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Offline Maik

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29/06/17
« on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 02:16:32 »
A stranded Polish tourist and a Greek rescuer were airlifted by Naval helicopter from an inaccessible hillside above Assos yesterday afternoon. Tourist taken to Argostoli hospital for medical attention.

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Re: 29/06/17
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 02:20:53 »
The Harakas bridge will be closed today from 09:30-13:00, diversion in place. Probably to do with the belated official opening, which local residents are boycotting.

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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 13:30:13 »
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Landmark high court ruling mandates 5-year statute of limitation for most tax cases; govt angered

Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council on State (CoS), issued a landmark decision on Wednesday essentially mandating a five-year statute of limitation on audits, probes and investigations regarding tax cases and indictments.

Beyond the legal parameters of the ruling, the political impact was also huge, given that the current leftist-rightist coalition government had rode to power in 2015, in part, on a promise to extensively investigate, indict and collect hefty fines from convicted tax evaders detected on a handful of eponymous lists of Greek citizens with overseas bank accounts.

The crux of the CoE’s decision is that successive extensions of deadlines to delay the expiration of the statute of limitation are unconstitutional. A majority of CoS justices maintained that current digital technology and communication can detect transnational tax evasion much faster and effectively than in previous years.
http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1253355/landmark-high-court-ruling-mandates-5-year-statute-of-limitation-for-most-tax-cases-govt-angered

A crime is not a crime if you can get away with it for five years?  :hmm:

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Re: 29/06/17
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 14:50:52 »
A stranded Polish tourist and a Greek rescuer were airlifted by Naval helicopter from an inaccessible hillside above Assos yesterday afternoon. Tourist taken to Argostoli hospital for medical attention.

The cost of this operation was in excess of €30,000, to rescue a climber who was allegedly drunk.
« Last Edit: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 14:52:38 by Jolly Roger »

Offline Maik

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Re: 29/06/17
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 17:25:34 »
I have visions of the bloke on a rope taking a breathalyser down with him and being winched back up alone if the poor guy tested positive for alcohol!

Anyway, moving swiftly on...

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Greek Marinas Association Prepares Action Plan

Aiming to tap into new markets, the Greek Marinas Association (GMA) said this week that it is preparing a two-year action plan for sailing tourism and the promotion of marina industry activities.

The goal of the project, to be completed within the year, is to create a detailed and cost-effective strategy focusing on priority areas including research and evaluation of tourism data, product development, experience planning, promotion and strategic partnerships towards attracting travelers seeking marine recreation experiences to Greece.
http://news.gtp.gr/2017/06/28/greek-marinas-association-prepares-action-plan/

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Re: 29/06/17
« Reply #5 on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 19:42:07 »
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More than 50,000 Britons with 'metal on metal' hips recalled for X-rays and blood tests over toxic fears
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/29/50000-britons-metal-metal-hips-face-x-rays-blood-tests-toxic/

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Re: 29/06/17
« Reply #6 on: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 @ 23:41:01 »
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Boy, 11, gets higher IQ test score than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking

An 11-year-old boy has scored higher in an IQ test than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

The so-called genius benchmark is set at 140 and Arnav Sharma gained a score of 162 - the maximum possible result you can achieve on the paper.

It is a whole two points higher than German-born theoretical physicist Einstein and celebrated cosmologist Hawking.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boy-iq-test-score-albert-einstein-stephen-hawking-11-year-old-arnav-sharma-a7814946.html

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Re: 29/06/17
« Reply #7 on: Friday, 30 June, 2017 @ 11:42:49 »
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Boy, 11, gets higher IQ test score than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking

An 11-year-old boy has scored higher in an IQ test than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

The so-called genius benchmark is set at 140 and Arnav Sharma gained a score of 162 - the maximum possible result you can achieve on the paper.

It is a whole two points higher than German-born theoretical physicist Einstein and celebrated cosmologist Hawking.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boy-iq-test-score-albert-einstein-stephen-hawking-11-year-old-arnav-sharma-a7814946.html

Did Einstein and Hawking take the same IQ test?  Unlikely, I think.