Santorini and Mykonos among most expensive destinations for August

Santorini and Mykonos among most expensive destinations for August

Most expensive in Spain

According to survey conducted by French travel portal Allovoyages.fr, Oia and Imervigli in Santorini and Mykonos are among the most expensive tourist destinations in Europe for the month of August. The Playa d’en Bossa in Ibiza, Spain tops the list. The survey compared the cost of stay in all the European resorts for August and the findings cover the average prices of the cheapest available 2-bed rooms in at least a 3-star hotel. Playa d’en Bossa has an average price per night of 254 Euros, while Oia and the Italian village of Positano on the coast of Amalfi in Italy round off the top 3 most expensive resorts with costs of 242 and 243 Euros per night, respectively.

These are the 20 most expensive resorts:

1. Playa d’en Bossa (Spain) €254
2. Positano (Italy) €243
3. Oia (Greece) €242
4. Formentera (Spain) €240
5. Saint-Tropez (France) €229
6. Porto Cervo (Italy) €224
7. St Ives (England) €223
8. Mykonos (Greece) €216
9. Gallipoli (Italy) €213 €
10. Porto-Vecchio (France) €204
11. Imerovigli (Greece) 204 €
12. Monaco (France) 194 €
13. Capri (Italy) 184 €
14. Bahia De San Antonio (Spain) 183 €
15. Port de Pollenca (Spain) 172 €
16. Heringsdorf (Germany) 172 €
17. San Sebastian (Spain)163 €
18. Westerland (Germany) 162 €
19. Otrante (Italy) 157 €
20. Santa Margherita Ligure (Italy) 155 €

21-year old woman lives as a baby! (video+photos)

21-year old woman lives as a baby! (video+photos)

She and partner claim it is not sexual

Looking at Jess’s collection of dummies and sippy cups, you’d be forgiven for thinking the pretty 21-year-old had a baby of her own to care for.
But Jess’s collection of babygrows aren’t sized for a newborn – they are designed with her 5ft 5in frame in mind.
As an ‘adult baby’, Jess likes to wear nappies, drink from bottles and ‘regress’ back to her infancy.
A sexual abuse survivor, Jess, who lives in Lakeland, Florida with her 24-year-old boyfriend, David, says that regressing has helped her make peace with her troubled childhood. Jess, who works as a nanny, said: “Age play is really my best escape and it allows me to reclaim the innocence of my childhood and have it play out the way I always wanted.
“Aside from that though, regressing and being ‘little’ just fits with my personality.” “It allows me to be playful and cute, which is what I’m like naturally anyway and so I think that I would definitely still be living this lifestyle if I’d had a more ‘normal’ childhood.”
Jess and David engage in practices called Daddy Dominant/Little Girl (DDLG), Adult Baby Diaper Lover (ABDL) and Age Play (AP) – all sub-sects of BDSM. But the couple, who have been together for four years, say for them age play is not sexual and is more of a lifestyle choice.
“We never have sex while I’m age playing but for a lot of people it is a sexual kink,” Jess explained.

 

Pensioners to see cuts in supplementary and main pensions in September

Pensioners to see cuts in supplementary and main pensions in September

Up to 40% cuts in some cases

A series of sweeping changes and cuts in the pensions of hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries are expected to take affect in September. Nearly 1.2 million pensioners will see their supplementary pensions re-evaluated, while a large number of pensioners will see their main pensions slashed. A total of 200,000-250,000 pensioners eligible for supplementary pensions , 6,000 in the high bracket and 11,000 bank pensioners will be included in the re-evaluation of their pensions under the new social security law. The former employees of Alpha bank and Emporiki Bank are expected to be hit the hardest with cuts in their main pensions of up to 35%, while pensioners in the private sector will see a 15% reduction in their pensions. It is estimated that 200,000-250,000 pensioners in the banking sector, trade and commerce, petrol station workers and maritime agents will see their supplementary pensions slashed between 35-40%.

