Greece: Conditional Release of Prisoners

From Kathimerini

"The leaders of the 17N terrorist organization can demand immediate release and detention at home with an electronic wristband".

Greece: Protection from auctions - Protection of the first residence; Ξεκίνησε η ρύθµιση στεγαστικών; Consensual Settlement of Mortgage Debts (Primary Residence)

From Kathimerini: Στη διάθεση των δανειοληπτών είναι από χθες η ηλεκτρονική πλατφόρμα στην οποία μπορούν να υποβάλλουν αίτηση ρύθμισης των οφειλών τους διασώζοντας με αυτό τον τρόπο την πρώτη κατοικία τους από πλειστηριασμό

Online platform: homeowners can apply for settlement of their debts, thus saving their first residence from being sold by auction.

http://www.keyd.gov.gr/a-katoikia/ (until 31 December 2019).

ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ ΚΥΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΙΑΣ – ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗ ΑΙΤΗΣΗ

Αίτηση υπαγωγής στη διαδικασία Συναινετικής Ρύθμισης Οφειλών από Δάνεια με Υποθήκη σε Κύρια Κατοικία

Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson (BBC Radio 4)

Listen to the programme, The Life Scientific

Programme information (BBC):

"A Professor of Marine Biology who was not particularly academic at school, Richard Thompson went to university after running his own business selling greetings cards for seven years. When the rest of the world was waking up to the harm caused to marine life by larger plastic items, such as plastic bags, he searched for tiny fragments of plastic, some no bigger than a human hair; and found them in oceans and on beaches all over the world. He has spent decades studying the harm these micro-plastics might cause to marine life and is concerned. His work on plastics in cosmetics led to a UK ban on micro-beads in shower gels and exfoliating scrubs. And he advised government to ban single use plastic bags from supermarkets. Rather than demonize plastic, however, he believes we need to learn to love it more. Often plastic it is the best material for the job. Now we need to make sure that all plastic products are designed so that they can be easily recycled at the end of their useful life".

Cyprus: 17 families evicted in Pissouri; 70 houses collapsing

From MailOnline

A grim situation.

Documentaries On The Environment

From The Economist (Prospero): Two new documentaries survey ecological battlegrounds

Corfu TV News:The Rubbish Again. Εν αναμονή της υπογραφής των νέων συμβάσεων για την αποκομιδή των απορριμμάτων. Τα σκουπίδια «έπνιξαν» τις Σινιές.

Corfu's rubbish situation in the news again (Greek video)


Όλο το νησί μυρίζει σκουπίδι (Facebook, To Parapana Sou Sto Dimarcho) - see the comments:


https://www.facebook.com/groups/taparaponasoustodimarxo


Κέρκυρα: Τα σκουπίδια «έπνιξαν» τις Σινιές, Corfu TV News


Contract signed for the restoration of Temploni landfill, Enimerosi

"The contract for the restoration of the three cells at Temploni landfill was signed at the Town Hall this afternoon by SYDISA President Spyros Aspiotis and a representative from the consortium Elektor Watt. The budget for the project is 3,478,200 Euros (including VAT).

The project includes:

Earthworks, reinforcements, roadworks, construction, landscaping, final coverage etc. The deadline has been set at nine months from the signing of the contract and the establishment of the contractor has been set from today's date (2/7/2019)".


"What are you waiting for, Friends and Brothers?" Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3mlNlVpSQJw4p3VPprCBAP

Extract here: https://fmrecords.net/1821-odes-to-the-greek-revolution/

An old poem:

Corfu, Island Paradise (Kérkyra)

Στο νησί:

God gave Man the clear blue sea;

Man gave God – χωματερή!