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18/09/21
« on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 02:28:24 »
Six new coronavirus cases on Kef yesterday, as announced by EODY.

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Re: 18/09/21
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 02:32:38 »
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UK travel update: Amber list scrapped in overhaul of travel rules in England

The international travel traffic light system is being simplified in England with a single red list, as part of an overhaul of the rules from 4 October.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps also said eight countries would be taken off the red list from Wednesday.

It means people returning from places such as Turkey will no longer have to stay in hotel quarantine.

And PCR tests will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers returning to England.

Under the new testing regime, people who have had both jabs will not need to take a pre-departure test before leaving any country not on the red list.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58602481

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Re: 18/09/21
« Reply #2 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 07:41:36 »
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Mosquitoes sucked up by traps that mimic breathing

More than 300 mosquito-catching machines have been deployed in the French town of Hyères after the insects started to affect tourism.

The Qista machines mimic human breathing to lure in the mosquitoes and trap them in a net.

Qista says the devices reduce the prevalence of mosquitoes by about 80%.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-58598292

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Re: 18/09/21
« Reply #3 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 15:39:48 »
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Greece's Young Can't Find Affordable Housing, Airbnb Jacks Up Rents

Rents pushed up by short-term rental platforms and no real government policies to help them are making it almost impossible for Greece's young – a third of whom are jobless – to find affordable housing.

That was the finding of an urban planner and housing issue researcher Dimitra Siatitsa for a postdoctoral dissertation at the University of Crete, who also cited a lack of regulations in the real estate market, said Kathimerini.
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece_s_young_can_t_find_affordable_housing_airbnb_jacks_up_rents

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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 15:42:11 »
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‘Dystopian nightmare’: New camp for asylum seekers in Greece condemned
Centre is one of a number being set up across Aegean islands

Campaigners have slammed the “prison-like” conditions of a new asylum seeker centre in Greece.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/asylum-seeker-centre-greece-samos-b1922181.html

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 15:45:48 »
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Extreme heat ravages Greece's mussel harvest

Fisherman Stefanos Sougioultzis cracks open the mussels he cultivated in Greece's Aegean Sea only to find scores of empty shells. After a summer of scorching heat and warming waters, it was "as if they boiled in their own environment", he says.

"Twenty-five years in mussel farming, we did not expect - we could not imagine - this," Sougioultzis said aboard his boat in the Thermaic Gulf near Thessaloniki in northern Greece, the country's main mussel producing region.

Local authorities say about 50% of this year's production was destroyed as Greece faced its worst heatwave in decades. About 90% of the baby mussel seed that would grow into next year's production also died.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/extreme-heat-ravages-greeces-mussel-harvest-2021-09-17/

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Re: 18/09/21
« Reply #6 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 15:53:43 »
Unconfirmed: a 71 y-o British national jumped from the window of his accommodation in Livadi, killing himself on impact. Believed a note was found at the address.

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Re: 18/09/21
« Reply #7 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 15:56:00 »
Female patient at Argostoli hospital airlifted to Athens in the early hours of this morning.

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Re: 18/09/21
« Reply #8 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 16:01:04 »
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Killings of endangered animals spark outrage

The fatal shooting of two endangered animals, a female brown bear in Prespes, northern Greece, and a lesser spotted eagle in southern Crete, has provoked an angry reaction from environmental organizations, who are calling on the authorities to identify and punish the perpetrators.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1168018/killings-of-endangered-animals-spark-outrage/

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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 16:03:30 »
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Transactions with local tax offices slashed
New digital platform launched Thursday expected to save around 2 million hours per year

Taxpayers will need to pay far fewer visits to their local tax offices as about 250 transactions will now be made through the new myAADE platform which was launched on gov.gr Thursday, replacing the well-known Taxisnet portal that opened in 1997.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1168029/transactions-with-local-tax-offices-slashed/

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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 16:12:33 »
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Half-term holiday bookings jump 200% after England travel rules change
Thomas Cook says it expects a busy weekend for bookings as people take advantage of simplified travel rules
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/18/half-term-holiday-bookings-jump-200-per-cent-after-england-travel-rules-change