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Title: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Thursday, 08 October, 2020 @ 22:51:40
Kiddie just off the school bus was hit by a car as he crossed the road in Peratata yesterday afternoon, no serious injuries sustained.
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Thursday, 08 October, 2020 @ 22:57:57
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Ralph Lauren selling paint-splattered overalls for £620
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/ralph-lauren-dungarees-overalls-paint-price-how-much-b886994.html

Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 10:20:08
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Luxury Tourism Projects on Greece’s Strategic Investments List
Nine tourism projects are on Greece’s strategic investments list

Greece’s government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, recently presented a list of new investments that have been approved by the interministerial committee for strategic investments.

The list names 14 new investments worth some 1.8 billion euros.
https://news.gtp.gr/2020/10/08/luxury-tourism-projects-on-greeces-strategic-investments-list/

Includes the Arcadia resort project in Kyllini by Killini SA (budget 240 million euros) and a marina in Vlycho, Lefkada, by the Municipality of Lefkada (budget 70 million euros).
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 10:35:50
Power outages on Ithaki from 08:00-15:00 Saturday, Sunday and Monday due to essential repairs following the medicane.
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 10:45:34
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Greece is cheapest European country to own a diesel car

On a monthly basis, the cost of owning a car (including fuel, taxation, insurance, repairs and amortization) in Greece comes to 547 euros for gasoline-powered cars, to €534 for diesel cars and to €594 for electric cars.

The survey concerns cars up to four years old that cover an average of 30,000 kilometers per annum.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/257805/article/ekathimerini/business/greece-is-cheapest-european-country-to-own-a-diesel-car

Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 10:48:55
Apparently Kefalonia and Ithaka will benefit(?) from infrastructure projects to the value of 1,000,000 euros. No details as yet.
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 11:12:13
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John Lennon's 80th birthday: What does he mean to Liverpool today?

It's a sobering thought that John Lennon has now been dead nearly as long as he was alive.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/john-lennons-80th-birthday-what-19067289


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMewtlmkV6c
https://youtu.be/iMewtlmkV6c?t=1


Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 20:20:40
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Brit killed in horror quad bike crash in Greece 'was advised not to wear helmet'
Jack Howe, 19, was driving along a "winding and uneven road" at up to 25mph when he lost control of a rented quad bike and crashed into a tree on the Greek party island of Zante
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-killed-horror-quad-bike-22817967

Reading through the article it sounds as though the hire company are a bunch of cowboys  :dunno:
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 20:25:00
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Greece Vows to Toughen Animal Abuse Laws

In response to the recent outrage over the horrendous torture of a dog in Chania, Crete, the Greek government has vowed to pass stricter disciplinary codes for animal abuse.

The Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis has stated that he will push to introduce a stricter criminal framework in order to allow for more effective prosecution and punishment of animal abusers in Greece.

“The recent extreme torture of an animal that took place on Crete highlights the need of introducing a tougher penal framework, which will make prosecution and punishment of animal torturers more effective,” Voridis stated. “In the immediate future, we will propose the adoption of such legislation to Parliament.”

This announcement comes following the alleged animal abuser turning himself in to local authorities on Thursday. He has subsequently been fined €30,000 for the abuse and been suspended from his place of employment as well while the investigation is open.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/10/09/greece-vows-to-toughen-animal-abuse-laws/

 :btu:
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 20:28:23
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Experts Say First Pre-Human Lived in Northern Greece-Balkan Area

Researchers have found evidence that the link in the lineage of the great apes and humans took place in the Eastern Mediterranean — not in Africa — and that the first pre-human, or hominin, walked in the Northern Greece-Balkans area, according to research published in the scientific journal PLoS One and ScienceDaily.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/10/09/experts-say-first-pre-human-lived-in-northern-greece-balkan-area/

Contrary to scientific opinion, pre-humans haven't died out. There's one in Hania, Crete.
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 20:30:26
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Drunken Tourists Steal Bus, Go On Naked Joyride on Greek Island

A group of drunken tourists partied just a little too hard on the Greek island of Poros on Thursday.

According to reports in Greek media, the group of ten, all from the Netherlands, finished up their night of drinking with an illegal bus ride that leaves little to the imagination.

After coming across the parked public bus, the inebriated tourists broke in and took two trips around the island for some naked sight-seeing.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/10/09/drunken-tourists-steal-bus-go-on-naked-joyride-on-greek-island/

 :iroll:
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 20:34:45
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House Prices Decreased In Greece By 31.0%
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/09/house-prices-decreased-in-greece-by-31-0/

That's selling prices, article reckons rents decreased in Greece by 25.2%
Title: Re: 09/10/20
Post by: Maik on Friday, 09 October, 2020 @ 20:38:56
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Greece Prepares Agrotourism Strategy

In efforts to diversify the tourist product on offer, the Greek tourism ministry announced this week that it was drafting a new agrotourism plan aimed among others at channeling revenues into local communities as well as creating new jobs.
https://news.gtp.gr/2020/10/08/greece-prepares-agrotourism-strategy

Pretty sure I've heard that before. Several times.