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Croatia mountain hideaway booms as tourists flee summer heat
Croatia mountain hideaway booms as tourists flee summer heat
Economy
by  AFP

Hoping to escape relentless heat waves, more tourists in Croatia are heading to an upland getaway to dodge the soaring temperatures by the sea. Like much of southeast Europe, Croatia has been hit by a string of heat waves throughout the summer, with the mercury regularly passing 37 degrees Celsius.

UK beekeepers and scientists tackle sticky problem of honey fraud
UK beekeepers and scientists tackle sticky problem of honey fraud
Economy
by  AFP

Lynne Ingram cuts a peaceful figure as she tends to a row of humming beehives in a leafy corner of Somerset, southwest England. - Lasers - Behind the closed blinds of a research laboratory at Aston University in Birmingham, central England, researchers fighting honey fraud are harnessing cutting-edge technology.