It appears that UK MPs believe they are more important than doctors. Much has been said about the benefits that MPs receive, including many perks you regularly read about some of them abusing. It is no surprise to me that they have no contract of employment or job description. In other words, when we vote them in they can do what they like.
This Scholarship Programme aims to finance the education of a small number of Turkish Cypriots wishing to study in the EU during the 2016-2017 academic year. The whole course will not be financed, for example only the 1st year of an undergraduate degree course would receive a grant of €15 000. This is calculated on the basis of €1,420 a month for 10 months plus €800 for expenses of flight ticket.
Few of us ask how does air conditioning work. When the Summer heat comes we set the cooling temperature to 18ºC and then when the bill arrives try to convince ourselves that the money was worth it. We are unaware that every degree below 24ºC makes the aircon use ten times more energy per degree.
In the Winter when we use the aircon as a heater we don’t set it for 18ºC, we set it to 24ºC. Pure madness! More energy wasted!
Until recently Booking.com were advertising 130 luxury hotels, apartments, guesthouses, boutique hotels and eco hotels but now list only 16 hotels in North Cyprus. The reason given for this reduction, according to the company, is:
It is a common situation around the world when you hear that immigrants move into a country and the next thing you learn is that they are not happy about their housing situation. On reading this it is equally common for readers to respond negatively on hearing that these ungrateful immigrants have moved into a country and the next thing that happens is that they are complaining. The first thing the reader is thinking is quite simply that they should go home.
It is a really basic disagreement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots when neither side will recognise the other side’s territories. The north does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) and the south will not recognise the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC).
According to a report in Detay newspaper (03.02.16) the expectation of a solution to the Cyprus Problem is pushing up property prices in the north. The price of plots of land in Kyrenia have increased to 200-250 thousand pounds sterling per donum and plots on the main road have reached millions of pounds. Before you get too excited, these prices only apply to land with Title Deeds issued prior to the 1974 Turkish intervention.
Few of us ask how does air conditioning work. When the Summer heat comes we set the cooling temperature to 18ºC and then when the bill arrives try to convince ourselves that the money was worth it. We are unaware that every degree below 24ºC makes the aircon use ten times more energy per degree.
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