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22/06/22
Maik:
Kef fire risk 22/06/22: Medium
Forty two new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kefalonia yesterday by EODY, eight on Ithaka
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8859 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0867 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1288 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9202 €UR
Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office.
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com
Day, Date Hi°/Lo° Wind sp Wet Forecast
Wed 22/06 32°/23° 21 km/h 03% Sunny
Thu 23/06 33°/24° 18 km/h 05% Sunny
Fri 24/06 33°/23° 23 km/h 07% Sunny
Sat 25/06 33°/24° 16 km/h 08% Sunny
Sun 26/06 33°/23° 18 km/h 08% Sunny
Mon 27/06 33°/23° 15 km/h 07% Sunny
Tue 28/06 33°/24° 16 km/h 08% Sunny
Wed 29/06 32°/23° 16 km/h 05% Sunny
Thu 30/06 32°/23° 17 km/h 05% Sunny
Fri 01/07 31°/23° 19 km/h 05% Sunny
Maik:
--- Quote ---Pensions to surge by 10pc as workers told to accept a pay cut
Plus: What the pensions triple lock is and how it works
The state pension and benefits are set to rise in line with double-digit inflation, despite the Government telling workers to accept a real terms pay cut....
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/06/21/pensions-get-1000-boost-triple-lock-returns/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Murder suspect arrested in Greece as cocaine cartel smashed
A Merseyside man arrested in Greece after an operation to smash a cocaine trafficking cartel is wanted by police in the UK in connection with an unsolved gangland murder.
Four British men, believed to be aged 38, 45, 48, and 52, from Liverpool and London, were arrested at a fortified rental villa in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki last Thursday (June 9) after a dramatic raid by armed police. The Hellenic Police said a fifth British man is also wanted, but is believed to be overseas.
The ECHO can confirm the 45-year-old man, from Liverpool, is a person of interest in an unsolved murder enquiry in England. Greek media reports describe the case as involving a man being "tortured and set on fire".
The men were arrested over the seizure of 300kg of cocaine stashed in a shipment of bananas, which had been identified in the Italian port of Calabria before being seized in Thessaloniki.
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https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murder-suspect-arrested-greece-cocaine-24286078
Maik:
--- Quote ---Exclusive: Job for Carrie Johnson at Prince William’s Earthshot charity ‘rejected’
An attempt to secure Carrie Johnson a role with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s charity was rejected amid concerns it would be inappropriate for the Prime Minister’s fiancée to work with the royals, The Telegraph can reveal.
Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, approached the Royal Foundation that manages Prince William’s charity work after the birth of the Johnsons’ first child, Wilfred, in April 2020.
The Telegraph understands that Mr Johnson asked his officials to look for a charitable job for his then-fiancée after his original suggestion of giving her a plum government special adviser role was rejected by officials.
One aide suggested that Mrs Johnson instead worked in communications for the Duke and Duchess’s Earthshot Prize, which gives an annual award of £1 million for environmental work.
But after he approached the Foundation, Mr Case was given a “quiet rebuke” and the idea was “kicked into the long grass” after staff said it would be inappropriate for Mrs Johnson to work there because she was engaged to the Prime Minister.
Officials are understood to have said that Mrs Johnson’s relationship would risk undermining the political neutrality of the royals’ work, while the role may also have required her to speak to journalists.
The revelation comes after days of speculation about Mr Johnson’s involvement in his wife’s career – following claims that he tried to appoint her to a £100,000-a-year chief of staff job in the Foreign Office while he was foreign secretary and their relationship was not yet public.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/21/exclusive-attempt-secure-carrie-johnson-role-prince-williams/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Boris Johnson: Lord Geidt ‘believes Carrie job claim ripe for investigation’
Ethics adviser who quit in fury thinks allegation ‘could be a matter for his successor’
Lord Geidt – who sensationally quit as adviser on ministers’ interests last week – reportedly believes the matter of the alleged attempt to find Carrie a role at the Foreign Office could be probed by his replacement.
The ex-ethics watchdog “thinks the incident could be a matter for his successor” and “could be ripe for investigation”, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-carrie-job-lord-geidt-b2105770.html
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