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UNICEF cuts Greek branch citing financial irregularitiesThe United Nations children’s agency on Friday announced its decision to terminate its relationship with UNICEF’s Hellenic National Committee after an audit prompted by reports from top-level economic officials at the local branch of irregularities in its finances.
Greece to investigate claims over UNICEF branch’s financesA Greek prosecutor has ordered an investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement in the local branch of UNICEF... following claims by the head of UNICEF’s Greek committee that an audit of the local branch’s finances revealed alleged mismanagement.
Panathinaikos banned from European football for three years by Uefa over unpaid debtsAs well as missing out on European club football for the next three seasons, the club must also pay a 100,000 euros (£88,000) fine that was originally suspended
Greek Lady Claims Oldest Woman on Planet Title113-year-old Ekaterini Kornarou from the town of Krestena in Peloponnese is about to claim the title for the oldest woman in the world.According to official documents and electronic records Karnarou was born on July 25, 1905.According to local news reports, her relatives are gathering the necessary supporting documents to send to the Guinness Book of Records.
Woman, 22, who left baby in light shaft, to be charged with infanticide
Horses 'fly-tipped and left to die', says RSPCA
German state orders all government buildings to display a Christian crossReligious symbol is already compulsory in public schools and courtrooms in predominantly Catholic Bavaria
Global wine output falls to lowest level in 60 years
Broadband flaw left 400,000 British homes open to hacking – was your router vulnerable? More than 400,000 households were vulnerable to hackers eavesdropping on their web browsing habits and credit card details thanks to a flaw in equipment from a British broadband provider.Hyperoptic, Britain's largest residential gigabit broadband provider, provided customers with routers made by ZTE, the Chinese company that last week prompted a security warning from GCHQ.The flaw in the routers granted hackers total remote control of a home network if unsuspecting customers clicked a "phishing" link sent over email or social media.
NCSC: Chinese Telecoms Firm ZTE is National Security RiskThe UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that one of China’s biggest telecoms infrastructure and smartphone firms is a national security risk.
QuoteBroadband flaw left 400,000 British homes open to hacking – was your router vulnerable? More than 400,000 households were vulnerable to hackers eavesdropping on their web browsing habits and credit card details thanks to a flaw in equipment from a British broadband provider.Hyperoptic, Britain's largest residential gigabit broadband provider, provided customers with routers made by ZTE, the Chinese company that last week prompted a security warning from GCHQ.The flaw in the routers granted hackers total remote control of a home network if unsuspecting customers clicked a "phishing" link sent over email or social media.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/04/24/broadband-flaw-left-400000-brits-open-hacking/More at which.co.ukQuoteNCSC: Chinese Telecoms Firm ZTE is National Security RiskThe UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that one of China’s biggest telecoms infrastructure and smartphone firms is a national security risk.https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-chinese-zte-national-security/
Another day, another security scare. A joint statement by the FBI, DHS and UK NCSC has warned that the Russian Government are now actively conducting “malicious cyber activity” with the aim of compromising network infrastructure devices such as switches, firewalls and even home broadband routers etc.
'Not British enough': ex-high commissioner's baby denied UK passport in 2011Arthur Snell says Home Office defaults to refusal of citizenship wherever possible to make it difficult for applicantsA former British high commissioner whose baby son was initially denied a British passport after being born abroad, said it demonstrated a Home Office that defaults to refusal wherever possible."You cannot be more British than the British High Commissioner but he wasn’t British enough".
Donald Trump UK visit set for July as mass protests plannedBritish officials are preparing for Donald Trump to come to the UK for a working visit in mid-July, raising the spectre of mass protests the moment he touches down.
Brexit: Britons set to be charged €7 fee to visit EU countries under new Brussels plans
Fascinating images show original Windsor Castle after it was built to defend against medieval Home CountiesResearch sheds new light on origins of England’s most famous royal palace outside London
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