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Secrets of the cat walk: why some pet owners are taking their feline friends out on a leashMore council areas are banning cats from roaming around off-leash and threatening native wildlife, so they are being herded inside. A study has found pet cats kill about 230 million native Australian animals a year. Add in feral cats, and the total is about 1.7 billion native animals. Research suggests cats, wild and domesticated, are responsible for dozens of extinctions, and threaten another 120 species.The RSPCA’s policy is that “a leash and harness may be used to walk cats outside the owner’s property under direct supervision”, but goes on to say: “Despite some owners successfully training their cat to walk on a leash, in general the RSPCA does not recommend it”.
Cats are protected by law and are free to roam meaning they might go into other people's gardens or allotments.
Powerful ‘Trojan horse’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, security researchers sayPowerful spyware used by hackers to snoop on communications and steal data has been found on a device at Downing Street, researchers have said.Specialists at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the notorious “Pegasus” Trojan horse appears to have been used to target both the prime minister’s office and the Foreign Office (FCDO).The researchers said they had identified “multiple suspected instances of Pegasus spyware infections” on devices used by UK government officials.
QuotePowerful ‘Trojan horse’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, security researchers saymmmmm....definitely Pinch of Salt time!"appears to have been used" and "suspected instances" attributed to "specialists in Canada" contradicts the rather assertive "found on a device in Downing Street"However, for the person behind the recent leak of the chancellor's personal tax details, what a useful revelation! 😉
Powerful ‘Trojan horse’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, security researchers saymmmmm....definitely Pinch of Salt time!"appears to have been used" and "suspected instances" attributed to "specialists in Canada" contradicts the rather assertive "found on a device in Downing Street"However, for the person behind the recent leak of the chancellor's personal tax details, what a useful revelation! 😉
Powerful ‘Trojan horse’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, security researchers saymmmmm....definitely Pinch of Salt time!
Russian tanker barred from sailing off EviaA Russian oil tanker was blocked from sailing to its destination by the Hellenic Coast Guard after being intercepted off the coast of the island of Evia on Tuesday.Coast guard officials speaking to Kathimerini said the order to seize the ship was issued by the country’s anti-money laundering authority, according to the guidelines for sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union and NATO over its invasion of Ukraine.
Two Turkish nationals glide their way into GreeceTwo Turkish nationals, aged 32 and 33, made it to Greece using a motorized hang glider, or trike, and are reportedly planning to request asylum.According to a statement by the Hellenic Coast Guard on Monday, the two men took off from the city of Izmir on the Turkish coast, flew 200 kilometers across the Aegean, and fell into the sea area of Bouros Karystos after running out of fuel.Wearing life jackets, they swam toward Evia, where they were located by a coast guard patrol and arrested for illegal entry into the country.
Motorists now able to pay road tax by the monthMotorists who have been unable to pay the annual road tax for their vehicle can now pay in monthly installments, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) announced on Monday.The launch of the myCAR application on the Taxisnet platform is expected to see the return to the roads of many of the 120,000 untaxed vehicles in the country.The application allows motorists to pay as little as one month’s taxation, on the precondition that the car is insured.
Cyprus-Greece passenger ferry to sail off from Limassol in JuneThe first Cyprus-Greece passenger ferry line 22 years after it was abandoned will kick off as early as June from Limassol port, Philenews reported on Tuesday.The maritime link will serve the port of Limassol and that of Piraeus for the transportation of passengers and their vehicles.
Greek Orthodox to Celebrate Saint George’s Day on April 25The annual celebration of Saint George on April 23rd is one of the most important feasts in the Orthodox calendar. Almost all Greek households have someone called Georgios or Georgia among close or distant relatives or friends.However, this year, Saint George’s day coincides with Holy Saturday.According to the Christian calendar, whenever April 23rd is within Lent and therefore during the fasting period, Saint George’s Day is moved to immediately after Easter.
Despite Putin's claims that the West's 'economic blitzkrieg strategy didn't work,' Moscow's mayor says the city is about to lose 200,000 jobsMore than 750 companies have publicly announced that they would cut operations in Russia to some degree since the invasion of Ukraine began, according to the Yale School of Management.Some companies have pledged to continue paying their Russian workers even while shuttered in the country, though it's unclear exactly how long they plan to sustain their support.
