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| - | Cheaper rent, cheaper bills<br> *<br> Some people moving permanently<br> *<br> Greek tourism minister toured north Europe to seek visitors<br> *<br> Other countries have also campaigned<br> By Catarina Demony and Corina Pons<br> MADRID/LISBON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland.<br> He is not alone in pursuing a warmer, cheaper way of life as tourist boards across southern Europe have seized on the cost-of-living crisis to advertise the benefits of wintering abroad to those living in more northerly countries.<br> Varmalov, 50, together with his wife and teenage daughter, moved from Poland's Baltic coast to Gran Canaria in Spain's Canary Islands two months ago and plans to stay for the coming months.<br> "The economic crisis and mostly the war situation have pushed me here," said Varmalov, who is Russian by birth.<br> Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February drove some energy prices to record levels in August.<br><br>They have eased, but are likely to stay high and have led to painful levels of inflation.<br> Before leaving Gdansk, where he has lived since 2016, Varmalov calculated he could save 250 euros ($259) on rent each month and pay 140 euros for all his utilities and internet, instead of the 200 euros he was paying for electricity alone in Poland.<br> What he now saves, he spends on eating out, he said, and also enjoys beach walks in his lunch breaks.<br> "The reality is better than my expectations," he said.<br> The regional government of the Canary Islands, where the average winter temperature is 20 degrees Celsius (68°F), launched a social media campaign in September to attract remote workers, such as Varmalov, and retired people from countries including Britain, Germany and Sweden.<br> "It is no secret this will be a winter of great economic uncertainty in Europe but in the Canary Islands, we want to turn the situation around," said Yaiza Castilla, the regional tourism chief, describing the islands as an "economic refuge".<br> Other southern European countries also see the potential.<br> The Greek tourism minister in September visited Austria and northern European countries, such as Sweden, to "turn this huge energy crisis plaguing Europe into an opportunity".<br> Portugal's tourism board has also campaigned and its head Luis Araujo said expectations for winter tourists from northern Europe were "very positive".<br> Tourism data supports his optimism.<br> Data collected for Reuters by home rental search engine HomeToGo showed that compared to last year, searches from countries such as Britain, Germany and the Netherlands rose 36%, 13% and 3% for winter accommodation in Spain, Greece and Portugal, respectively.<br> Gabriel Escarrer, CEO of Spanish hotel chain Melia, said people are booking apartments and suites for two or three months this winter in the Canary Islands, with a notable presence of Scandinavian visitors.<br> 'REFUGE FOR WINTER' AND BEYOND<br> Visitors and more permanent residents are also arriving from Germany, which was highly dependent on Russian gas before the Ukraine war and is anxious about possible winter energy shortages.<br> Among schools enrolling more students from abroad, the German school in Gran Canaria received 40 applications from foreign students this year, which it said was higher than in previous years without giving precise figures.<br> Repeople, a co-working association in the Canary Islands, said it had been fully booked for November and 80% full for the rest of the winter.<br> Among those occupying a slot at Repeople is 31-year-old German freelancer Heiko Schaefer, who plans to stay until Christmas.<br> "The current rising prices is a reason for many people to move further south," he said.<br><br>"This island is a refuge for the winter."<br> Airlines will increase by 31% the number of seats available to the Canary Islands, the regional tourism office said.<br> TUI fly, the leading airline operating between Germany and the Canary Islands, said it would increase flights by around 10%, adding in a statement energy costs were "a psychological element" in pushing more people south.<br> Airbnb, the short-term rentals firm, said searches for winter stays in southern Europe tripled between April and June.<br> STUCK AT HOME OR A PERMANENT MOVE<br> For the majority of northern Europeans, however, heading south is just a dream when the rise in living costs means they cannot afford the luxury of travel.<br> Instead they are stocking up on goods to keep themselves warm such as duvets, slow cookers and electric blankets, retail sales figures in Britain show.<br> Others though have decided to move permanently.<br> Natasha Caldeiras, from Kent, southern England, and her family are moving just before Christmas to her husband's native Portugal.<br><br>They said energy prices were the spur.<br> Caldeiras believes the warmer weather will allow them to turn on the heaters for a shorter period than in Britain, where their monthly bills are around 200 pounds ($242) per month and set to rise.<br> "Even before the energy crisis, we would have liked to be in Portugal because of the weather," the 28-year-old said.<br><br>"But with the energy crisis, (being in Portugal) gives us more security because of the climate."<br> Murat Coskun, chief executive of real estate advisory firm Get Properties, said the cost of living crisis was "fuelling the trend" of Britons deciding it was time to leave.<br> "I don't think we are at the peak yet," he said.<br><br>"The winter is going to be tough." 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(Reporting by Eric Auchard in London; editing by Jason Neely)<br><br>Mr Johnson, 80, a former member of the European Parliament who voted Remain in Britain's 2016 referendum, told RTL radio he wanted to become a French citizen because of his strong family links to France.<br><br>ATHENS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Greece is becoming a European gas corridor and can nearly quadruple its gas export capacity to neighbouring countries in the coming years thanks to new infrastructure under development, Maria Rita Galli, the chief executive of the country's gas grid operator DESFA said on Wednesday.<br><br>"It is no secret this will be a winter of great economic uncertainty in Europe but in the Canary Islands, we want to turn the situation around," said Yaiza Castilla, best day trips athens the regional tourism chief, describing the islands as an "economic refuge".<br><br>In the wake of the war in Ukraine, [https://en.volos-minivan.eu/ATHENS-0000000171-taxi-prices-Trikeri-greece.html taxi prices Trikeri greece] has this year more than halved its imports of Russian gas, instead ramping up deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG), mainly from the United States and Egypt, to its sole LNG facility at Revithoussa near Athens.<br><br>The regional government of the Canary Islands, where the average winter temperature is 20 degrees Celsius (68°F), launched a social media campaign in September to attract remote workers, such as Varmalov, and retired people from countries including Britain, Germany and Sweden.<br><br>She married the only son of Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, taxi from Pelion to delphi joining one of the richest families in the world, on July 10, 2015 in a lavish ceremony at The Orangery in Kensington Palace Gardens in London.<br><br>"We see a significant acceleration in terms of how the market will grow in terms of the number of managed devices and the volume of data that moves through these systems," Himagiri Mukkamala, an ARM senior vice president and general manager for its IoT Cloud Services division, told Reuters in an interview.<br><br>Among schools enrolling more students from abroad, the German school in Gran Canaria received 40 applications from foreign students this year, which it said was higher than in previous years without giving precise figures.<br><br>MADRID/LISBON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland.<br><br>And that makes me very happy,' Stanley told the radio station in French. 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Gabriel Escarrer, CEO of Spanish hotel chain Melia, said people are booking apartments and suites for two or three months this winter in the Canary Islands, with a notable presence of Scandinavian visitors.
