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Maik:
Kef fire risk 16/06/22: Low

Thirty eight new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kefalonia yesterday by EODY, one on Ithaka

Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8892 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0744 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1246 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9308 €UR

Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office.
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.

Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com

Day, Date   Hi°/Lo°   Wind sp   Wet   Forecast
Thu 16/06   28°/21°   11 km/h   38%   Afternoon thunderstorms possible
Fri 17/06   28°/21°   19 km/h   19%   Sunny
Sat 18/06   27°/21°   12 km/h   54%   Afternoon thunderstorms probable
Sun 19/06   28°/21°   13 km/h   36%   Afternoon thunderstorms possible
Mon 20/06   28°/21°   20 km/h   10%   Sunny
Tue 21/06   28°/21°   18 km/h   08%   Sunny
Wed 22/06   30°/22°   17 km/h   08%   Sunny
Thu 23/06   31°/22°   15 km/h   13%   Sunny
Fri 24/06   30°/22°   17 km/h   12%   Sunny
Sat 25/06   29°/22°   19 km/h   04%   Sunny



Edit: exchange rates updated

Maik:
Body of a 77 y-o foreign female recovered from the sea at Nea Kallikratia, Halkidiki, yesterday.

An 87 y-o local in need of urgent medical attention was transferred yesterday from Vathy to Sami by Ithaki coast guard.

Maik:

--- Quote ---Scientists may have discovered the origins of the Black Death
Researchers say DNA analysis and evidence from gravestones point to a specific geographic area

The Black Death began in 1338 in what is now Kyrgyzstan, new research suggests.

The bubonic plague outbreak ravaged the world between 1346 and 1353 and is the most deadly pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of up to 200 million people.

In 1347, it first entered the Mediterranean via ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde in the Black Sea.

The deadly disease then spread across Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa claiming up to 60 per cent of the population in a large-scale outbreak which earned it the nickname the Black Death.
--- End quote ---
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/black-death-bubonic-plague-origin-b2101548.html

Maik:



--- Quote ---China says giant telescope may have picked up signs of alien life

Chinese researchers said that the country’s powerful Sky Eye telescope may have picked up signs of alien life, before a report was quickly deleted.

A team of researchers from Beijing Normal University were said to be investigating the mysterious discovery further.

But by Wednesday the report appeared to have been removed from the newspaper’s website.

Dan Werthimer, of the University of California, Berkeley, works with the SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) researchers from the Beijing Normal University.

He rubbished claims that the radio signals were from aliens.

“These signals are from radio interference; they are due to radio pollution from Earthlings, not from ET,” he told Space.com.
--- End quote ---
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/china-telescope-alien-life-b2102088.html

Maik:

--- Quote ---Extinct 'fantastic giant tortoise' found alive on the Galápagos Islands

Believed to be extinct for more than a century, a rare species of giant tortoise is in fact still alive.

Scientists assumed that the chelonoidis phantasticus had died out more than a century ago. The species is better known as the ‘fantastic giant tortoise’ and is native to the Galápagos Fernandina island.

The only known specimen was discovered in 1906.

But in 2019, Princeton researchers discovered a lone female tortoise on the island that hinted that the species might live on.

Last week, they finally proved that the two specimens are related.
--- End quote ---
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/06/14/extinct-fantastic-giant-tortoise-found-alive-on-the-galapagos-islands

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