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About 14% of country under snowAbout 14 percent of the country’s land surface was covered in snow on Sunday, the National Observatory of Athens’ Meteo weather service has reported.
Award for Nottinghamshire girl who gave mum CPR after calling 999A four-year old girl who called 999 after her mum collapsed and carried out lifesaving treatment while waiting for an ambulance to arrive has been given an award.Daisy Hamer followed instructions from a call handler to successfully perform CPR when mum Aimee stopped breathing.
Missing black terrier found in Sussex woods after six years survived on badger foodA rescue dog missing for six years has been found in a woods in Sussex after managing to survive on badger food.Rosie, known as the local stray, ran away from her family after 24 hours in March 2017. Her family shared flyers and Facebook appeals.Due to a change in circumstance, Rosie's family are not able to take her back, so she will be going into rescue again.
Colorado Supreme Court removes Donald Trump from 2024 ballot in shock decisionThe Colorado Supreme Court declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the US Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot.The move sets up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race.
Entrance Fees to Ancient Greek Sites, Museums to Go up as of April 1, 2024The Central Archaeological Council on Tuesday unanimously approved new entrance fees to archaeological sites and museums in Greece that raise prices, abolish unified tickets for multiple sites, and reduce ticket categories to five levels.Adjusted prices will be introduced in two phases, the first one starting on April 1, 2024 and the second one on April 1, 2025.The five new categories of ticketing are as follows:A. Acropolis of Athens, 30 eurosB. Archaeological sites and museums (over 200,000 visitors), 20 eurosC. Archaeological sites and museums (75,000-200,000 visitors), 15 eurosD. Archaeological sites and museums (15,000-75,000 visitors), 10 eurosE. Archaeological sites and museums (under 15,000 visitors), 5 eurosThese ticket prices will be in effect regardless of season, as lower winter prices are abolished.
Greece Will Keep Anti-Profiteering Law to Stop Food Price GougingAn anti-gouging law aimed at preventing companies from profiteering off high food prices in Greece will continue in 2024 as surveys show high prices are a major issue for consumers and the New Democracy government.Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said it’s part of the aim “to provide the tools to control phenomena of profiteering,” after Greece has fined some multinationals for unfairly high prices in supermarkets.
Int’l Arrivals to Greece Continue to Boost Regional Airport TrafficEfforts to extend the tourist season are paying off according passenger traffic data presented this week by Fraport Greece, the managing company of the country’s 14 regional airports.More specifically, the Greece’s 14 regional airports – Aktio, Chania, Corfu, Kavala, Kefalonia, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos, Kos, Mytilini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, and Skiathos – handled a total of 1.02 million passengers in November marking 17 percent rise over the same month a year ago.Overall, forecasts see passenger traffic reaching 33.8 million by the end of the year compared to 31.2 million in 2022 and 30.2 million in pre-pandemic 2019.The only airports that failed to meet the mark were those of Mykonos and Santorini.
Woman throws dog off two-storey roofDisturbing CCTV shows Amy Judge throwing her small 10-year-old Maltese/shih-tzu off a 30-foot high ledgeAn Australian woman who was caught on camera throwing her dog off the roof of a two-storey carpark has been jailed for her ‘‘callous and cruel’’ crime.Princess the 10-year-old Maltese/shih-tzu cross was found on the ground near a Westfield shopping centre in Perth, Western Australia, by a member of the public who assumed the dog had been hit by a car.The dog was rushed to a nearby vet who phoned read the pet’s microchip and called the owner, Amy Lea Judge, and her boyfriend, Scott Frost. When the couple arrived at the clinic to discuss the dog’s injuries and costs involved in treatment, they opted for the dog to be euthanised.Footage later obtained by police and animal welfare investigators showed Judge had actually hurled Princess off a roof, a height of almost 30 feet, during an argument with Frost.
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 Wi-Fi issues, asks for user feedbackUntil a fix is available, customers are advised to uninstall the buggy Windows 11 updates on all affected systems as a temporary solution.To uninstall KB5033375 and KB50532288, you need to follow this procedure: Open the Windows start menu, search for "Windows Update," then go to Update history > Uninstall updates On the list of installed updates, select KB5033375 (or KB50532288), and then click the Uninstall button next to it. After the update is uninstalled, restart the computer.After uninstalling, use the 'Show or Hide Updates' troubleshooter to prevent the update from reappearing as an available update from Windows Update.
5 arrests in Athens brothels during checks on human traffickingSpecial checks were carried out at noon on Tuesday in the centre of Athens by the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Human Trafficking of Attica Police.According to the police: “In particular, checks were carried out at two brothels to identify victims of human trafficking and check the legality of their operation, during which a total of five women were arrested.”
UK inflation falls sharply as fuel prices dropUK inflation has fallen to its lowest level for more than two years, driven largely by a drop in fuel prices.Prices rose by 3.9% in the year to November, down from 4.6% in October.Slowing price rises for food, including staples such as pasta, milk and butter, as well as for household goods were also behind the fall.But while inflation, which is the rate prices rise at, is now well down from its peak in 2022, it is still almost double the Bank of England's 2% target.Falling inflation also does not mean most goods and services are cheaper, but rather prices are rising less quickly.