will continue to be a holiday as well, making a four-day weekend.
Most tourists will come from Europe for the long weekend, with many of the visitors expected from neighboring countries – Germany, Slovakia, Austria and Poland, according to projections by municipal agency Prague City Tourism.
Many visitors will also come from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and France. Europeans in the last four years accounted for 70 percent of the total number of foreign visitors during the Easter holidays in Prague.
The expected boost in tourism in Prague is in part from people in other parts of the Czech Republic who will have Friday off this year for the first time.
About 30,000 Czechs are expected visiting the capital at the end of March to meet up with friends and family or just for a one day tour, Prague City Tourism said.
In Russia, Easter celebration will be May 1, so tourists from there are expected to come a bit later. Despite the number of Russian tourists decreasing in recent years, Russia remains one of the main tourist supplier to the Czech Republic.
This year, Prague City Tourism expects the 14 percent growth of tourists from Asia, due in part to new direct flights from several cities.
While not as important as the Christmas markets, Prague will again have Easter markets on Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square and other locations in the city, operated by several different companies.
The ones at Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square will open March 12 and end April 3. During that time, there will also be events for St Patrick’s Day on March 17.
The Old Town Square market will have live music and other entertainment daily, as well as activities for children such as painting eggs.
Animals including sheep and goats will be in a petting zoo.
Good Friday had been a holiday in Czechoslovakia up to 1951, when it was removed from the calendar by the then-communist government.
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The Rolling Stones skal spille sin første konsert på Cuba noensinne 25. mars, opplyser det britiske bandet på sine hjemmesider tirsdag, skriver NRK.no
Konserten, som er gratis, skal holdes på stadion Ciudad Deportiva i hovedstaden Havanna få dager etter at USAs president Barack Obama besøker Cuba.
Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, som er en innendørsarena med plass til 15000 mennesker, ble åpnet i 1957, og er hjemmebane for Cubas landslag i volleyball.
The Rolling Stones ble startet i London i 1962, og består i dag av Sir Mick Jagger (72), Keith Richards (72), Charlie Watts (74) og Ronnie Wood (68).
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Emirates will launch a daily service from Dubai to Yangon, former capital of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, starting August 3, 2016.
Utilising a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a three-class configuration, this new route will strengthen Emirates’ network of destinations in Southeast Asia, offer a new flight option to passengers travelling between Hanoi and Yangon, and open up new connections for Myanmese and Vietnamese travellers to access Emirates’ global network, according to the Dubai-bases airline.
This new service will expand the airline’s network in Southeast Asia to 12 cities (which includes Cebu and Clark in the Philippines which start on March 30, 2016) in seven countries when it comes online in August.
Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) is Myanmar’s commercial capital and largest city with a population of 7.2 million. With its religious and ancient sites, natural trails and picturesque beaches, Yangon welcomed 1.1 million tourists in 2014, an increase of 25 percent compared to the previous year. As the country’s main hub for trade, industry, real estate and entertainment, Yangon contributes approximately one fifth to the country’s GDP.
Hanoi is located in the Northern region of Vietnam, and as second largest city in the country, after Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) has a population of 7 million. Renowned for being a cultural hub, the city has a number of historic attractions, as well as UNESCO world heritage sites like Ha Long Bay.
Hanoi will be Emirates’ second passenger destination within Vietnam, complementing Emirates’ existing service to Ho Chi Minh City which was launched in 2012 and a cargo-only service to Hanoi in 2013.
With the daily service to Yangon and Hanoi, Emirates, in cooperation with its regional codeshare partners such as Bangkok Airways and Jetstar – now serves the major capitals and tourist attractions in Southeast Asia, providing the opportunity for tourists in these markets to build travel itineraries covering multiple cities in these destinations.
“Emirates’ first air service to Myanmar supports the country’s Tourism Master Plan to target 7.5 million tourist arrivals by 2020 and for Hanoi, the service will provide additional options for Vietnamese to travel to Dubai and Emirates’ global network of destinations, while also making it easier for overseas Vietnamese and the growing number of tourists to travel to Vietnam,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Revenue Optimisation & Aeropolitical Affairs.
The three-class configured Boeing 777-300ER which Emirates will operate on the route offers 8 seats in First Class, 42 seats in Business Class and 310 seats in Economy Class.
Flights to Yangon and Hanoi will depart daily from Dubai as EK388 at 02:50hrs arriving at Yangon International Airport at 11:05hrs. The service will then depart from Yangon at 12:35hrs and arrive at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at 14:50hrs. The return flight, EK389 will depart Hanoi at 22:50hrs, arriving at Yangon at 00:20hrs the next day. The service will then depart from Yangon at 01:50hrs and arrive at Dubai International Airport at 05:05hrs.
Passengers travelling on Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER will be able to enjoy the airline’s award-winning ice system with up to 2,200 channels of on-demand entertainment to choose from.
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Det USA-baserte, internasjonale konsulentselskapet Mercer har kåret de 17 farligste byene i Europa å bo i. Personlig sikkerhet er hovedfokus for kåringen, melder NRK.no
Business Insider skriver at konsulentselskapet har vurdert byene ut fra hvordan det vil vere for ansatte i internasjonale selskap å bosette seg der.
Personig sikkerhet er altså det viktigeste kriteriet. Mercer har vurdert den personlige sikkerheten ut fra hensyn til forholdet til andre land, intern stabilitet, kriminalitet og politiet.
I tillegg kommer faktorer som blant annet terror og terrorfare, sosial og politisk uro, voldskriminalitet, organisert kriminalitet, tyverier, vandalisme, voldelige protester og demonstrasjoner, korrupsjon, fattigdom, flyktningekrisen, og arbeidsløshet. De ulike faktorene varierer fra by til by.
Dette er ifølge Mercer de farligste byene i Europa:
1. Kiev, Ukraina 2. Beograd, Serbia 3. Aten, Hellas 4. Sofia, Bulgaria 5. Budapest, Ungarn 6. Madrid, Spania 7. Roma, Italia 7. Riga, Latvia 9. Zagreb, Kroatia 10.Bucuresti, Romania 11.London, Storbritannia 12.Paris, Frankrike 13.Warszawa, Polen 13.Tallinn, Estland 15.Belfast, Nord-Irland, Storbritannia 16.Barcelona, Katalonia, Spania 17.Milano, Italia
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På kafeen Himmelska Hunder i Hedinsgatan på Gärdet i Stockholm er både du og hunden din hjertelig velkommen, melder Visit Sweden, ifølge Dagbladet.
Kafeen har egne menyer for sine firbeinte gjester, og tilbud om hundeparkering hvis du for eksempel må ut og handle, uten hunden. Kafeen serverer også en egen hundebuffet, om du har planer om en hundefest…
