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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Thursday, 05 July, 2018 @ 02:25:53
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Getting to know Greek wine
https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/07/04/getting-to-know-greek-wine/
Possibly not much you don't already know - and I'm pretty sure that isn't a piccie of the Robola vineyards of Kefalonia.
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Wiltshire pair poisoned by Novichok nerve agent
A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire were poisoned by Novichok - the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police say.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44719639
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World Cup 2018: Diego Maradona says England committed 'robbery' against Colombia
England committed a "monumental robbery" in beating Colombia in the last 16 at the World Cup, according to Argentina legend Diego Maradona.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44716774
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Coast Guard on Ithaka yesterday confined the Italian flagged yacht LE.ONE to port due to illegal charter.
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Revolution in quake detection technology
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44683284
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Social media apps are 'deliberately' addictive to users
Social media companies are deliberately addicting users to their products for financial gain, Silicon Valley insiders have told the BBC's Panorama programme.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44640959
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Ouzo Fest starts on Lesvos Friday
The "Ouzo Fest" will take place on Lesvos this weekend, giving lovers of the aniseed flavoured drink more than 40 labels to taste from.
http://int.ert.gr/ouzo-fest-starts-on-lesvos-friday/
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Corfu experiences rubbish crisis as holiday season begins
The crisis has its roots in a legal dispute over a landfill site outside the small village of Temploni in the middle of the island. Temploni residents had blocked access to refuse trucks when the village’s landfill site reached full capacity.
A new site was found near Lefkimmi, but residents there blocked access.
Last week riot police were deployed to allow refuse trucks through, and according to the state broadcaster, ERT TV, they resorted to deploying stun grenades to clear a path.
As a result of the stalemate, rubbish has been steadily accumulating. The town of Sidari, a tourist favourite, has had waste on roadsides waiting for collection for two months.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/corfu-rubbish-trash-bins-waste-greece-holidays-landfill-temploni-a8427011.html
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Use of 'plastic' rather than cash ups VAT collection in Greece by 50% in 2017
The skyrocketing use of debit and credit cards in Greece – especially in the wake of imposed capital controls in June 2015 – has dramatically improved tax collection, increasing annual VAT remittances, for instance, by 50 percent in 2017.
https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1367990/iobe-study-use-of-plastic-rather-than-cash-ups-vat-collection-in-greece-by-50-in-2017
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Ithaki Coast Guard in action again yesterday. First, the Italian-flagged ALMA LIBRE III lost its propeller in Vathy yesterday afternoon, ten occupants uninjured, boat confined to port until repaired and tested. A little later the Balthazar beached at Marmara but managed to free itself with the assistance of a passing vessel and safely arrived in Kioni. Four crew uninjured, boat confined to port awaiting safety certification.
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Reports circulating that a 39 y-o British tourist passed away on Tuesday afternoon after partaking in watersports on Skala beach. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. Wife and two daughters on holiday with him.
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SETE Intelligence: Tourist arrivals by vehicle to Greece in 2017 comprise 30% of total
Tourists arriving by car or coach in Greece in 2017 significantly increased in 2017, a SETE Intelligence study noted this week.
Specifically, the number of travelers that arrived by vehicle to the country last year reached 8.3 million, just more than 30 percent of the total tourism arrivals - excluding cruise ships.
Tourist arrivals by car or coach were mainly from Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) and Poland.
https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1368402/sete-intelligence-tourist-arrivals-by-vehicle-to-greece-in-2017-comprise-30-of-total
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Nice try...
England owes arrears over St George's Cross, claims Genoa mayor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/england-owes-arrears-over-st-georges-cross-claims-genoa-mayor
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Special offer at the Cephalonia Palace hotel, Paliki, for October. Details at: gtp.gr (https://traveloffers.gtp.gr/en/package/special-accommodation-offer-cephalonia-palace-hotel/)
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Suspected poachers eaten by lions after breaking into game reserve to hunt rhinos in South Africa
A head and body parts were found in the Sibuya Game Reserve – authorities believe at least three people were killed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/lion-eat-rhino-poachers-south-africa-sibuya-game-reserve-hunting-ivory-trade-a8433066.html