In the first weekend of the Oktoberfest in Munich, it is estimated that more than 800,000 visitors have come to the festival. That was considerably more than in 2017, when it was about 600,000.
The market for Turkish holiday homes has been miserable for years, but the diminishing lira and an unclear currency decree push prices down further. Even up to less than half of the purchase price.
The area in Colombia where coca plants are grown has never been so great. According to a report published by the United Nations on Wednesday), the area in the South American country grew by 17 percent in 2017 to 2,170 square kilometers, which is approximately the area of the Dutch province of Limburg. This corresponds to a potential coca leaf harvest from which almost 1400 tonnes of cocaine can be extracted.
In the coming period, the Dutch will notice that things are going better. Prime Minister Mark Rutte is convinced of this, on the day that his third cabinet presents a budget for the first time. He mainly cares about international instability.
Two thousand euros per bottle! You can not do that to a customer! Daniele Di Guiliomaria has just tasted a bit of whiskey from 1988. It is not easy for him. 'Pretty flat. Should have been bottled ten years ago. '
The cut-throat competition in the Bruges taxi world ended Friday night in a shooting with a taxi driver in the neck, while he had two foreign tourists in the back seat.
A third strawberry grower in Australia was hit by needles and pins found in the fruits. The police fears that six companies are the victims of the needle stick.
Germany has suffered more than EUR 43 billion in damage over the past two years due to cyber attacks. Companies became victims of sabotage, data theft and espionage. That certainly happened to seven out of ten companies, and in another two out of ten companies that suspicion exists.
After a dead rat was found in the soup of a pregnant woman earlier this month, restaurant chain Xiabu Xiabu dropped no less than 163 million euros in market value. That reports the Chinese site Sina.
A Russian hacker who has been tried in the United States has known that there is guilt. Peter Levashov would have led the infamous Kelihos botnet. That is a network of tens of thousands of hijacked computers that were linked together.
Apple knows how to keep getting weaker secrets. The Watch is now called Series 4 and three new iPhones were introduced. Exactly as in the past few days appeared everywhere in the media. In addition to the new version of the watch, the iPhone Xs, Xs Max and Xr will soon be on sale in the store.
The government must report to Brussels no later than March next year whether the Netherlands will switch to permanent summer or winter time in 2019. The European Commission is putting an end to the half-yearly clocking in the EU, said President Jean-Claude Juncker in his annual policy speech.
European legislation needs to be put in place to tackle the spread of terrorist messages via the internet. This video or audio fragment must be offline within an hour.
The Saudi airline Flynas will hire female co-pilots. The decision follows reforms that give women more opportunities to participate in the labor market.
Belgians are in great embarrassment now that it appears that a compatriot may be responsible for 110 beheadings in Syria.
Italy is the land of cappuccinos and espressos, but the Italians are now also faced with frappuccinos. The American chain Starbucks has opened its first tent in the country on Friday. There was a long line with hundreds of tourists and Italians in front of the Milan office. 'I hope the coffee tastes better here than in America,' said a Milanese customer.
Tech giant Apple can take over Shazam, an app that can recognize songs. The European Commission has announced this after an in-depth investigation into the proposed takeover.
Almost a third of Dutch people indicate that they will not open the door unless they expect a visitor. This is shown by a study by Census Wide that was carried out among thousands of adults in early July 2018 on behalf of Google's home automation company Nest Labs.
The police in the Canadian capital Ottawa have raised the alarm about a big black bear. A block of houses has been set up in the northern district of Byward Market, near the parliament building in the center.
Samsung is working on a new folding mobile phone. The South Korean electronics company plans to unveil the new model in November, the top man of the Dong-Jin Koh mobile division told the CNBC television channel.
Now that the summer vacation is over, Google is bringing a new product to the market. The tech company makes photo books with real covers and real pages.
Employees of the American embassy in Cuba may have become victims of attacks with microwave weapons. Because of this they heard loud bangs and other irritating sounds. They are weapons that can make you ill or even cause brain damage.
Lyft, a major competitor of Uber, wants to go to the stock market. The company is trying to sell its shares first, so for Uber. In March or April next year, it must be so far, say sources around the plans against Bloomberg news agency. Uber wants to go to the stock exchange in the second half of 2019.
A Polish woman stabbed a 54-year-old woman in the northern Italian Canneto sull'Oglio and injured three others with a butcher knife.
The American rock group Metallica brings its own whiskey on the market. According to a statement from the group, it is not just a different name for an already existing mediocre whiskey, but a real drink that has been worked on for years.
Approaching import sanctions for Iran have pushed exports below 70 million barrels per day for the first time since April. That has allowed the oil price to rise on Wednesday.
Turkey has been in deep trouble. The Turkish lira dropped further against the dollar after rating agency Moody's warned of the worsening situation of the local banks.
The Paraguayan police have been seriously embarrassed by a major gun robbery. The authorities discovered that dozens of automatic firearms in an arsenal were replaced by replicas of wood and plastic, the BBC reports.
One of the first computers that Apple has ever made is auctioned. The device still works, says auction house RR Auction, which hopes for an amount of 300,000 dollars, almost 260,000 euros. The buyer receives, among other things, the original motherboard, without modifications, and an authentic manual.
A lingerie brand has brought sexy lace underwear sets on the market. Especially for men. According to the website, it is not only the men who kick on a nice set of lingerie, but also women like to look at it.
