21/09/19

[Maik]

Yanis Varoufakis: Outrageous claim about how Germany exploits Greece revealed
YANIS VAROUFAKIS brilliantly explained the roots of the euro crisis, blaming Germany for exploiting the vulnerability of the Greek’s economy, in a throwback speech at the Oxford Union.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1180590/eu-news-euro-eurozone-crisis-germany-angela-merkel-yanis-varoufakis-spt

OK, it's in the Excess but it's an interesting read.

[Maik]

Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps amid privacy investigation
Removals are part of inquiry into how developers use data, which the company started after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/20/facebook-app-suspension-privacy-cambridge-analytica

[Maik]

Earlier this morning a 73 y-o local in need of urgent medical attention was transferred from PisoAetos to Sami by Ithaki coast guard.

[Maik]

Unconfirmed news: Lidl store on Kef is set to double in size. If true it's a move not welcomed by small, independent traders in .e.g. Argostoli.

[Maik]

Greek police arrests man wanted for aircraft hijacking

Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of an aircraft hijacking and kidnapping, crimes committed in 1985 and 1987, they said on Saturday.

Greek media said the man was thought to be involved in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight in which an American passenger was killed.

A Greek police official said the Lebanese suspect had disembarked from a cruise ship on the island of Mykonos on Sept. 19.

The source said that his name came up as being wanted by German authorities.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/244772/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-police-arrests-man-wanted-for-aircraft-hijacking

There ya go, BeeTee - don't hold your breath but...... the Greek police might yet catch your burglars!

[BeeTee]

Unconfirmed news: Lidl store on Kef is set to double in size. If true it's a move not welcomed by small, independent traders in .e.g. Argostoli.

I was over on Kef earlier this week and the Lidl store was shut for the days I was there. Maybe it was shut for this reason. Who knows?

[BeeTee]

Greek police arrests man wanted for aircraft hijacking

Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of an aircraft hijacking and kidnapping, crimes committed in 1985 and 1987, they said on Saturday.

Greek media said the man was thought to be involved in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight in which an American passenger was killed.

A Greek police official said the Lebanese suspect had disembarked from a cruise ship on the island of Mykonos on Sept. 19.

The source said that his name came up as being wanted by German authorities.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/244772/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-police-arrests-man-wanted-for-aircraft-hijacking

There ya go, BeeTee - don't hold your breath but...... the Greek police might yet catch your burglars!

You never know...

[Maik]

Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal on Tanzania trip

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater during a "once-in-a-lifetime" trip to Tanzania.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49783851

[HiFi]

Unconfirmed news: Lidl store on Kef is set to double in size. If true it's a move not welcomed by small, independent traders in .e.g. Argostoli.

I was over on Kef earlier this week and the Lidl store was shut for the days I was there. Maybe it was shut for this reason. Who knows?

The site is closed but the store has relocated to the other side of the road above KAYKAS (Kafkas) the electrical store for 6  months while the extension takes place.

[Jolly Roger]

Unconfirmed news: Lidl store on Kef is set to double in size. If true it's a move not welcomed by small, independent traders in .e.g. Argostoli.

I was over on Kef earlier this week and the Lidl store was shut for the days I was there. Maybe it was shut for this reason. Who knows?

The site is closed but the store has relocated to the other side of the road above KAYKAS (Kafkas) the electrical store for 6  months while the extension takes place.

Likely to take 6 months for refurbishment, but thankfully they had the sense to do it during the winter! It is now above KAYKAS with a ramp to the car park, which only has space for about 30 cars. Greek drivers can't quite work out which is 'in' and which is 'out'.