"These create the conditions for Greece to increase nearly four times from now to 2025 its export capacity towards its neighbouring countries," Galli said during the World LNG Summit in Athens, adding that Europe needs "flexible solutions and a flexible LNG market".
The terminal, which the government has called "indispensible", has also helped export gas to neigbouring nations including Bulgaria, which was cut off from Russian supplies earlier this year after refusing to pay in roubles.
He is not alone in pursuing a warmer, cheaper way of life as tourist boards across southern Europe have seized on the cost-of-living crisis to advertise the benefits of wintering abroad to those living in more northerly countries.
Speaking from his mountain-view villa in Pelion - which he lets out to tourists - Mr Johnson said Greek officials were happy to allow him in and online taxi Tailor Made Tour the ban only seemed to apply to ‘bulk arrivals' of British holidaymakers.
Britain's ARM, a unit of Japan's Softbank Corp, said on Monday it had struck a strategic partnership with Intel to use common standards developed by Intel for managing IoT devices, connections and data.
Before leaving Gdansk, where he has lived since 2016, Varmalov calculated he could save 250 euros ($259) on rent each month and pay 140 euros for all his utilities and internet, instead of the 200 euros he was paying for electricity alone in Poland.
Most of the world's biggest suppliers of IoT chips rely on low-power ARM designs, including NXP, Renesas and Microchip's Atmel, athens greece taxi prices while Intel, known for its powerful data-crunching processors, VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TRANSFER dominates the cloud data centre market, where IoT data are analysed and online taxi Trikeri processed, Gartner analyst Bill Ray said.
LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Rival semiconductor giants ARM and Intel have agreed to work together to manage networks of connected devices from both firms, clearing a major stumbling block to market growth of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT).
ARM's recently introduced Pelion IoT management platform will rely on Intel's Secure Device Onboard specifications announced a year ago.
This will allow customers using IoT chips based on either company's products to manage them in the same system, executives at the two companies said in separate blog posts. (Reporting by Eric Auchard in London; editing by Jason Neely)
Mr Johnson, 80, a former member of the European Parliament who voted Remain in Britain's 2016 referendum, told RTL radio he wanted to become a French citizen because of his strong family links to France.
ATHENS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Greece is becoming a European gas corridor and can nearly quadruple its gas export capacity to neighbouring countries in the coming years thanks to new infrastructure under development, Maria Rita Galli, the chief executive of the country's gas grid operator DESFA said on Wednesday.
"It is no secret this will be a winter of great economic uncertainty in Europe but in the Canary Islands, we want to turn the situation around," said Yaiza Castilla, best day trips athens the regional tourism chief, describing the islands as an "economic refuge".
In the wake of the war in Ukraine, taxi prices Trikeri greece has this year more than halved its imports of Russian gas, instead ramping up deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG), mainly from the United States and Egypt, to its sole LNG facility at Revithoussa near Athens.
The regional government of the Canary Islands, where the average winter temperature is 20 degrees Celsius (68°F), launched a social media campaign in September to attract remote workers, such as Varmalov, and retired people from countries including Britain, Germany and Sweden.
She married the only son of Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, taxi from Pelion to delphi joining one of the richest families in the world, on July 10, 2015 in a lavish ceremony at The Orangery in Kensington Palace Gardens in London.
"We see a significant acceleration in terms of how the market will grow in terms of the number of managed devices and the volume of data that moves through these systems," Himagiri Mukkamala, an ARM senior vice president and general manager for its IoT Cloud Services division, told Reuters in an interview.
Among schools enrolling more students from abroad, the German school in Gran Canaria received 40 applications from foreign students this year, which it said was higher than in previous years without giving precise figures.
MADRID/LISBON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland.
And that makes me very happy,' Stanley told the radio station in French. So for me it is about reclaiming what I already have. My mother was born in France, her mother was totally French as was her grandfather.
