30/06/23

[Maik]

Kef fire risk 30/06/23: Medium

Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £0.8899 GBP
1 €UR = $1.1266 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1237 €UR
$1 USD = 0.8876 €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
Fri 30/06   28°/20°   16 km/h   04%   Sunny
Sat 01/07   28°/22°   14 km/h   06%   Sunny
Sun 02/07   28°/21°   20 km/h   13%   Sunny
Mon 03/07   28°/21°   24 km/h   06%   Sunny
Tue 04/07   29°/22°   22 km/h   07%   Sunny
Wed 05/07   29°/22°   23 km/h   14%   Sunny
Thu 06/07   30°/23°   22 km/h   05%   Sunny
Fri 07/07   30°/22°   26 km/h   04%   Sunny
Sat 08/07   30°/23°   24 km/h   04%   Sunny
Sun 09/07   30°/22°   24 km/h   07%   Sunny

[Maik]

Body of an 84 y-o Greek male recovered midday yesterday from the sea at Kremastis, Rhodes.

Body of an 83 y-o foreign female recovered midday yesterday from Megali Pao beach, South Pelion.

Body of a 79 y-o foreign male recovered midday yesterday from the sea at Nea Styron, Evia.

Body of a 67 y-o Greek male recovered midday yesterday from Katrosykias beach, Preveza.

Body of a 74 y-o Greek female recovered yesterday afternoon from Halkoutsi beach, Oropos, N. Attica.

[Maik]

Fire on Rhodes tourist vessel

A fire broke out on Thursday on a Rhodes marine tourist vessel. All 82 people on board the ship were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. According to local media, many on board jumped over the side of the ship.

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1214354/fire-on-rhodes-tourist-vessel/

[Maik]

The Police Officers' Union of Kefalonia & Ithaka is claiming the Kefalonia police direcorate is disintegrating due to lack of resources and calls for increased staffing and funding.

[Maik]

Rural doctor service available between 10:00-13:00 on Monday, 03 July, in Pessada. Face masks and social distancing still required.

[Maik]

A tourist who suffered a spinal injury while on holiday was air-lifted back to the UK yesterday evening from Kef airport.

[Maik]

Blame game persists over illegal beach bars on Rhodes

Dozens of beach bars continue to do brisk business this summer despite blatantly trespassing on public, environmentally sensitive and/or archaeologically protected land on the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, as demolition orders for unlicensed structures sit in drawers at various services.

Judicial investigations are under way for many of these violations, though Kathimerini understands that their completion is frozen at the police’s Department of Public Property, which should have forwarded the case files to a prosecutor months ago, a delay that is raising questions about the potential role of certain state officials.

In the meantime, Rhodes’ land zoning service blames delays in shutting down the illegal beach bars on the municipality and the failure to demolish them on the Decentralized Administration of the Aegean, which, in turn, claims it does not have the staff or equipment to respond in a timely manner.

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1214357/blame-game-persists-over-illegal-beach-bars-on-rhodes/

[Maik]

Greece's 6 secret beaches you will fall in love with

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/30/greeces-6-secret-beaches-will-fall-love-2/

Platia Ammos, Kefalonia, and Afales Beach, Ithaca, among the six.

[Maik]

More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers targeted in NHS plan

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-06-29/more-than-300000-extra-doctors-nurses-and-other-workers-targeted-in-nhs-plan

To work in the promised 40 new hospitals which haven't materialised?

[Maik]

Dead dog in Spartia said to have been poisoned.

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10 of the best family holidays to Greece to keep the kids entertained

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/greece/best-family-holidays-greece-b2361565.html

Kef gets a mention.

If you've missed it, Greece’s 20 greatest islands... pou einai Kefalonia;

[Maik]

Swift Awareness Week starts tomorrow: rspb.org.uk

[Maik]

Fire on Rhodes tourist vessel

A fire broke out on Thursday on a Rhodes marine tourist vessel. All 82 people on board the ship were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. According to local media, many on board jumped over the side of the ship.

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1214354/fire-on-rhodes-tourist-vessel/

90 second video below:



https://youtu.be/xBbBjGX2Svw?t=1

[Maik]

Romanian firefighters head to Greece as Europe braces for vegetation fires

https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-firefighters-greece-jun-2023