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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Thursday, 15 September, 2022 @ 00:25:27
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Kef fire risk 15/09/22: Medium (https://www.civilprotection.gr/el/imerisios-hartis-provlepsis-kindynoy-pyrkagias-15092022)
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8909 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0290 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1225 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9718 €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 (https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money).
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 (https://weather.com/en-IE/weather/tenday/l/GRXX0035:1:GR)
Day, Date Hi°/Lo° Wind sp Wet Forecast
Thu 15/09 28°/21° 16 km/h 07% Sunny
Fri 16/09 28°/22° 16 km/h 12% Sun & cloud
Sat 17/09 28°/21° 19 km/h 23% Sun & cloud
Sun 18/09 25°/18° 31 km/h 68% Thunderstorms probable
Mon 19/09 25°/19° 20 km/h 01% Sunny
Tue 20/09 25°/19° 16 km/h 78% Thunderstorms probable
Wed 21/09 24°/18° 21 km/h 49% Showers possible
Thu 22/09 23°/17° 16 km/h 20% Sun & cloud
Fri 23/09 22°/17° 16 km/h 36% Showers possible
Sat 24/09 23°/17° 21 km/h 09% Mostly sunny
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Body of an 89 y-o Greek female recovered midday yesterday from Pili beach, Evia.
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Two 78 y-o locals in need of urgent medical attention transferred by coast guard from Vathi to Sami midday yesterday.
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Greece announce squad for first-ever Rugby League World Cup
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/greece-squad-for-first-ever-rugby-league-world-cup/
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Greece announce squad for first-ever Rugby League World Cup
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/greece-squad-for-first-ever-rugby-league-world-cup/
Have they got any boots? :lol:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qcu7KEJulA
https://youtu.be/1Qcu7KEJulA?t=1
That's the Polish flagged Gold Lady burning off Katelios yesterday. Two occupants picked up by the Altebaran and taken to Katelios fishing shelter and then on to hospital in Argostoli as a precautionary measure. Boat sank, no marine pollution observed.
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Body of an 80 y-o Greek male recovered midday yesterday from the sea off Bati beach, Palaio Faliro, Attica.
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New Zealand bodies in suitcase: Woman arrested in S Korea over children's deaths
South Korean police say they have arrested a woman accused of murdering her two children who were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month.
In a case that shocked the country, the bodies were discovered by strangers who had bought the abandoned suitcases from a storage unit in Auckland.
The bodies were believed to have been stored for a few years. Korean police said the victims were aged 7 and 10.
New Zealand has applied for the woman's extradition from South Korea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62910524
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Medium risk of bush fire on Kef tomorrow, according to civilprotection.gr (https://www.civilprotection.gr/el/imerisios-hartis-provlepsis-kindynoy-pyrkagias-16092022)
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Due to the GeoPark road race on Sunday, 18/09/22, some roads in Argostoli will be temporarily closed between 18:30-20:45:
Rizospaston from I. Momferatou, along Hellinikon Erythrou Stavrou and 'Gyros Lassi' to Agioi Theodoros lighthouse.
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The mystery of France's 'Stonehenge'
Built 1,000 years before the famed English site, the Alignements de Carnac's 3,000 perfectly aligned stones continue to baffle historians.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220914-carnac-alignments-brittanys-mysterious-standing-stones