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Greek law professors appointed to UK competition courtA former head of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Ioannis Lianos, has been appointed as a member of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.Lianos is a professor of competition law and public policy at University College London, where he has taught since 2005. He was president of the Hellenic Competition Commission from August 2019 to December 2023. He has also served as a regular member of the bureau of the OECD Competition Committee.
Horizon scandal: PM announces mass exonerations for sub-postmastersLegislation will be introduced to exonerate all sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted amid the Post Office Horizon scandal.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a new law would be introduced so people wrongly convicted in the scandal are “swiftly exonerated and compensated”.The news will be a triumph for those who have spent years campaigning to have their convictions quashed, but others may opt to pursue long-running legal cases and have their stories heard in court.The government has said it would continue to fund the legal costs of the sub-postmasters to ensure they receive independent advice before making a decision.There are concerns that blanket exonerations could result in people who actually did steal money being wrongly awarded hundreds of thousands in compensation.Business minister Kevin Hollinrake told the Commons that sub-postmasters will be asked to sign a statement to declare they did not commit the crime before receiving compensation.
Dozens of villagers hold funeral for beloved wild peacock killed in hit-and-runDozens of villagers have attended the funeral of a beloved peacock that was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day.Residents of Grouville, Jersey bid farewell to Henry Percy, a 15-year-old male peacock, in an emotional 40-minute service outside their parish hall on Saturday.Henry Percy was laid to rest in a bespoke coffin complete with flowers and his favourite snacks, blueberry muffins.
Forensic report finds infant in northern Greece was beaten to deathΑ 6-month-old infant in northern Greece was beaten to death, a forensic report showed on Wednesday.The infant living in a village in Imathia, northern Greece, was allegedly beaten to death by his own mother. The 37-year-old appeared before a prosecutor on Wednesday and was charged with intentional homicide. The forensic service of Thessaloniki, found that the baby had sustained multiple lethal injuries to the head, resulting in a cracked skull, as well as multiple lacerations to the face and chest.
The new foreign coffee and restaurant chains in Greece (pics)
Windows 10 KB5034441 security update fails with 0x80070643 errorsWindows 10 users worldwide report problems installing Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday updates, getting 0x80070643 errors when attempting to install the KB5034441 security update for BitLocker.
QuoteThe new foreign coffee and restaurant chains in Greece (pics)https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/01/10/new-foreign-coffee-chains-greece/Does Greece need new foreign coffee and restaurant chains?
Post Office paid out bonuses for every postmaster convicted under Horizon scandalPost Office investigators were offered cash bonuses for every sub-postmaster convicted during the Horizon scandal, it has emerged.Alan Bates, the sub-postmaster who led the campaign for justice, joined a deluge of criticism over the practice on Wednesday, saying offering financial incentives for prosecutions was “appalling” as he highlighted the “horrendous” culture of the Post Office.Investigators with the Post Office described the incentive scheme as “part of the business”, with everyone in the security team “on a bonus”.Gary Thomas, who worked in the Post Office security team between 2000 and 2012, told the Post Office Horizon inquiry that the bonus targets affected how he went about his work. Mr Thomas branded all sub-postmasters “crooks” in emails concerning one victim who was posthumously cleared. The messages were handed to the inquiry, which resumes on Thursday.
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