20/10/15

[Maik]

Greece's leftwing government promised Monday to overhaul the country's private TV licensing system in the next two weeks as part of reforms it says will target corruption.

Government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said draft legislation for the new process will be submitted to parliament this week, despite objections from channel owners who say the government is seeking to gain too much supervisory authority.

Private TV channels first launched 25 years ago but have never operated under a full licensing process, largely due to long-running political disputes over oversight rules.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8616f768466b4e7b8772d1e38932b355/greek-government-plans-major-overhaul-tv-licensing

[Maik]

Greece wants to create a summer global summit like Davos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greece-wants-to-create-a-summer-global-summit-like-davos/2015/10/20/7845899e-76fd-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html

[Maik]

UK government starting to move from MS Office to open source:

A new deal between the Crown Commercial Service and Collabora Productivity will provide public sector organisations with savings on Open Source office software.

Collabora GovOffice is based on LibreOffice, and is compatible with Google Docs and Microsoft Office (including Office 365).

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/collabora-deal-will-provide-savings-on-open-source-office-software

[Maik]

Online pharmacy slapped with £130,000 fine for flogging customer data

Online pharmacy Pharmacy 2U has been slapped with a £130,000 fine by the Information Commissioner's Office for flogging customers to a marketing company without their consent.

The ICO said Pharmacy 2U offered the customer names and addresses for sale through an online marketing list company.

The ICO investigation found that Pharmacy 2U had not informed its customers that it intended to sell their details, and that the customers had not given their consent for their personal data to be sold on. This was in breach of the Data Protection Act.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/20/online_pharmacy_slapped_with_130000_fine/

[Maik]

Ancient Nemea to Host New School of Ancient Greek Athletics

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/19/ancient-nemea-to-host-new-school-of-ancient-greek-athletics/

[Maik]

Greek George Charalampopoulos Wins Arm Wrestling World Championship

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/19/greek-george-charalampopoulos-wins-arm-wrestling-world-championship/

[Maik]

Russians Are Buying Up Real Estate In Greece, Should You?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/omribarzilay/2015/10/19/russians-are-buying-up-real-estate-in-greece-should-you/