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Who controls our diet?;

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"It's time to stop caring about what's on our plate", highlighted in the text accompanying the annual Atlas of Business Groups for the 2017, which was issued jointly by the political institutions Heinrich Bell and Rosa Luxemburg, with the assistance of Germanwatch organizations, Oxfam and BUND, but also of the newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique. As highlighted in the guide published yesterday, the development of the agricultural production and food industry concerns us all. Farmers and workers in developing and emerging economies are hit hardest by the power of conglomerates that control the market. As emphasized among others, from 2015 have been done 12 giant corporate mergers, further strengthening a small group of groups along the supply chain. Just seven companies now define global pesticide and seed production. At the end of it 2017 this phenomenon will have become even more acute. Όπως επισημαίνει στην DW η Μπάρμπαρα Ουνμούσιχ, διευθυντικό στέλεχος του Ιδρύματος Χάινριχ Μπελ, "we are experiencing an evolution in the field of pesticides and seeds that will soon lead us from oligopolies to three big monopolies. Bayer's merger with Monsanto is imminent, two American giants, Dow Chemical and Dupont, they also want to merge and the Chinese are also in the game, who recently acquired the Swiss agricultural and chemicals group Syngenta'.Continue at source ...

Positive messages from Germany

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Σημαντική ενίσχυση του ενδιαφέροντος των Γερμανών τουριστών για διακοπές στην Eλλάδα τη φετινή σεζόν δείχνουν τα στοιχεία της TUI Γερμανίας, με τον γνωστό tour operator να κάνει λόγο για αύξηση 41% στις κρατήσεις όσον αφορά τη θερινή περίοδο.Η Ελλάδα είναι ο προορισμός με τη μεγαλύτερη αύξηση κρατήσεων από τη Γερμανία, σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία που ανακοίνωσε ο tour operator. Σημειωτέον πως τη νέα σεζόν ο TUI προσφέρει πολύ περισσότερες επιλογές διακοπών στην Ελλάδα. In fact, η προσφορά στα δημοφιλή νησιά της Κρήτης, της Ρόδου και της Κω έχει διευρυνθεί κατά 40%. Additional, νέες πτήσεις άνοιξαν για την Κω από το Ανόβερο, τη Νυρεμβέργη, τη Στουτγάρδη και τη Βασιλεία και από το Βερολίνο προς Κρήτη και Ρόδο.Continue here…

The weather is changing: From snow to rain and rising temperatures

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Clouds with local rains in the North Ionian and Epirus, which during the day will extend to Western Greece and the Southern Peloponnese, we are waiting today Friday. A chance of a few isolated storms exists for the northwest, while it will snow in the mountains of Epirus. Pouring rain will occur in semi-mountainous parts of Epirus. In the rest of the country, few clouds are expected which will gradually increase with the possibility of temporary light snowfalls in Western Macedonia. Frost will occur again in the mainland, which will be strong in Northern Greece. Locally dense fog will form in the morning and evening hours. Detailed forecast from EMY:

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How to get knots out of woolen clothes

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You love the coat you bought three years ago on a trip to Rome. You were in your swimsuit lying on the beach with the wave hitting your legs and you were thinking when it will be winter to take off your coat. Well, exaggeration but to understand the magnitude of love. But come the constant use has left its marks and you will be forced to leave the beloved aside. The knots that have formed can be removed.

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What Sundays are the shops open?

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The General Secretariat of Trade and Consumer Protection of the Ministry of Economy and Development, on the occasion of the nationwide strike in shops announced by the Federation of Private Employees of Greece (O.I.Y.E) on Sunday 15 January, clarifies the following:Regarding the optional operation of commercial stores on Sundays, it is clarified that the current regime remains unchanged, according to the provisions of the law 4177/2013. Specifically, commercial shops can operate on the following eight Sundays:1) On the first Sunday at the start of the two regular discount periods2) Both of them (2) Sundays before Christmas Day3) On Palm Sunday4) On the last Sunday of each year and5) Two Sundays in total during the interim sale periods.Continue at source ....