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Brits face 20 euro fee to enter Spain, France and Greece amid EU travel rule change
Nottingham Evening Post
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July 22, 2025
UK and other non-EU travellers will soon be obliged to pay for entry into 30 European countries under a new travel scheme. Due to Brexit, UK passport holders will need to register with the European Travel Information and Authorisation System...
UK tourists in EU warned over new travel charge - full list of countries
Birmingham Live
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July 22, 2025
UK tourists to certain countries in Europe could be hit with a £17 charge under a new wave of updates. The impending fee comes as the EU has made a series of decisions with updates to the ETIAS visa-waiver initiative and the Entry/Exit System...
New fee to enter Spain, France and Greece in major travel change
Chronicle Live
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July 22, 2025
11:06, 22 Jul 2025 UK and other non-EU travellers will soon be obliged to pay for entry into 30 European countries under a new travel scheme. As a result of Brexit, UK passport holders will need to register with the European Travel Information and...
Repression in Georgia is moving fast. Europe and Germany must act now
Vox Europ
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August 7, 2025
For over a year, Georgia’s fledgling democratic structures and achievements have been steadily eroded. Thanks to widespread electoral fraud, the ruling Georgian Dream party secured a parliamentary majority once again in autumn 2024. Since then, it...
AirBaltic names aircraft after Baltic cities
Business Traveller
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August 9, 2025
Latvian carrier airBaltic has starting naming aircraft in its Airbus A220-300 fleet after cities across the Baltic countries. The naming follows a competition which took place in August 2024, where entrants voted for their favourite cities across...
New fee for UK travellers going to Spain, Greece and France
Bristol Post
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July 22, 2025
UK and other non-EU travellers will soon have to pay for entry into 30 European countries as part of a new travel scheme. Due to Brexit, UK passport holders will need to register with the European Travel Information and Authorisation System...
Full list of countries with new 20 euro entry fee for UK tourists
Liverpool Echo
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July 22, 2025
New rules will soon mean people travelling on a UK passport will have to pay 20 euros to enter countries such as Spain, Greece and Italy. Following Brexit, UK citizens will will legally have to register with the European Travel Information and...
I’ve travelled 25,000km in Europe by train, here are my six favourite trips
The i paper
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July 22, 2025
A sleeper train to Istanbul, Britain's northernmost railway and Montenegrin seasides are among the highlights Since 2023, I’ve clocked up over 25,000km by train across Europe – roughly the equivalent of travelling halfway across the globe. These...
Kobakhidze questions economic benefits of visa-free travel
Georgia Today
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July 22, 2025
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has disregarded the notion that Georgia’s visa-free travel with the European Union significantly contributes to economic growth, calling such claims ‘pure speculation.’ “Visa liberalization is a technical issue,”...
29 Countries to Phase-out Passport Stamps
This Day
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August 9, 2025
In Europe, 29 countries would soon replace passport stamps with a new Entry/Exist System (EES). The policy that had been delayed for years, according to a travel and leisure online news platform, would now go into effect starting October 12. It...
Kobakhidze suggests end of visa-free travel with EU would boost economic growth
Open Caucasus Media
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July 22, 2025
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...
Baltic design exhibition travels from Milan to Liepāja
LSM
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July 22, 2025
After the success at Milan Design Week 2025, Tactile Baltics, the Baltic contemporary design exhibition, has come to Latvia. It will be on show until 3 September at the Liepaja Concert Hall ‘Lielais dzintars’ art space ‘Civita Nova’, Latvian Radio...
UEFA Spotlights Lithuania's Top Referees For Upcoming Matches
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 21. Lithuanian referees and referee inspectors are once again being assigned to UEFA matches as the international soccer season continues, Trend reports. A team of Lithuanian officials has been...
Kuldīga's tourism businesses concerned about traveller numbers
LSM
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July 21, 2025
The cool start to summer has had a negative impact on tourism businesses across Latvia, and Kuldīga is among the towns seeing it most. Tourism businesses in Kuldīga see that the geopolitical situation has also made visitors interested in UNESCO...
Where to Find Perfect Weather and Fewer Tourists This August
Travelbinger
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July 18, 2025
August is the month when the entire travel universe seems to lose its collective mind. Everyone wants to go everywhere at exactly the same time, creating a perfect storm of overcrowded beaches, inflated prices, and weather so hot that sightseeing...
Lithuania to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede due to climate change
Al Jazeera
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July 11, 2025
The seal population has increased from about 4,000, considered nearly extinct, in the late 1980s to about 50,000. Lithuania will make a concerted effort to save its grey seal population, which has managed to stabilise though continues to remain...
Australians to pay $36 for EU visa-free ETIAS travel
Executive Traveller
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July 21, 2025
Australians travelling to Europe from next year will have to pay $36 for entry under the EU’s new and long-delayed European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). The fee for the digital visa-waiver program was previously to be set...
EU issues update on travel rule as UK tourists face £17 fee to enter 30 countries
Manchester Evening News
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July 21, 2025
The European Union has issued two major updates on the ETIAS visa-waiver scheme and the Entry/Exit System (EES) as Brits face a huge price hike to enter 30 European countries. Although neither will come into force this summer, a welcome relief for...
Germany vs. Slovenia Prediction and Preview - Aug. 10 | EuroBasket 2025 Preparation Game
Sportskeeda
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August 9, 2025
Germany and Slovenia will continue their EuroBasket 2025 preparations on Sunday in a basketball friendly game in Mannheim, Germany. Die Mannschaft finished third in Eurobasket 2022 and started their preparation on Friday with a 103-89 victory over...
Blue Badge holders issued fresh update on where to use permits rule
Leeds Live
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August 8, 2025
Blue Badge holders have received a fresh warning regarding where they can use their parking permits following a significant update. Disabled drivers and road users planning trips abroad this summer are being advised to verify whether their Blue...