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07/12/22
« on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 02:44:29 »
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


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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 02:51:51 »
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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.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/06/elderly-cancer-patient-broken-hip-forced-wait-seven-hours-rain/

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 03:11:37 »
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Revealed: Second firm pushed by Michelle Mone was secret entity of husband’s office
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?

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 03:20:51 »
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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.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/thousands-of-police-on-street-in-athens-amid-protest-over-2008-shooting

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 12:40:43 »
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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.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/07/sky-express-after-sick-cat/

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 13:13:54 »
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The Craziest Conspiracy Theory In Greece: "Does The City Of Kilkis Really Exist?"

Social media users have concocted the craziest conspiracy theory in Greece and are seemingly unable to give an accurate answer as to whether or not the city of Kilkis actually exists.

No one can know how urban legends and conspiracy theories begin. However, in some strange way they travel by word of mouth and spread very rapidly. Something like this has happened with the city of Kilkis in Macedonia - a city that for many does not exist.

It seems that there are many who believe it and even write it publicly on platforms, such as Reddit or Twitter.

With a simple search for the word "Kilkis" you will find dozens of comments, photos or even videos from users who wonder about the existence of this city, stating that they "have never met anyone from there."
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/07/craziest-conspiracy-theory-greece/

Hm, I've never actually met Bryan.....  :hmm:


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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 13:34:42 »
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German police arrest far-right extremists ‘plotting to overthrow state’
Those arrested have the ‘goal of overturning the existing state order in Germany’, say officials

German police have arrested 25 suspected far-right extremists allegedly plotting to overthrow the state in an armed coup.

About 30,000 police carried out a series of raids across Germany on Wednesday and arrested members of a group called the Reich Citizen movement.

Federal prosecutors said 22 German citizens were detained on suspicion of “membership in a terrorist organisation”, and three people, including a Russian citizen, are suspected of supporting the group.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-coup-state-police-raids-b2240446.html

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 13:37:36 »
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Raheem Sterling: Arrests made after England star's break-in
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-63888941

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 13:57:05 »
Just wondering... most household burglaries don't merit a police officer visiting the property, never  mind an investigation. Hens' teeth are more common that arrests. Different rules apply?

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 13:59:03 »
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Return of Elgin Marbles to Greece would be a ‘dangerous and slippery road’, warns Culture Secretary
Michelle Donelan says Britain has acted as a ‘custodian’ of disputed objects and ‘once you start giving one back, where does that end?’

She added that in some cases it was “very difficult to know who to give these things back to”.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/06/return-elgin-marbles-greece-would-dangerous-slippery-road-warns/



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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 14:03:09 »
Rural doctor service available between10:00-13:00 tomorrow, Thursday, 08 December, in Keramies.

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 15:56:05 »
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The Craziest Conspiracy Theory In Greece: "Does The City Of Kilkis Really Exist?"

Hm, I've never actually met Bryan.....  :hmm:

I am just a figment of my own imagination, Maik...!!  I can confirm that Kilkis does indeed exist.  And I know hundreds of people from here.  What the youngsters in the video say about the Mayor of Kilkis speaks volumes about the abysmal quality of the mayors we have had here for decades, and what they say about the standard of the streets is also true.  The pavements are so shot to bits by cars parking on them and the weight breaking the slabs that if you walk on them after rain you repeatedly get a jet of muddy water up your trousers/skirt as far as your crotch...  Either that or you trip over and fracture your arm, as my ex-wife did.  Heigh-ho.  But, yessirree, Kilkis does exist!!!  :lol:


Edit: BBC (code) amended ... don't get excited, expat, nowt to do with your favourite TV & radio station.
« Last Edit: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 23:42:16 by Maik »

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 16:15:29 »
Raheem Sterling: Arrests made after England star's break-in
Never believe anything the biased broadcasting company says! :oki:
not linked
« Last Edit: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 16:17:42 by expat »

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 19:21:49 »


A Greek airforce C130 Hercules transporter was unable to land at Kef airport last night due to adverse weather conditions, a replacement aircraft around midday today picked up an intubated patient of Argostoli hospital and transferred him to Corfu for treatment.

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 19:33:49 »
The pavements are so shot to bits by cars parking on them and the weight breaking the slabs that if you walk on them after rain you repeatedly get a jet of muddy water up your trousers/skirt as far as your crotch...  Either that or you trip over and fracture your arm, as my ex-wife did.

Not just a problem in Kilkis, vigilantes targetted pavement parked cars in a Manchester suburb:

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A mum and her son have been left 'traumatised' after vandals spray painted the word 'MOVE' across her car and smashed the windows in a parking row.

The Nissan Pixo also had its tyres deflated while it was parked near to her Leigh home in the early hours of Monday morning.

A Ford Fiesta was also targeted by the rampaging thugs who damaged windows, let down tyres and daubed the word 'MOVE' across three vehicles in bright yellow paint.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-son-traumatised-after-nissan-25679422


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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday, 07 December, 2022 @ 19:42:39 »
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Border Force staff at airports to strike over Christmas

Border Force staff are going on strike for eight days over Christmas at Heathrow, Gatwick and several other airports, the PCS union has announced.

About 75% of passport control staff are PCS members - and Heathrow has warned checks may take longer on strike days.

Thousands of other civil servants - including driving test examiners - will also be taking industrial action.

PCS boss Mark Serwotka said the strikes would "escalate" unless the government "put money on the table now".

Strikes at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Highways Agency have already been announced.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63893115

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Re: 07/12/22
« Reply #16 on: Thursday, 08 December, 2022 @ 14:19:42 »
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Border Force staff at airports to strike over Christmas

Border Force staff are going on strike....Gatwick

The absence of an over excited and wildly gesticulating man by the bio passport machines, screaming at the top of his voice, "try agin, no no NO!, TRY AGIN. udderway UDDERWAY, next, NEXT!! over there, over there, THERE" would be welcome