10/01/15

[Maik]

The trial of dozens of people on Zakynthos alleged to have been involved in the false certification of islanders as blind to allow them to claim disability payments began on Friday in a misdemeanors court on the Ionian island.

Of the 338 islanders, 146 did not come forward.

Of the 221 who were checked, only 39, or just under 20 percent, were found to have some level of visual impairment.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_09/01/2015_546072

[Maik]

International tourism arrivals in Greece reached a new record of 19 million in the first nine months of last year according to the Bank of Greece’s border survey published on Friday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_09/01/2015_546088

[Maik]

Hundreds of police fail fitness tests
Metropolitan Police confirms more than 350 officers failed to pass compulsory running tests

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11336940/Hundreds-of-police-fail-fitness-tests.html

[Maik]

Spotlight, the desktop search engine for OS X computers, will ignore privacy settings in Apple's Mail client when showing messages in its search results.

The programming booboo means pictures and possibly other files linked to in HTML emails will automatically show up even if you've told Apple's supplied client to not load remote content.

This means tiny, transparent images hidden in messages by spammers and message-tracking software will be fetched, confirming that your email address is working and you're able to pick up e-missives. It will also, via the HTTP User-Agent string sent by OS X to the server hosting the image, reveal your public IP address, which is not good news if the purpose of the hidden picture is to help track you down.

Apple did not respond to a request for comment on the matter. El Reg thinks this not a major vulnerability, but certainly worth flagging up for the privacy conscious.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/

[Bryan-in-Kilkis]

International tourism arrivals in Greece reached a new record of 19 million in the first nine months of last year according to the Bank of Greece’s border survey published on Friday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_09/01/2015_546088

Goodie!! As long as each and every one of them brought with them and spent €13,000, Greece's financial problem's solved... 

[Aristarches]

International tourism arrivals in Greece reached a new record of 19 million in the first nine months of last year according to the Bank of Greece’s border survey published on Friday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_09/01/2015_546088

Goodie!! As long as each and every one of them brought with them and spent €13,000, Greece's financial problem's solved... 

That's about what it costs for a holiday these days.