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07/12/22
Maik:
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8876 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0832 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1266 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9232 €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 07/12 17°/14° 15 km/h 86% Rain probable
Thu 08/12 19°/14° 14 km/h 71% Thunderstorms probable
Fri 09/12 19°/16° 15 km/h 12% Mostly cloudy
Sat 10/12 20°/15° 27 km/h 78% Light rain probable
Sun 11/12 18°/13° 31 km/h 92% Thunderstorms probable
Mon 12/12 16°/11° 21 km/h 33% Showers possible
Tue 13/12 15°/11° 18 km/h 61% Showers probable
Wed 14/12 17°/13° 19 km/h 63% Light rain probable
Thu 15/12 18°/15° 19 km/h 60% Thunderstorms probable
Fri 16/12 19°/14° 23 km/h 60% Thunderstorms probable
Maik:
--- Quote ---Elderly cancer patient with broken hip forced to wait seven hours in rain for ambulance
Keith Royles (85) was covered with a tarpaulin and an umbrella placed over his head during the agonising wait
An 85-year-old cancer patient was forced to wait for seven hours in the rain for an ambulance despite living just yards from a hospital.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/06/elderly-cancer-patient-broken-hip-forced-wait-seven-hours-rain/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Revealed: Second firm pushed by Michelle Mone was secret entity of husband’s office
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/06/revealed-second-firm-pushed-by-michelle-mone-was-secret-entity-of-husbands-office
Long read. Basically: the Guardian has evidence that Mone lobbed ferociously in favour of contracts worth £200m being awarded to two firms set up to benefit her husband, Douglas Barrowman, and family.
Barrowman was paid at least £65m in profits from PPE Medpro in September 2020, and then distributed the funds through a series of offshore accounts, trusts and companies.
One of the recipients, bank records indicate, was a trust of which Mone and her adult children were the beneficiaries. It received £29m in funds originating from PPE Medpro profits in October 2020.
Hm, there's a world wide disaster happening, how can we make a killing out of it?
Maik:
--- Quote ---Thousands take to streets in Greece in protest over 2008 shooting of teenager
Police tactics again in spotlight after shooting of Romany boy on eve of annual march for Alexis Grigoropoulos
Thousands of people have joined protests in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities to commemorate the fatal police shooting of a teenager, hours after violence erupted over a similar incident in the north of the country.
The victim, identified as Kostas Frangoulis, 16, a member of the Roma community in Thessaloniki, was severely wounded as he was pursued by a mechanised police division after allegedly failing to pay a €20 (£17) fuel bill at a petrol station.
The incident came on the eve of the anniversary of the death of Alexis Grigoropoulos – a teenager killed in 2008 by an officer in Athens’ Exarchia district – and once again cast a spotlight on the tactics of a police force frequently criticised for its heavy-handedness and brutality. The controversial circumstances of Grigoropoulos’s death unleashed the worst riots in decades nationwide.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/thousands-of-police-on-street-in-athens-amid-protest-over-2008-shooting
Maik:
--- Quote ---Sky Express after cat denied boarding: "Incident under investigation; we will work with animal welfare organisations"
Sky Express issued a statement after the incident with a passenger and the owner of a sick cat who was not allowed to board the aircraft with her pet on the flight from Athens to Heraklion, Crete.
With a long text, Katerina Tsoukala criticised the intransigent attitude of an employee due to her refusal to let her travel with the car. The Sky Express employee even went so far as to ask her for a vet's certificate to make sure her pet's cancer is not contagious...
"The specific incident is already being investigated, and if it is established that some employees did not act in accordance with the prescribed safety regulations but also with the culture and values of our company, the necessary actions will be taken," reads the Sky Express announcement.
"This year more than 11,000 pets traveled with our company with care and safety," it stated.
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https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/07/sky-express-after-sick-cat/
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