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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Wednesday, 29 August, 2018 @ 02:37:13
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Ithaki coast guard yesterday rescued a wounded 50 y-o foreign national from aboard the Breathless vessel in the northern Ithaki Sea area and took him to Vathy from where he was taken to the medical centre for treatment.
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Boats collide over scallop fishing
French and British fishing fleets have come to blows over when they can catch scallops.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-45336132/boats-collide-over-scallop-fishing
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The ΒΙΚΕΝΤΙΟΣ ΔΑΜΟΔΟΣ (Vikentios Damodos) ferry was confined to port in Lixouri last night after Captain reported discovery of a cooling water leakage between the cap and the right-hand main body. AFAIK it's been repaired and back in service between Lixouri-Argostoli.
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Cheese and red meat are back on the menu after study suggests eating twice as much as officials advise
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/28/cheese-red-meat-back-menu-study-suggests-eating-twice-much-officials/
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Cheese and red meat are back on the menu after study suggests eating twice as much as officials advise
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/28/cheese-red-meat-back-menu-study-suggests-eating-twice-much-officials/
All we need is alcohol back on the menu and everything will be OK.
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Dead Loggerhead turtle found near Lourdas beach yesterday. Removed for disposal.
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Heard there will be strolling musicians in Skala square and high street at 21:00 this evening and in Poros plateia at 22:30
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Corfu man douses dog in gas to get rid of fleas
A 62-year-old man was arrested and slapped with a 30,000 euro fine on the Ionian island of Corfu for chaining his dog to an electricity pole and dousing it with gas to get rid of its fleas.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/232115/article/ekathimerini/news/corfu-man-douses-dog-in-gas-to-get-rid-of-fleas
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Civil aviation agency split in two
Two years after legislation designed to restructure Greece’s civil aviation system was approved in Parliament, presidential decrees have been issued splitting the Civil Aviation Authority (YPA) into two separate bodies – an independent agency (APA) that will oversee all of the country’s 44 airports, both private and state-run, and a civil aviation service that will only manage the state-owned ones.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/232089/article/ekathimerini/business/civil-aviation-agency-split-in-two
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Greece ferry on FIRE: Tourist ship bursts into FLAMES -1,000 holidaymak jump overboard
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1009843/Greek-ferry-fire-passenger-vessel-fire-Crete-port-of-Piraeus-Hydra-Chania-abandon-ship
WTF!?! Another sensational headline from the Daily Excess. Complete b*ll*x.
"The passengers spent the night on deck, and left the boat using a fire brigade ladder, the coastguard said." That's according to Protothema. (http://en.protothema.gr/greek-ferryboat-evacuated-after-fire-photos-videos/)
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Cheese and red meat are back on the menu after study suggests eating twice as much as officials advise
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/28/cheese-red-meat-back-menu-study-suggests-eating-twice-much-officials/
All we need is alcohol back on the menu and everything will be OK.
Hm, I haven't actually got around to taking it off my menu as yet and rather enjoyed a glass or two of Mavrodaphne over the weekend!