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High temperatures return in Greece this weekGreece is expected to experience unusually high temperatures for the season this week exceeding 20 degrees Celsius in some regions, the meteo service of the Athens National Observatory said.
‘Christmas dinner ruined’ as Brussels sprouts carpet road after lorry accidentPolice saw funny side of accident in humorous tweet
Almost all products sold during ‘Black Friday’ week had no price discount
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Lesbos migrant camp children 'say they want to die'An increasing number of children are self-harming and attempting suicide in the Greek migrant camp on Lesbos, according to psychologists working there.Almost 18,000 people are currently living in the camp which was built for just 2000.There has been a spike in refugees arriving on the Aegean islands in recent months, many of them are families who are fleeing war.
Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new findsOther species identified by Kew experts include a snowdrop and cancer-fighting fungusA snowdrop discovered on Facebook, a miracle berry that tricks your tastebuds and a rubbery shrub that oozes its own superglue are among new plant species that were discovered in 2019.Others identified by experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, include a ylang-ylang tree of which just seven individuals are known to exist, a new candy-striped violet and a fungus with pink fruiting bodies that can fight cancer and viruses.Discovering and giving scientific names to new species is the crucial first step to protecting them, the scientists said. Kew scientists officially named 102 plants and eight fungi in 2019, but many are already in danger of extinction.
Chilli eaters have fewer deadly heart attacks, say scientistsPeople who often consume capsaicin-rich fruits have 40 per cent less risk, but dietitians say causal link not proven
Billions are lost in the shadowsThe state could have cashed in revenues amounting to three times the takings of the Single Property Tax (ENFIA) every year if Greece’s illegal economy had been contained to the average level of developed nations in Europe, financial analysts noted on Monday following an International Monetary Fund working text on the matter.The IMF’s “Explaining the Shadow Economy in Europe” document, published on Friday, places Greece among the states with the biggest illicit economies. Greece’s black economy came to 30.2 percent of the overall economy in 2016, the latest year that data are available for.
One-Third of Greeks Have Never Been VaccinatedWith measles still a problem and the disease diptheria thought to have been eradicated showing up again and killing an 8-year-old boy, there’s concern about the low rate of vaccinations in Greece, with one-third of the population never being inoculated.Some 40 percent over the age of 60 won’t even get vaccinated for flu, which has led to high rates and deaths over the past few years with many people disbelieving it’s effective in preventing the disease, many finding out too late what happens otherwise.
Dog Chained to Tree in Cretan Wilderness Gets Second Chance at LifeA dog found chained to a tree in the middle of nowhere in southern Crete was rescued on Tuesday by a local animal lover who was aided by the local police.Takis Proestakis, who runs an animal shelter near the city of Ierapetra, was alerted by the police to the plight of a German Shepherd who was fettered by a half-meter-long chain to a tree near a country road on the outskirts of Ierapetra.The poor animal had little room to move. A bowl of food was also left next to him, but there was no water.Proestakis said that the dog must have suffered a great deal, since torrential rains have drubbed the region for the last few days.Proestakis, a former Greek businessman, gave up his comfortable life to devote himself to caring for abandoned dogs and cats.
Can Greece Push for Repatriation of Parthenon Marbles after Brexit?After Britain’s withdrawal from the Union, the country will have to sign new agreements with the EU on a range of important issues. One of these concerns the realm of culture and cultural artifacts.Ironically, while the museum and the British government have been firmly against the repatriation of the invaluable artifacts, the majority of UK citizens are overwhelmingly in support of the reunification of the Greek marbles.A 2017 poll showed fully 69 percent of Britons were in favor of returning the marbles, while only a mere 13 percent were against the repatriation.Perhaps most ironically, Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also against the returning of the cultural treasures to Greece.In fact, Johnson has even been quoted as saying that the marbles “…were rescued quite rightly by Elgin.”
Whirlpool washing machine danger revealed as recall launchedHalf a million washing machines in UK homes are to be recalled, plunging manufacturer Whirlpool into a fresh saga over dangerous appliances.The machines, branded as Hotpoint or Indesit, were sold for more than five years, but their door locking system can overheat creating the risk of fire.Owners face the prospect of doing without hot washes for months until products are fixed or replaced.Whirlpool was already reeling after problems with fire-prone dryers.Up to 519,000 washing machines sold in the UK are involved.Whirlpool has set up a model checker online, although this itself appears to have crashed. Owners of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines bought since October 2014 will need to enter the model and serial number of their appliance - found inside the door or on the back - to see if it is one of those affected.
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