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14/07/19
« on: Sunday, 14 July, 2019 @ 12:22:45 »
Why it's not a great idea to park a car on a beach:


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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, 14 July, 2019 @ 12:32:43 »
Ithaki coast guard late yesterday performed an emergency transfer from PisoAetos to Sami for a 33 y-o local in need of emergency medical attention.

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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, 14 July, 2019 @ 12:36:16 »
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KFC first UK fast food chain to promise better chicken welfare standards

Kentucky Fried Chicken is the first fast food chain in the UK to commit to better chicken welfare standards.

The idea is to work with suppliers to make sure there are minimum standards across the industry by 2026.

It means the birds will have more space, natural light and can perch and flap their wings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48962415

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OECD very concerned that active bribery is no longer a felony in Greece

The OECD Working Group on Bribery has serious concerns that recent steps taken by Greece may leave the country in breach of the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention. On 11 June 2019, Greece amended the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. As a result, the main active bribery offence was converted from felony to a misdemeanour, which is a less serious offence. The Working Group is concerned that this amendment may have far-reaching ramifications, ranging from the closure of ongoing corruption-related investigations and prosecutions, to possible hindrance of international cooperation in future cases and shorter limitations period. The Codes entered into force on 1 July 2019, having been adopted in the last session before Parliament was dissolved ahead of national elections, which took place on 7 July 2019.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2019/07/14/oecd-very-concerned-that-active-bribery-is-no-longer-a-felony-in-greece/

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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, 14 July, 2019 @ 16:11:50 »
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Giannis Antetokounmpo: NBA star's rise from 'hustling' on Athens streets to MVP award

As he perches his near 7ft frame on a bench press at the paint-peeled Filathiltikos basketball club, fate seems to smirk at Giannis Antetokounmpo.

When he was a teenager on this Athens court, he would have to wait for his brother, Thanasis, to sub out and give him the one pair of trainers they shared before he could enter the play. Now the floor is swarming with local kids in box-fresh, top-of-the-range basketball shoes with his name on them.

In the city beyond, he used to work as a wandering street vendor, flogging knock-off bags and sunglasses. He is still out there now, only in the form of billboards bearing his beaming face for various global and domestic brands.

For his first 18 years, Antetokounmpo never left the country, but was never Greek. Now, after six years based in the United States, he returns as perhaps the most famous Greek alive, a multi-millionaire and the best basketball player in the world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/48832050

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Story of a Greek immigrant in America in the Santa Cruz Sentinel