18/11/16

[Maik]

Could affect quite a few locals: the road between Agios Yeorgios - Agios Nikloaos will be closed for "technical work" until 30/11/16. No start date given, presumably it was from today as rarely is any advance notice given. Suggests (to me) access into Poros via Ag. Eirini and Tzannata will be blocked.

[Maik]

Tax Evasion In Greece Remains High

http://www.tax-news.com/news/Tax_Evasion_In_Greece_Remains_High____72774.html

[Maik]

Argostoli police on Monday arrested a 26 y-o 'local' for possession of a small amount of cannabis

[Maik]

Greeks have no trust in media

Just 26 percent of Greeks believe the country’s national media is trustworthy, according to a Eurobarometer survey for 2016, which also said that only 53 percent of EU country citizens believe the same.

The EC report titled “2016 Eurobarometer Survey on Media Pluralism and Democracy” suggested that 87 percent of Greeks and 57 percent of Europeans do not believe that their national media are free of political and commercial pressures.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/213837/article/ekathimerini/news/greeks-have-no-trust-in-media

[Maik]

Scots and Welsh can have say in Brexit court case

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38027230

[Maik]

Buckingham Palace to get £369m refurbishment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38025513

[Maik]

Three Mobile hack: how to protect yourself if you've been affected

Three has suffered a massive data breach in which the personal information and contact details of millions of customers could have been accessed. It is believed to one of the largest hacks of its kind to affect people living in Britain. 

Here's everything you need to know about the hack.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/11/17/three-hack-how-to-protect-yourself-if-youve-been-affected/