Wizz Air nightmare as families dumped 200 miles from London Gatwick and told ‘find your own way home’ at 4amWizz Air passengers have slammed the budget airline for dumping them 200 miles from their scheduled destination and telling them to find their own way home.Flight W95752 had been due to depart Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport at 9.20pm on Sunday, headed for London Gatwick, but was delayed for around three hours, departing shortly after midnight on Monday instead.Before take-off, Wizz Air crew informed passengers that they would be landing at Luton Airport instead of Gatwick, and made them wait an extra hour on the tarmac before departure as they added more fuel for the journey.
Ukraine's largest tour operator Join UP! starts operations in Latvia, Lithuania and EstoniaThe summer flight program will be launched simultaneously in Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius. In the first season with the slogan “Baltics, it’s time to join!” the company offers the following destinations... and the Greek islands - Zakynthos, Crete and Corfu.Tourism operator Join UP! was established in 2010 and in 10 years has become one of the largest players in the tourism market in Ukraine. The partner network of the company in Ukraine includes more than 7,000 travel agents and about 130 agencies. The head office of the company is located in Kyiv. Regional offices are represented in Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Lviv.
QuoteWizz Air nightmare as families dumped 200 miles from London Gatwick and told ‘find your own way home’ at 4amWizz Air passengers have slammed the budget airline for dumping them 200 miles from their scheduled destination and telling them to find their own way home.Flight W95752 had been due to depart Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport at 9.20pm on Sunday, headed for London Gatwick, but was delayed for around three hours, departing shortly after midnight on Monday instead.Before take-off, Wizz Air crew informed passengers that they would be landing at Luton Airport instead of Gatwick, and made them wait an extra hour on the tarmac before departure as they added more fuel for the journey.https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/wizz-air-delay-flight-sheffield-b2060622.htmlThey didn't land in Paradise but at 'London Sheffield' airport (aka Doncaster). https://youtu.be/zaEjIlZsuTg?t=1
Two sanctioned Russian tankers detained in GreeceTwo Russian tankers, including Aframax tanker PEGAS in understood, loaded condition, were detained at Karystos Bay, Petalioi Gulf, Attica, Greece, for reportedly, violation of EU sanctions against Russian ships. The ship’s track and records are rather confused, with prolonged gaps. The tanker was acquired by Russia in 2020, and already twice changed her name – she was PERUN in 2020-2021, and she’s PEGAS since Jun 2021. Understood she sailed from Marmara Turkey, Marmara sea, in early April.VF TANKER 2 left Piraeus on Apr 17, bound for Kavkaz port, Russia, Black sea, but interrupted her voyage and sailed in Karystos Bay, reason unknown.Understood both tankers are detained because of the EU ban on all Russian ships, calling EU ports and even inner waters.All of it is rather confused and unclear, understood the EU States don’t know exactly how to apply sanctions against Russian shipping, and to what extent.
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Greek women confront macho culture fuelling femicidesAs a group of senior Greek coastguard officers sat down for a routine video call last June, the meeting opened with femicide jokes."I told my wife, you better behave or I'm getting a pilot's licence. She froze!" sniggered one officer in a video leaked this month by a local news portal after a Greek helicopter pilot murdered his wife last May."That's the way to teach them, my friend," replied another participant."Didn't all little girls want to marry pilots when they were young?" laughed a third officer.The men were mocking the murder of 20-year-old Briton Caroline Crouch by her Greek husband, Babis Anagnostopoulos, as she slept.For over a month, he tried to present it as a botched burglary before confessing to the crime that sparked outrage in Greece.Crouch's killing was one of dozens of similar cases in Greece in recent years, including the gruesome rape and killing of American scientist Suzanne Eaton on the island of Crete in 2019.On average, Greece records 11 femicides per year, deputy minister for gender equality, Maria Syrengela, told parliament in January.She added that a special hotline for abuse complaints had received nearly 7,000 calls last year.A belated #MeToo awakening in Greece has shed more light on abuse of women in the country.But Greek activists say the conservative country has yet to fully dismantle traditional, patriarchal attitudes that lead to violence against women, while many have called for a separate crime charge for femicide.Macho culture has deep roots in Greece, say Eleftheria Koumandou and Eleonora Orfanidou, co-hosts of an award-winning daily show on Athens 9,84 city radio that regularly addresses social issues including misogyny and homophobia."A young girl (growing up) in Greece has centuries of tradition to deal with," Orfanidou told AFP.