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02/12/23
« on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 02:06:46 »
Today’s bank rates:   
1 €UR = £ 0.8896 GBP   £1 GBP = 1.1241 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.1259 USD   $1 USD = 0.8881 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.7038 AUD   $1 AUD = 0.5869 €UR
1 €UR = R21.5988 ZAR   R1 ZAR = 0.0462 €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   
Sat 02/12   21°/16°   24 km/h   10%   Mostly cloudy    
Sun 03/12   20°/13°   12 km/h   43%   Thunderstorms possible   
Mon 04/12   17°/11°   18 km/h   11%   Sun & cloud    
Tue 05/12   16°/13°   08 km/h   63%   Light rain probable   
Wed 06/12   18°/11°   17 km/h   87%   Thundershowers probable   
Thu 07/12   16°/11°   18 km/h   61%   Showers probable   
Fri 08/12   16°/12°   17 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud    
Sat 09/12   17°/12°   22 km/h   63%   Thunderstorms probable   
Sun 10/12   17°/12°   22 km/h   60%   Thunderstorms probable   
Mon 11/12   18°/13°   20 km/h   55%   Showers probable   
   

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Re: 02/12/23
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 02:19:54 »
Poros, 1964
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https://youtu.be/hRDrSi3Z5Kw?si=owOTt3qLArvkb95d&t=1

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Re: 02/12/23
« Reply #2 on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 16:13:20 »
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Italy’s other leaning tower cordoned off over fears it could collapse

Work has started on a metal barrier around Bologna's Garisenda Tower, which leans at almost the same angle as the more famous tower of Pisa
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/02/italys-other-leaning-tower-cordoned-off-over-fears-it-could/

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Re: 02/12/23
« Reply #3 on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 16:22:24 »
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Boris Johnson says questioning a baby’s skin colour is just ‘human nature’ amid royal racism row

In a piece for the Daily Mail, Mr Johnson said families usually wonder what a new, unborn baby may look like
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-archie-daily-mail-dutch-english-b2457218.html

OMG, this is scary... BoJo and I agree on something

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Re: 02/12/23
« Reply #4 on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 18:55:41 »
The track leading down to Platia Ammos beach, Paliki, due to be surfaced following surfacing of road at Kounoupas, Soullari

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Re: 02/12/23
« Reply #5 on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 20:32:03 »
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Rafale vs. Eurofighter in the Aegean – Turkey is looking for an answer to Greece’s military superiority through Britain

To face the Greek air superiority in the Aegean, after the supply of 24 French Rafale fighters, the upgrade of 83 F-16s to Block 70 Viper level, and the expected acquisition of American 5th generation F-35 aircraft by the end of the current decade, Turkey seeks to sign a defence cooperation agreement with Great Britain.

In essence, Great Britain seeks, through the signing of this agreement, to cover the gap and impasse that has existed in the Turkish Air Force in terms of upgrading its aging air fleet due to its expulsion from the American program of F-35, but also the refusal of the US Congress to allow the purchase of 40 new F-16s and the modernisation of 80 more to the Viper level of those it has.

Already, London and Ankara are in the process of consultation for the legal framework created through the “Declaration of Intent for Defence Cooperation,” as the agreement signed in the middle of last month by the defence ministers of the two countries, Grant Shapps and Yaşar Güler, is called, to receive flesh and blood to procure 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters from the Turkish Air Force and provide further British logistical support for the development of the Turkish national fighter aircraft KAAN.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/12/03/rafale-vs-eurofighter-aegean-turkey/

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Re: 02/12/23
« Reply #6 on: Saturday, 02 December, 2023 @ 20:36:11 »
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Police in Greece arrest father, son and confiscate tons of sunflower oil passed off as olive oil

A father and son duo in Greece were arrested for selling adulterated sunflower oil marketed as olive oil, police said Saturday.

A raid in a warehouse outside the northern city of Thessaloniki on Friday yielded over 13 tons of the oil, with slightly more than half already packaged in tin cans and plastic bottles and the rest in a tank, police said.

The pair, aged 80 and 36, bought the sunflower oil in Bulgaria, not far from Thessaloniki, and added coloring agents to pass it off as extra virgin olive oil. Some of it they sold in Bulgaria and the rest in Greece, police said.
https://apnews.com/article/greece-olive-oil-adulteration-arrests-prices-bde65f2068542a90338de6b3a0344912