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Hedgehog sign warns drivers of small wildlife hazardsNew signs featuring a picture of a hedgehog are to appear on UK roads to warn motorists of potential hazards caused by the spiny creatures and other small wildlife.They will be placed in areas with large numbers of animals such as hedgehogs, otters, squirrels and badgers.Current signs focus on smaller species such as toads, or deer and livestock.The Department for Transport says it hopes to help prevent accidents and reverse a decline in wildlife numbers.
Samsung TVs should be regularly virus-checked, the company saysSamsung has advised owners of its latest TVs to run regular virus scans.A how-to video on the Samsung Support USA Twitter account demonstrates the more than a dozen remote-control button presses required to access the sub-menu needed to activate the check.It suggested users should carry out the process "every few weeks" to "prevent malicious software attacks".The suggestion surprised cyber-security specialists, who said the public would be unlikely to go to the trouble.The company responded that it had been "posted for customers' education".However, it also deleted the post at about the same time. The 19-second video guide had been watched more than 200,000 times.One security adviser had described the tweet as being "pointless advice" that would be a "waste of time" to follow.
Inside naked pool parties: Brit reveals what goes on in Greek resort bashesPOOL parties are some of the wildest in the world – and in some resorts popular with Brits they get very naked.
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Blasphemy to be abolished in Greece under new criminal code Blasphemy will be abolished in Greece from 1 July 2019 under changes to the country’s criminal code, in a huge step forward for the global campaign to end harsh blasphemy laws.According to the Humanist Union of Greece - a member of Humanists International - the crime of blasphemy will be dropped from the country’s Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedures from 1 July 2019. The news was welcomed by the Humanist Union of Greece after it was published on a Greek news site.
UN Warns One Third of Greece Threatened by DesertificationJune 17 is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, according to a United Nations initiative. This year the organization is sending our new warnings concerning the dangers of desertification across the world, especially in the Mediterranean countries.According to a recent study, the UN considers the nation of Greece has a “high” likelihood of seeing vast swaths of its land turned into desert as climate change advances, while weather patterns of higher temperatures and less precipitation prevail.
Banana bank hold-up: Man jailed for robbing Barclays Bank with fruitA man who robbed a branch of Barclays Bank armed with a banana has been jailed for 14 months.Dorset Police said Laurence Vonderdell pointed the fruit, covered in a plastic bag, at a cashier in the branch in Bournemouth and demanded cash.He escaped with £1,100 in cash and handed himself in shortly afterwards.
Plantwatch: Britain’s ancient endangered rainforestsRelics of the last ice age, these magical places are threatened by overgrazing and invasive speciesIt may seem bizarre, but Britain has rainforests.
Greece and Cyprus call on EU to punish Turkey in drilling disputeWar of words as Turkish vessel begins offshore operations in eastern MediterraneanGreece and Cyprus have urged the European Union to take punitive measures against Turkey amid escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over offshore energy reserves.As Ankara upped the ante by announcing it would expand exploration for potentially lucrative gas resources in the region, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, appealed to the EU “to unreservedly condemn the illegal actions of Turkey”.The appeal came days after a state-of the-art Turkish drilling vessel, the Fatih, launched offshore operations in waters considered part of Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone despite warnings from western allies.
WhatsApp spyware: UK firm promises new 'respect for human rights' following allegations A controversial Israeli cyber weapons company has agreed to establish new internal rules on ways it will protect human rights activists and journalists following multiple allegations that its technology was used to spy on dissidents and the media.Its majority owner, Novalpina Capital, a UK private equity firm, has promised a “significant enhancement of respect for human rights” at NSO Group, whose Pegasus software was recently alleged to have infected phones through a glitch in the WhatsApp messaging software.
Starving polar bear stuck in Russian industrial city ‘barely able to move’ after walking hundreds of milesOnly second time in 40 years polar bear has been seen in city of Norilsk
Zeus records 10,000 thunderbolts over GreeceThe National Observatory of Athens said over 10,000 thunderbolts occurred throughout Greece in 12 hours on Sunday, according to their ZEUS monitoring system.
Man killed by thunderbolt in CorinthiaA 37-year-old man died in mountainous Corinthia on Tuesday after he was struck by lightning, a local website reported.
Kilkis hospital workers call for stability checkThe union representing workers at the general hospital of Kilkis in northern Greece are calling for an immediate inspection of the structural stability and safety of its buildings.The union issued the call in an announcement to the media on Tuesday after recent reports that large quantities of plaster have been crumbling off the walls and balconies of several wings of the hospital and falling to the ground.It said that a ceiling collapsed next to a patient in January this year and that an apprentice was lightly injured by falling plaster last year.
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QuoteKilkis hospital workers call for stability checkThe union representing workers at the general hospital of Kilkis in northern Greece are calling for an immediate inspection of the structural stability and safety of its buildings.The union issued the call in an announcement to the media on Tuesday after recent reports that large quantities of plaster have been crumbling off the walls and balconies of several wings of the hospital and falling to the ground.It said that a ceiling collapsed next to a patient in January this year and that an apprentice was lightly injured by falling plaster last year.http://www.ekathimerini.com/241672/article/ekathimerini/news/kilkis-hospital-workers-call-for-stability-check
QuoteUN Warns One Third of Greece Threatened by DesertificationJune 17 is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, according to a United Nations initiative. This year the organization is sending our new warnings concerning the dangers of desertification across the world, especially in the Mediterranean countries.According to a recent study, the UN considers the nation of Greece has a “high” likelihood of seeing vast swaths of its land turned into desert as climate change advances, while weather patterns of higher temperatures and less precipitation prevail.https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/06/17/un-warns-one-third-of-greece-threatened-by-desertification/
Quote from: Maik on Wednesday, 19 June, 2019 @ 01:36:11QuoteKilkis hospital workers call for stability checkThe union representing workers at the general hospital of Kilkis in northern Greece are calling for an immediate inspection of the structural stability and safety of its buildings.The union issued the call in an announcement to the media on Tuesday after recent reports that large quantities of plaster have been crumbling off the walls and balconies of several wings of the hospital and falling to the ground.It said that a ceiling collapsed next to a patient in January this year and that an apprentice was lightly injured by falling plaster last year.http://www.ekathimerini.com/241672/article/ekathimerini/news/kilkis-hospital-workers-call-for-stability-checkThe hospital buildings here are indeed in an appalling state.
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