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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Tuesday, 29 June, 2021 @ 03:40:41
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Yesterday was another day on Kefalonia with no new coronavirus cases recorded by EODY.
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Greece's Animal Abusers Unpunished, Fines Being Overturned
The New Democracy government's crackdown on animal abusers isn't working to penalize offenders, critics said, because fines imposed by police are being written down or even canceled by municipalities on appeal.
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece_s_animal_abusers_unpunished_fines_being_overturned (https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/greece_s_animal_abusers_unpunished_fines_being_overturned-2783379/)
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A bit of news I missed earlier in the week but came across during the exciting France v Switzerland match: a group of French fans travelled to watch France play Hungary in Bucharest. The match was in Budapest. Hey ho! Story on espn.co.uk (https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog-the-toe-poke/story/4417344/france-fans-miss-euro-2020-match-vs-hungary-in-budapest-by-travelling-to-bucharest-by-mistake)
Edit: typo
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Surge in fake delivery texts as fraudsters exploit pandemic
Three in five people have received fake delivery company texts over the past year as fraudsters have tried to exploit the pandemic, new research has revealed.
With many households relying on deliveries during lockdown, scammers are posing as couriers and delivery companies to trick people into handing over their bank details.
Of those who received the scam texts, four in five (79 per cent) realised it was fake immediately - but 3 per cent said they lost money to the scam, the research conducted by Which? found.
Messages usually request a small payment for a parcel to be delivered, with a link to a copycat Royal Mail website, and victims are then called by scammers to try to trick them into sending large sums of money.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fake-delivery-texts-which-research-b1873971.html
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Greece accused of refugee ‘pushback’ after family avoid being forced off island
Story of Palestinians who hid on Samos to escape deportation to Turkey appears to be ‘proof’ that pushbacks continue, claim rights groups
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/29/greece-accused-of-refugee-pushback-after-family-avoid-being-forced-off-island