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‘World’s longest’ bus journey will take 56 days to cross Europe

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Fancy spending two months traveling overland from Istanbul to London without ever having to get behind the wheel?

Indian expedition company Adventures Overland is about to launch what’s being billed as “the world’s longest bus journey.”

Due to depart in August, the 56-day trip, which is available for up to 30 passengers, will span 22 countries, taking travelers from Turkey’s largest city,

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As Japan commits to cultivated meat, will Europe be left behind?

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to develop a cultivated meat industry.

“We will develop an environment to create a new market, such as efforts to ensure safety and development of labelling rules, and foster a food tech business originating in Japan,” ​he said, as reported by the Japan Economic Newspaper.

In Japan, no clear definition of cultured meat as food currently exists, nor have safety standards for raw materials and manufacturing processes been established. But the Government has shown willingness to advance this process.

“Food tech, including cellular foods, is an important technology from the perspective of

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What’s causing the food crisis in Europe?

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On Feb. 10, the Progressive Alliance of Democrats in the European Parliament held an event called “Feeding Europe in Times of Crisis” in Sofia, Bulgaria. Members of the Bulgarian and Slovakian governments, the European Parliament from Bulgaria, Romania, and Spain, as well as Bulgarian and European representatives of public organizations and industry associations participated in this event.

The main topic of discussion – the factors that have led to the food crisis in Europe.

In every report, the war in Ukraine was named as one of the four most important causes. Although almost all speeches condemned Russia’s aggression and expressed

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Food processing and cancer risk in Europe: results from the prospective EPIC cohort study

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Summary

Background

Food processing has been hypothesised to play a role in cancer development; however, data from large-scale epidemiological studies are scarce. This study investigated the association between dietary intake according to amount of food processing and risk of cancer at 25 anatomical sites using data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.

Methods

This study used data from the prospective EPIC cohort study, which recruited participants between March 18, 1991, and July 2, 2001, from 23 centres in ten European countries. Participant eligibility within each cohort was based on geographical or administrative boundaries. Participants were

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Carrier’s Refrigeration Businesses Join the Fight Against Food Insecurity in Europe

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Carrier's Refrigeration Businesses Join the Fight Against Food Insecurity in Europe
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Carrier, the global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions, has donated approximately $37,000 to the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) through two of its Refrigeration businesses, Carrier Transicold and Carrier Commercial Refrigeration. The donation will support 11 countries across Europe in their mission to prevent food waste and reduce food insecurity.

FEBA is a network of 341 Food Banks in 30 European countries that redistributes surplus food from the food industry to people in need. Carrier’s contribution will help FEBA’s members save more good food from becoming waste and assist charities in

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Travel news: Europe will start charging for entry in 2024

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This week in travel news: The European Commission will start charging for a new visa waiver scheme next year, plus our pick of Croatian and Italian destinations and new Asian hotels.

The long-anticipated ETIAS visa waiver scheme, which will require all non-EU passport holders to get pre-trip permission to enter the bloc, was supposed to launch by November this year. But it

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