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Greece: Heineken fined £25m for 15-year abuse of market The filing follows a 12-year investigation by the Hellenic Competition Commission into the actions of Athenian Brewery – a subsidiary of Heineken – which eventually found the company in breach of Greek and EU competition law.Heineken, whose brands include Amstel, Fosters and Birra Moretti, has already been handed a €31.5 million fine by the HCC, which it has said it will appeal.In a statement, Athenian Brewery branded the ruling “unfair” and said it “categorically denies the commission’s claims”.Now the Macedonian Thrace Brewery has lodged a separate lawsuit, in light of the HCC ruling, seeking damages in excess of €100 million before the Court of Amsterdam.
Tourists blamed for deaths of The Bahamas' famous swimming pigs
Insurance premiums set to soar after compensation changesAverage car insurance premiums could increase by up to £75 a year as a result of a government ruling, industry experts have said. A new formula for calculating compensation payments for those who suffer long-term injuries has been announced by the Ministry of Justice.But the Association of British Insurers (ABI) called the decision "crazy".
Young people could be priced out of owning a car after insurers warned their annual premiums could rise by up to £1,000. Drivers aged over 65 could also face an extra £300 charge.
Greece is a case for the poverty-solving World Bank, not the IMF says ex-minister Greece's financial crisis is so severe that it should turn to the World Bank for help rather than the International Monetary Fund, its former finance minister has claimed. George Papaconstantinou, who was finance minister from 2009 to 2011, said Greece’s finances were so weak and its institutions so immature that it needed support of the type that the World Bank offers to the least developed countries.
The Nokia 3310 is back - and it even has Snake The ‘indestructible’ handset returns, complete with one-month standby time, colour screen and bags of nostalgia
25 million books are missing from UK libraries – but who's counting? Librarians call for a national audit after inventory count of Suffolk libraries reveals 10,000 books are missing, despite computer records saying otherwise
Theresa May poised to announce end of free movement for new EU migrants next monthTheresa May is next month poised to announce the end of free movement for new EU migrants on the same day that she formally triggers Brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister is expected to say that EU citizens who travel to Britain after she triggers Article 50 will no longer have the automatic right to stay in the UK permanently.They will instead be subject to migration curbs after Britain leaves the European Union, which could include a new visa regime and restricted access to benefits.
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