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18/04/22
« on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 02:57:25 »
Sixteen new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kefalonia yesterday by EODY, one on Ithaka

Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8578 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.1151 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1658 €UR
$1 USD = 0.8968 €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
Mon 18/04   15°/10°   18 km/h   97%   Rain probable
Tue 19/04   16°/11°   25 km/h   14%   Mostly sunny, breezy
Wed 20/04   17°/12°   19 km/h   03%   Mostly sunny
Thu 21/04   19°/15°   26 km/h   08%   Mostly cloudy, breezy
Fri 22/04   20°/13°   28 km/h   24%   Mostly sunny, breezy
Sat 23/04   19°/13°   17 km/h   35%   Showers possible early
Sun 24/04   21°/14°   15 km/h   10%   Mostly sunny
Mon 25/04   21°/14°   15 km/h   10%   Mostly sunny
Tue 26/04   21°/15°   16 km/h   05%   Mostly sunny
Wed 27/04   22°/15°   15 km/h   05%   Mostly sunny



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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #1 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 03:08:03 »
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Tory MP accuses archbishop of ‘wanting to live with law-breaking’ after Rwanda asylum criticism
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/justin-welby-rwanda-conservative-mp-speech-b2059645.html

"Wanting to live with law breaking". A bit rich as BoJo is still Prime Minister.


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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #2 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 03:12:02 »
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Boris Johnson accused of ‘instigating’ Downing Street lockdown party

“This wasn’t a leaving drinks – until the Prime Minister arrived,” a source told The Sunday Times.

“This was the usual press office Friday evening wash-up drinks.

“Boris came fumbling over, red box in tow, and he gathered the staff around the press office table, which did have bottles of alcohol on it.

“He said he wanted to say a few words for Lee and started pouring drinks for people and drinking himself.

“He toasted him.”

A photographer was reportedly present throughout the event, and took pictures of Mr Johnson.

“It was in Downing Street, people around the table, and there was loads of alcohol. If you put that picture on the front pages, I think a lot of people, MPs, who have priced a lot of stuff in will not have priced that in, because it looks like a massive p----up.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/17/boris-johnson-accused-instigating-downing-street-lockdown-party/


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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #3 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 03:15:31 »
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The German tycoons who got fat on the Nazi killing machine
After reading David de Jong's Nazi Billonaires, you will never again buy a Volkswagen, a Dr Oetker pizza or Allianz insurance without unease

After his men discovered the charred and bullet-ridden bodies of a thousand slave labourers murdered near the northern German town of Gardelegen in April 1945, US Army colonel George Lynch called the residents to a meeting. “Some will say the Nazis were responsible for this crime. Others will point to the Gestapo. The responsibility rests with neither – it is the responsibility of the German people,” he told them. “Your so-called master race has demonstrated that it is master only of crime, cruelty and sadism. You have lost the respect of the civilised world.”...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/german-tycoons-got-fat-nazi-killing-machine/

History repeats itself?


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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #4 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 11:16:16 »
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The Oldest Wine in Europe Has Been Discovered in Greece

The oldest wine in Europe was discovered recently in ancient Philippi of northern Greece, the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki announced.

The University presented research that indicates that the production and drinking of wine in Europe originates from prehistoric Greece.

Thousands of ancient grape seeds and pomace were found in ancient Philippi house whose contents were preserved in a fire that occurred in 4300 B.C..
https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/17/oldest-wine-europe-ancient-greece/


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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #5 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 11:22:07 »
Dredging to remove all the mud washed down is various recent storms started recently in Agia Efimia.

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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #6 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 20:10:56 »
Mains power down in Poros, Riza, Atros and Tzannata between 09:00-13:00 tomorrow, Tuesday, 19/04/22 due to essential maintenance work.

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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #7 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 20:16:56 »
Today's covid count on Kef/Ithaka: 8/3

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Re: 18/04/22
« Reply #9 on: Monday, 18 April, 2022 @ 23:14:49 »
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Cristiano Ronaldo and partner announce with 'deepest sadness' death of twin baby boy as sister born
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-04-18/ronaldo-announces-death-of-twin-baby-boy-as-partner-gives-birth-to-girl