19/03/24

[Maik]

Today’s bank rates:   
1 €UR = $ 0.8828 GBP   £1 GBP = 1.1327 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.1246 USD   $1 USD = 0.8975 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.7128 AUD   $1 AUD = 0.5838 €UR
   
Based on National Bank of Greece exchange rates.   
Other banks likely to offer rates 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   
Tue 19/03   18°/10°   17 km/h   58%   Showers probable   
Wed 20/03   18°/09°   10 km/h   06%   Sunny    
Thu 21/03   17°/10°   20 km/h   03%   Mostly sunny    
Fri 22/03   18°/11°   14 km/h   23%   Sun & cloud    
Sat 23/03   17°/11°   11 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud    
Sun 24/03   18°/12°   16 km/h   22%   Sun & cloud    
Mon 25/03   17°/12°   30 km/h   57%   Showers & winds probable   
Tue 26/03   18°/12°   19 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud    
Wed 27/03   18°/12°   22 km/h   42%   Showers possible   
Thu 28/03   19°/13°   22 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud    
   

[Maik]

No wobbles 2 or more magnitude on Kef yesterday between 00:00-23:59 local time.

[Maik]

Video of Mysterious ‘Giant Skull’ at Meteora, Greece Goes Viral

A video of a ‘giant skull,’ wedged between two stone pillars at Greece’s Meteora rock complex, a UNESCO-listed site at the northwest edge of the Thessaly Plain near the mountains of Pindos, has gone viral on social media.

https://greekreporter.com/2024/03/18/greece-meteora-giant-skull/

Short video

[Maik]

Former prosecutor goes on trial for binning thousands of cases

The former head of the Prosecutor’s Office on the Ionian island of Corfu is going on trial on Tuesday, accused of abuses of power and the manipulation of public documents that resulted in thousands of criminal charges being dropped.

Maria Tataki, former prosecutor of Corfu’s First Instance Court and head of the island’s prosecutorial service, first came under investigation in 2019 when judicial authorities noticed that some 3,000 case files had disappeared from her docket without being resolved.

As a result of Tataki’s actions, hundreds of suspects facing criminal prosecution for a range of offenses got off scot-free, according to investigators.

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1234359/former-prosecutor-goes-on-trial-for-binning-thousands-of-cases/