17/09/14

[Maik]

http://civilprotection.gr

[Maik]

St. Petersburg-based tour operator Versa is halting operations and cutting off services to some 9,000 customers who bought trips to destinations including Greece.

This is the sixth Russian tour operator that arranges holidays for customers to Greece and faced serious financial problems this summer. The wave of collapses started in July with Neva and was followed by Labirint, Intaer, Solvex and Southern Cross.

http://news.gtp.gr/2014/09/16/another-russian-tour-operator-calls-it-quits-some-2000-tourists-stranded-in-greece/

[Maik]

Cats are the most popular companion animals in the western world. In the UK their numbers have swollen to more than 10 million. This is great news for the cat lovers amongst us but for those who see Felis silvestris catus as nothing more than a garden pest, it can feel like an epidemic.

Cat Wars meets those on both sides of the feline divide to find out what really gets people so worked up about the humble moggy.

Mon 22 Sep 2014 22:40 BBC One

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04jms56

Cats 'are stressed because we treat them like dogs'

For a BBC Two series, Cats, to be shown next month, Dr Bradshaw and his team installed infra-red cameras in homes and observed cats’ night-time activity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11097503/Cats-are-stressed-because-we-treat-them-like-dogs.html

[Maik]

Independent Scotland ‘could become the next Greece’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11100650/Independent-Scotland-could-become-the-next-Greece.html


Great for those who don't like flying!

[Maik]

Greece's fourth-largest lender, Alpha Bank on Monday announced that it is launching a voluntary redundancy program as part of cost-cutting efforts, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency said.

Employees at the bank have until September 30 to apply for the program or face possible dismissal.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_15/09/2014_542907

[Maik]

Greece ranks last on a social justice scale assessing the performance of all 28 member states of the European Union and compiled by the Bertelsmann Foundation in its annual report.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_16/09/2014_542934

[Maik]

Mentioning the Pony reminds me: seen several what appear to be Ainos ponies down by Spileo over the last few days, one grey (almost white) and two almost black (one with a rope tied around its neck).

[Maik]

Gov’t to ask for subsidy return

Some 800,000 farmers will be forced to return 387 mln euros in funds from 2009 deemed illegal by the EU

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_16/09/2014_542965

[Maik]

'Windows 9' LEAK: Microsoft's playing catchup with Linux
Multiple desktops and live tiles in restored Start button star in new vids

Microsoft's not being entirely silent on the matter of Windows 9, as it has invited its favorite media to a shindig in San Francisco at which it promises a peek at the revised OS. That event takes place on September 30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/16/windows_9_leak_suggests_microsoft_has_caught_up_with_linux/


Speculation mounting that Windows 9 will be available to the general public in - or before - April 2015 as 8.1 has a substantially lower market share than XP.