20/07/17

[Maik]

June looks to have been a good month for Kef in terms of number of visitors. Apparently European charter arrivals were up around 10% on June 2016 and internal flight arrivals up almost 30%. No info yet on whether the arrivals spent much lepta while here.

[Maik]

Property value plummets by 34% in Greece

The median value of houses in Greece has recorded a significant fall of 34% between 2009 and 2014, from €106,340 to €69,834.

http://en.protothema.gr/house-value-plummets-by-34-in-greece/

[Maik]

Idyllic Scottish island up for sale for just £325k – but it has a chilling past

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/house-prices/idyllic-scottish-island-sale-just-325k-has-chilling-past/

[Maik]

Leeds to Ibiza or Southend to Milan for less than the cost of a cab to the airport

The Independent can reveal that unprecedented travel deals are available due to a ferocious fares war during the peak month of August.

Further afield, Thomson Airways is selling flights to Preveza in western Greece for a week, departing 2 August, for only £69 return from Gatwick.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/airlines-ferocious-fares-war-40-deals-mediterranean-ryanair-thomson-jet2-flybe-a7849966.html

[Maik]

Faecal bacteria found in ice at McDonald's, KFC and Burger King branches

The Government advises that the safe level of the bacteria in water used for human consumption is zero

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/faecal-bacteria-found-in-ice-at-mcdonalds-kfc-and-burger-king-investigation-finds-a7850416.html

[Aristarches]

Faecal bacteria found in ice at McDonald's, KFC and Burger King branches

The Government advises that the safe level of the bacteria in water used for human consumption is zero

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/faecal-bacteria-found-in-ice-at-mcdonalds-kfc-and-burger-king-investigation-finds-a7850416.html

Well, if people do insist on eating at such shit places........

[Maik]

Man Leaves Psychiatric Ward, Kills Partner, Returns to Hospital to Confess

A 45-year-old man who was spending the nights at an Athens psychiatric hospital killed his 45-year-old partner and returned to hospital to confess the murder to his psychiatrist on Thursday.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/07/20/man-leaves-psychiatric-ward-kills-partner-returns-to-hospital-to-confess/

[Maik]

Vince Cable is new Lib Dem leader

Sir Vince Cable is the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, after no-one stood against him.

The 74-year old Twickenham MP was the only candidate on the ballot paper when nominations closed at 16:00 BST.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40662737

[Maik]

O.J. Simpson to be released from prison on parole

O.J. Simpson will be released on parole after nine years behind bars.

A parole board in Nevada, USA, decided that the 70-year-old former football, TV and movie star can be released in October.

Simpson was serving time for armed robbery and assault with a weapon after a botched bid to retrieve sports memorabilia in Las Vegas.

That conviction came 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of murder in 1995 over the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles.

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-07-20/oj-simpson/

[Maik]

Darknet Takedown

Authorities Shutter Online Criminal Market AlphaBay

The largest marketplace on the Darknet—where hundreds of thousands of criminals anonymously bought and sold drugs, weapons, hacking tools, stolen identities, and a host of other illegal goods and services—has been shut down as a result of one the most sophisticated and coordinated efforts to date on the part of law enforcement across the globe.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/alphabay-takedown