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30/01/23
Maik:
--- Quote ---Traditional Greek Handicrafts Get their Own Museum
raditional Greek handicrafts will get their own museum in Athens, the Ministry of Culture announced on Monday.
The museum will be hosted at the historical building of the printing and dyeing workshop “Hellenic Handkerchief Industry (BEM)” in Metaxourgeio, near the center of Athens, which is now in the process of restoration for its conversion.
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https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/30/traditional-greek-handicrafts-museum/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Conviction upheld for man who shot neighbοr over loud music
An appeal court in Thessaloniki on Monday upheld a prior prison sentence handed to a 40-year-old man who shot dead his neighbor after the victim complained about loud music.
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1203484/conviction-upheld-for-man-who-shot-neighbour-over-loud-music/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Best Greek cookbooks for delicious traditional recipes
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https://www.standard.co.uk/shopping/esbest/food-drink/cookbooks/best-greek-cookbooks-b1020861.html
Quite a few to go at, few inexpensive.
Maik:
--- Quote ---Acoustic Kitty
A report from 1967 shows that the CIA spent millions of dollars in an attempt to train domesticated cats to spy on the Soviet Union. Yes, you read that correctly. Nicknamed Acoustic Kitty, the program involved implanting electronic spying equipment into live cats and then training them to "eavesdrop" on unsuspecting Cold War rivals.
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https://www.livescience.com/declassified-military-secrets
There's more in this article on howstuffworks.com
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Maik:
--- Quote ---Trapped one-eyed seal who gorged on fish while in lake dies during rescue attempt
The injured mammal was tranquillised successfully but ‘complications‘ meant the rescue team were unable to remove it from the reservoir
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/30/trapped-one-eyed-seal-who-gorged-fish-lake-dies-rescue-attempt/
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