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Greece awards permits for 240MW of renewable projectsThe Greek regulatory authorities have granted permission for solar and wind parks across the country.The Greek Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water (RAAEW) has awarded permits for 240MW of new renewable projects across Greece. In a big win for renewable capacity for the nation, installation has been approved for plants providing a total of 132.6MW of solar photovoltaic capacity and 108MW of wind power generation.
After 16-year Restoration, Greece Unveils Palace where Alexander the Great Became KingANCIENT AIGAI, Greece — It was the largest building of classical Greece: the palace where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king before he launched a conquest that took him as far as modern-day Afghanistan.The Palace of Aigai in northern Greece was fully reopened Friday following a 16-year renovation that cost more than 20 million euros ($22 million) and included financial support from the European Union.It was built more than 2,300 years ago during the reign of Alexander’s father, Phillip II, who had transformed the kingdom of Macedonia into a dominant military power of ancient Greece. Aigai was its royal capital.
Post Office scandal: Dozens more seek legal help after TV dramaFifty new potential victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have contacted lawyers after ITV broadcast a drama about the case this week.Neil Hudgell, a lawyer acting for claimants, told the BBC that the new enquiries include former sub-postmasters who were given convictions.Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted more than 700 sub-postmasters based on information from a faulty accounting system, Horizon.Some wrongfully went to prison.Many were financially ruined, forced to declare bankruptcy, while others describe being shunned by their communities following convictions for false accounting and theft. Some have since died.The case has been described as one of the most widespread miscarriages of justice in British history.
Post Office under criminal investigation for potential fraud over Horizon scandalMetropolitan police interview two people under caution over scandal that led to wrongful conviction of 700 post office operatorsThe Post Office is under criminal investigation over “potential fraud offences” committed during the Horizon scandal, the Metropolitan police have confirmed for the first time.Officers are “investigating potential fraud offences arising out of these prosecutions”, for example “monies recovered from sub-postmasters [operators] as a result of prosecutions or civil actions”, Scotland Yard said on Friday evening.It is not clear whether the investigation relates to individual staff members or the Post Office as a corporate entity.Between 1999 and 2015, more than 700 post office branch managers were wrongly handed criminal convictions after faulty Horizon accounting software made it appear as though money was missing from their outlets.Under the terms of their contracts, operators were liable for the financial losses and the Post Office demanded they repay the money or face closure, prosecution or a civil claim.Hundreds were jailed or left bankrupted and at least four people took their own lives.It is not known how much cash was paid back for imaginary shortfalls but so far £151m has been paid in compensation. Operators claimed that tens of millions of pounds wrongly clawed back went into Post Office profits.The Met is already investigating two former Fujitsu experts, who were witnesses in the trials, for perjury and perverting the course of justice. Fujitsu is the company behind the Horizon software.
Post Office scandal: Petition to strip Paula Vennells of CBE signed by half a million peopleMore than half a million people have signed a petition calling for the former Post Office boss to have her CBE taken away over the Horizon scandal. The ITV show has led to a surge of sympathy for the victims of the scandal and a rapid rise in the number of people signing the online petition, which was set up in 2021.On Monday, when the first part was aired, it had about 1,000 signatures. By the time the final episode was broadcast on Thursday, the total had leapt past 350,000. So far, more than 600,000 people have signed it.The prime minister on Thursday declined to say whether she should lose her honour.Sir Keir Starmer told ITV News: "Whether she [Ms Vennells] hands back her award is really a matter for her."
Minor drama earlier today when one of the young men diving for the cross in Argostoli was taken to hospital after injuring his shoulder.
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