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Offline Maik

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31/12/15
« on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 02:04:53 »
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House price drop second to worst in the world

Greece has the unenviable distinction of having the second to worst performing residential property market in the world this year, according to data up to the end of September.

A Global Property Guide survey shows that the annual price decline in Greece came to 6.03 percent.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/204713/article/ekathimerini/business/house-price-drop-second-to-worst-in-the-world

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 09:36:03 »
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Parents of nine-year-old boy killed in Zante hope 2016 is the year they get justice for their son
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Parents-year-old-boy-killed-Zante-hope-2016-year/story-28442290-detail/story.html

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 10:07:02 »



Looks like www.bbc.com is down this morning, can get the home page (only) of www.bbc.co.uk

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 13:30:35 »



Looks like www.bbc.com is down this morning, can get the home page (only) of www.bbc.co.uk

Web attack knocks BBC websites offline...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35204915

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 14:13:25 »
At the moment bbc.co.uk is re-directing to bbc.com, and I'm having to refresh the page to get that.

Bit of (probably totally unrelated) BBC news in this report from the Guardian:

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BBC hit by widespread outages taking website and iPlayer offline

The BBC is in the process of migrating more and more of its traditional services to its website, including BBC3, which will become online only from February.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/31/bbc-suffers-widespread-outages-taking-website-and-iplayer-offline

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #5 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 15:06:44 »
Kef iKTEO seem to be in a very generous spirit (or urgently need to visit an optician)  ;)

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Re: 31/12/15
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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #7 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 15:20:42 »
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Ioannina treasurer gets life term for fund theft

A criminal court on Wednesday handed down a life sentence to the former treasurer of the Municipality of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece, after finding him guilty of embezzling 1.3 million euros from city coffers.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/204693/article/ekathimerini/news/ioannina-treasurer-gets-life-term-for-fund-theft

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #8 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 16:47:12 »
Bit of life in Katelios on Boxing Day evening


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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #9 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 20:37:23 »
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Man who threw dog off bridge brought to justice by online viewers
A Lithuanian man who threw a dog off a bridge has been hunted down by animal lovers who watched a video of the crime that the man posted online.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/lithuania/6607682/Man-who-threw-dog-off-bridge-brought-to-justice-by-online-viewers.html

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #10 on: Thursday, 31 December, 2015 @ 20:49:59 »

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #11 on: Saturday, 02 January, 2016 @ 13:38:52 »
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The 10 Most Spectacular Lies and Backflips in Greek Politics in 2015
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/12/31/the-10-most-spectacular-lies-and-backflips-in-greek-politics-in-2015/

How different it all looked a year ago...  :(

Tony

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Re: 31/12/15
« Reply #12 on: Sunday, 03 January, 2016 @ 18:53:59 »
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Ioannina treasurer gets life term for fund theft

A criminal court on Wednesday handed down a life sentence to the former treasurer of the Municipality of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece, after finding him guilty of embezzling 1.3 million euros from city coffers.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/204693/article/ekathimerini/news/ioannina-treasurer-gets-life-term-for-fund-theft
Glad to see the fine old traditions of Greek local government are still being upheld.  ;)   And he got a fair whack for it.   :btu:

Tony