Anti-establishment groups throw petrol bombs against Athens Holy Synod offices (photos)

Anti-establishment groups throw petrol bombs against Athens Holy Synod offices (photos)

Government quick to condemn incident this time

A group of  unidentified individuals hurled cocktail molotov bombs at the Holy Synod of the Petrakis Monastery in Athens, at approximately 3am on Monday morning. The attacks resulted in two parked cars being damaged. The incident is the latest in a barrage of attacks against Churches across the country from self-styled anti-establishment groups, after the arrest of solidarity group members last week for charging into a Church into Thessaloniki. The Greek government’s spokesperson, Olga Gerovasili issued a statement condemning the attack. ‘Monday’s morning attack against the Holy Synod’s offices are abhorrent. The authorities have taken the necessary steps to detect the suspects’, she said.

Erdogan calls for death penalty in huge rally

Erdogan calls for death penalty in huge rally

Blasts west

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a vast rally in Istanbul that he would approve the return of the death penalty if it was backed by parliament and the public.
He was speaking to a crowd of at least a million who had gathered in Turkey’s biggest city.
The rally followed last month’s failed military coup.
Mr Erdogan also said the state would be cleansed of all supporters of the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
The cleric is blamed by the Turkish government for the attempted uprising. He denies any involvement.
Religious figures and leaders of two of Turkey’s three opposition parties attended the rally. The Kurdish party was not invited. More than 270 people died in events surrounding the 15 July coup attempt, which triggered a government crackdown.
Thousands of alleged supporters of Mr Gulen have been detained or dismissed from government jobs.
Western nations have been critical of the government’s response to the coup. The European Union – which Turkey has applied to join – refuses to accept capital punishment in member states. The parade ground, built to hold more than a million people, was overflowing, with streets of surrounding neighbourhoods clogged by crowds, Reuters news agency reports.
Turkish government sources said five million people had attended, with the event broadcast live on public screens at smaller rallies across Turkey’s provinces.
Mr Erdogan told the rally: “It is the Turkish parliament that will decide on the death penalty… I declare it in advance, I will approve the decision made by the parliament.
“They say there is no death penalty in the EU… Well, the US has it; Japan has it; China has it; most of the world has it. So they are allowed to have it. We used to have it until 1984. Sovereignty belongs to the people, so if the people make this decision I am sure the political parties will comply.”

Source: BBC.com

SYRIZA perplexed after MP Kyristis says two men arrested are persecuted because of their political views

SYRIZA perplexed after MP Kyristis says two men arrested are persecuted because of their political views

Official government has not responded

The incident with SYRIZA MP George Kyristis expressing support to Sakkas who was accused with links to terrorist group ‘Conspiracy of Fire Cells’ and robber Marios Seisidis, has left ruling party SYRIZA under under pressure in its efforts to strike a balance between exercising power as the elected government and its long-standing affiliations with small self-styled anti-establishment and solidarity groups. This latest incident comes days after the official government of SYRIZA was forced to release an announcement on the storming of a Church by a solidarity group inn Thessaloniki. Kyristis claimed in a post the two arrested felons were victimised due to their political views. The Greek government has yet to make any statements on the positions expressed by Kyristis on the matter, and most believe the government is trying to distance itself from the MP, as it is still gauging the impact on its image from its belated condemnation of the Church incident. It is becoming apparent that a rift between the political leadership of the Public Protection Ministry and a political strain within SYRIZA is brewing underneath the surface. Kyristis persisted that the two arrested men were being persecuted because of the political views. 

Fire burning in downtown Lefkada (videos+photos)

Fire burning in downtown Lefkada (videos+photos)

Danger of blaze spreading in densely populated town

A fire has broken out on the island of Lefkada in the centre of the Ionian island’s town. The blaze is burring houses in the old town, and according to Lefkadapress.gr, three houses have already burt down, while the risk of its spreading to other houses is high. 8 fire engines and 20 fire-fighters are operating on the scene.