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24/06/22
Maik:
Kef fire risk 24/06/22: Medium
Forty nine new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kefalonia yesterday by EODY, six on Ithaka
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8839 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0808 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1313 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9252 €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
Fri 24/06 31°/23° 23 km/h 02% Sunny
Sat 25/06 31°/23° 13 km/h 07% Sunny
Sun 26/06 32°/23° 21 km/h 08% Sunny
Mon 27/06 31°/23° 16 km/h 07% Sunny
Tue 28/06 31°/23° 15 km/h 10% Sunny
Wed 29/06 30°/23° 15 km/h 10% Sunny
Thu 30/06 31°/23° 17 km/h 08% Sunny
Fri 01/07 31°/23° 17 km/h 04% Sunny
Sat 02/07 32°/23° 17 km/h 04% Sunny
Sun 03/07 31°/23° 19 km/h 03% Sunny
Maik:
--- Quote ---Turtles have discovered how to switch off ageing process, scientists find
Turtles have managed to slow down and even completely switch off the ageing process, according to two new studies which subvert the notion of ageing as an inescapable fate.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/turtles-switch-off-ageing-b2108123.html
Maik:
--- Quote ---Greece Can’t Get Tourism Workers? Pay Them More, Says Mitsotakis
With a shortage of some 55,000 workers in Greece’s again-booming tourism industry even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the answer for the sector is to pay them better.
While hotels, bars, taverns and spin-offs in tourism are raking in the cash again, including scamming visitors on Mykonos where a bottle of champagne can cost 1,000 euros ($1,049) some workers there slept in their cars because they were being put up in filthy, unihabitable rooms and relying on tips.
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https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-cant-get-tourism-workers-pay-them-more-says-mitsotakis/
They're lucky if the proprietor passes the tips to them.
Maik:
Body of a 75 y-o Greek national recovered from the sea at Koropi, Pelion, yesterday morning.
Body of an 87 y-o Greek female recovered from the sea yesterday at Sounion, Attika.
Body of a 92 y-o Greek national recovered from the sea yesterday at Kechria, Corinth.
A sea turtle was found dead yesterday at the Nautical Club of Thessaloniki.
Also yesterday, a dolphin was found dead in the sea at Lampi, Kos.
Salamina Port Authority officers yesterday morning arrested a 66 y-o Greek who had been seen wandering around with a dead cat which he then dismembered in public. When approached an escape was attempted unsuccessfully. Another dead animal was found in his vehicle. Remains being examined by Veterinary Service to determine causes of death.
Maik:
--- Quote ---Rail workers and what they earn: who are the real fat cats?
As government says striking rail workers are well paid, we look at industry salaries from cleaning staff to chief executives
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/23/railworkers-and-what-they-earn-who-are-the-real-fat-cats
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