Last Thursday marked the tenth anniversary of the day in December 2010 that a young Tunisian fruit seller, Mohammed Bouazizi, set himself on fire outside his local police station. It was an act of appalling despair – and most likely of unintended consequences, too, as it went on to trigger...
Your Christmas turkey will cost between €2.99 and €6 a kilo, depending on whether it is local or imported and where you buy it from, according to a price survey carried out by the government’s consumer protection service in the run-up to the holidays. Officials checked retail prices for 18...
The government will reassess next week whether it will allow churches to conduct Christmas services, said the government spokesman. He said this after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, which rejected the request to exempt churches from the decree prohibiting any gatherings of the public, offering some hope to the faithful. Next week’s...
