20/10/20

[Maik]

One more case of coronavirus present on Kefalonia, according to EODY. No further details made available.

[Maik]

Pitsos, an old and much respected Greek company producing household appliances such as fridges, is moving production from Greece to Turkey. Pitsos was bought out by a German company in the seventies. Probably won't sell much in Greece after the move. Story at greekcitytimes.com

[Maik]

TUI: Bookings to Greece for 2021 are ‘Outstandingly Good’

Travel giant TUI on Monday said bookings to Greece for next summer are looking ‘outstandingly good’, which is a result of how well Greece prepared its tourism restart in the post-Covid-19 era.

https://news.gtp.gr/2020/10/19/tui-bookings-to-greece-for-2021-are-outstandingly-good/

[Maik]

Nine-month Passenger Traffic to Greece Down by 68.9%

Passenger traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 68.9 percent in the first nine months of the year reflecting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on air travel, according to data released this week by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA).

https://news.gtp.gr/2020/10/19/nine-month-passenger-traffic-to-greece-down-by-68-9/

[Maik]

Feast Day of Agios Gerasimos, Patron Saint of Kefalonia

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/20/agios-gerasimos-kefalonia/

[Maik]

Giant 2,000-year-old cat found etched into desert hillside in Peru
About 37-meter-long, the figure is estimated to be around 2,000 years old and made up of groves carved into the mountain coupled with groupings of stones

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peru-giant-cat-desert-nazka-lines-pampa-mountain-geoglyphs-b1176049.html