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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Sunday, 17 May, 2015 @ 08:21:23
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City officials in Kavala, Greece, have canceled the Sunday unveiling of a Holocaust memorial because they don’t approve of the Star of David carved into the monument, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported.
According to the JTA, nearly 1,500 Kavala Jews were killed by the Nazis during World War II.
Other parts of the Greek government were dismayed by the news from Kavala.
“As an Orthodox Christian, I feel deeply insulted by this issue, because it would be as if someone asked us to erase or modify for ‘aesthetic reasons’ the symbol of the cross on the tombs of our grandfathers executed by the Germans,” said Giorgos Kalantzis, Greek minister of culture, education and religious affairs.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/05/16/they-built-a-holocaust-memorial-then-at-the-last-minute-city-officials-made-a-deeply-insulting-demand/
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Greece Will Default On June 5 Without Deal, IMF Leaks
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-16/greece-will-default-june-5-without-deal-imf-leaks
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Ben Needham: New leads in case of missing toddler after Greek TV appeal
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/new-leads-in-24-year-old-case-of-missing-toddler-ben-needham-after-greek-tv-appeal-10254958.html
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Greece used as an example to show 'how those who resist are treated'
Jean-Luc Mélenchon in an interview with French newspaper "l'Humanite" explained that the reason why he decided to support Greece in his book "le Hareng de Bismarck" is Europe's stance towards Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
The candidate of the Left Front in the 2012 presidential elections said that he took the decision to write this book as he was outraged by the behaviour of the German government and by the fact that the French president Francois Hollande does not react.
"It is a serious political mistake against the European ideal to allow such a treatment towards an EU member state," he noted.
Mélenchon added that Greece is used as an example to show "how those who resist are treated."
http://www.amna.gr/english/articleview.php?id=9691
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Not sure about this but starting to hear mumblings that a 'financial scandal' is about to hit Kef, sounds like something to do with one of the officials of the Ionian Islands Regional Council
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Nigerian restaurant shut down for ‘serving human flesh’
A restaurant in south-eastern Nigeria is shut down for allegedly serving human flesh after bags containing heads were discovered in the kitchen
A report on the BBC’s Swahili service said police were alerted by local people who suspected something horrific was going on at the restaurant in the south-eastern province of Anambra.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11610908/Nigerian-restaurant-shut-down-for-serving-human-flesh.html
Not sure if this is a second restuarant or old news, the Independent carried this story in February, 2014:
Cannibal restaurant 'with roasted human heads on the menu' shut down by police
Human flesh was apparently being sold as an expensive treat at the restaurant, with authorities saying that roasted human head was even on the menu.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/cannibal-restaurant-with-roasted-human-heads-on-the-menu-shut-down-by-police-9123693.html
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Steve McQueen star at Cannes - 35 years after his death after new film discovered
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11610594/Steve-McQueen-star-at-Cannes-35-years-after-his-death-after-new-film-discovered.html
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Online trade in dogs fuels 'crisis' as quarter of a million animals are unwanted
The number of abandoned dogs is surging as the internet makes it easier to buy them quickly without thinking if they can be looked after, charities warn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11610058/Online-trade-in-dogs-fuels-crisis-as-quarter-of-a-million-animals-are-unwanted.html
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Italian mayors sell off houses for £1 in hope of keeping villages alive
There is a catch, as most of the houses up for sale need thousands in renovations
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-mayors-sell-off-houses-for-1-in-hope-of-keeping-villages-alive-10255346.html
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How part-time work and exercise may explain why Holland is one of the happiest countries in the world
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/how-parttime-work-and-exercise-may-explain-why-holland-is-one-of-the-happiest-countries-in-the-world-10255905.html
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Scientists have developed a new type of drug test that can tell whether you have taken cocaine by analyzing chemical traces left behind in your fingerprint.
http://thehackernews.com/2015/05/cocaine-fingerprint-test.html
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In Poros port earlier today, says Voutirakos Cruises on the side and looks like a tour boat. No idea from whence it came, probably Zakynthos.