Greece is getting colder in winter (official)

The Opening Ceremony of the 20th Winter Olympics took place in Turin yesterday, Greece will be participating in the Winter Olympics for the 16th time.

Perhaps a good omen for the Greek team, if not for anyone else – Greece is getting colder in winter. Data released yesterday showed that temperatures last month were among the lowest recorded in January in the last 100 years.

A farmer in northern Greece has stumbled across a 2,300-year-old chiseled cave, measuring some 63 square meters, with eight chambers. The cave, the biggest of its kind discovered in Greece, was found near the ancient city of Pella, capital of the Macedonian kingdom.

A wild goose found on the island of Skyros is the newest avian flu case, the fourth so far in Greece.

A rabidly anti-American film, Valley of the Wolves Iraq, the most expensive film ever made in Turkey, is pulling record crowds there.

And an interesting comment in Kathimerini, “…we are living in the worst country in Europe, we are being governed by crooks or incompetents, we are overrun with foreigners, 80 percent of our telecommunications are rigged, our food is moldy or otherwise inedible, all traders are thieves and swindlers and all civil servants are lazy and corrupt.” Oh my, I’ve never heard those views before! Posted in the Temple of Athina (registered users area).

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