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Maik:
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £0.9019 GBP
1 €UR = $1.1039 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1088 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9059 €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
Tue 21/03   16°/11°   11 km/h   77%   Showers probable
Wed 22/03   18°/11°   15 km/h   12%   Sunny
Thu 23/03   19°/12°   11 km/h   10%   Sun & cloud
Fri 24/03   19°/11°   17 km/h   10%   Sunny
Sat 25/03   19°/12°   13 km/h   10%   Mostly sunny
Sun 26/03   19°/12°   17 km/h   10%   Sunny
Mon 27/03   18°/11°   24 km/h   22%   Mostly sunny
Tue 28/03   16°/10°   34 km/h   50%   Showers possible, winds probable
Wed 29/03   15°/11°   21 km/h   01%   Mostly sunny
Thu 30/03   17°/12°   22 km/h   22%   Sun & cloud

frost.getmap.gr
No risk of frost

Edit: exchange rates updated

Maik:

--- Quote ---Met Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, damning review finds

The horrifying state of Britain’s largest police force has been laid bare in the Casey review, which names the Metropolitan Police institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic.

A damning new report commissioned in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard’s murder warns that it shouldn’t be ‘our job as the public to keep ourselves safe from the police’.
--- End quote ---
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/20/met-police-is-institutionally-racist-misogynistic-and-homophobic-18473155/

Maik:

--- Quote ---First World War baby sells Somerset home after living there for 102 years

A woman born months after the end of the First World War is selling her house in Somerset after living there for 102 years, an estate agent has said.

Nancy “Joan” Gifford is putting her three-bedroom house on the market having lived in it through the Second World War, the invention of television and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, according to Somerset-based estate agent Holland and Odam.

Her family bought the property at 1 The Mead, in the village of Street, for £200 in 1921 and it is now priced at £169,950.

She turned 104 on Tuesday.

Mrs Gifford’s son John, 79, still lives in Street.
--- End quote ---
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/somerset-holland-italy-scarborough-mary-b1068719.html

Maik:

--- Quote ---Health system is in search for volunteer blood donors

In the wake of the February 28 railway disaster at Tempe that killed 57 people, thousands of people volunteered to donate blood. The amount collected within a week was almost double the usual intake, the National Blood Donation Center (EKEA) announced. Given that there was relatively little need for blood as a result of the accident, the donations have covered the needs for the next few weeks.

The surge notwithstanding, there are far too few volunteer donors in Greece.

In 2022, 523,230 blood units were collected and another 20,000 were imported through the Red Cross.
--- End quote ---
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1206966/health-system-is-in-search-for-volunteer-blood-donors/

Maik:

--- Quote ---Controversy in Greece Over Closure of Shipwreck Beach on Zakynthos

The decision announced last week by the Greek Tourism Ministry to shut down for the summer one of the most-visited beaches in Greece, Navagio located on the island of Zakynthos, has caused controversy after the Municipality of Zakynthos said it had not been informed.

Speaking to GRTimes.gr, the president of the Zakynthos city council, Stavros Kakolyris said the decision announced in the press last week came as a surprise and a “blow” to the municipality.

The announcement created a stir among Zakynthos tourism businesses and the committee responsible the safe management of the beach resulting in the resignation of several members of the committee who claimed that their recommendations for protective measures which should have already been implemented were not taken into consideration. At the same time, the Zakynthos Chamber requested a second on-the-spot risk assessment of the beach.

Speaking to the Athens News Agency (ANA) today, Kikilias reiterated the ministry’s decision that the beach would remain closed for the summer: boats will be able to approach but swimming will not be allowed near the beach.
--- End quote ---
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/20/controversy-in-greece-over-closure-of-shipwreck-beach-on-zakynthos/

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