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The European Commission said on Wednesday it has opened antitrust proceedings against Google over what it alleged was abuse of a dominant position.

A photograph posted on Facebook last Friday by noted local author Auguste Corteau, showing the man kissing his ? husband, was apparently too much for the world's foremost social media site, which promptly took it down.

Greece was amongst the top countries where fans of the hugely successful Game of Thrones series rushed to download the first four leaked episodes of the new season.

News that the first four episodes of the fifth season were available in pirated form over the Internet caused millions of fans to use their PCs to watch the versions.

A court has threatened to block Google in Turkey, if the world's most popular search engine does not comply with its ruling against the publication of images showing a prosecutor who was killed during a hostage crisis in Istanbul.

Turks spent more than 35.5 billion Turkish Liras ($13.3 billion) on telecommunications last year, up from 32.2 billion liras ($12.2 billion) in 2013, according to a report released by the Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) on March 27.

Over 80 percent of the amount spent went on Turkey's top four telecommunication companies, the report stated.

Social media opened up a new realm for Turkish citizens to access news due to the heavy government control of mainstream media, but the state's increasing control over the Internet means citizens are losing the censorship battle to the state, according to communications scholar Asl?

Turkey's government is asking for 2.3 billion euros from the telecommunication industry for its new 4G tender. The English 4G tender resulted in 2.3 billion pounds years ago. The government is very keen on getting the most out of this tender.

Taxisnet, the electronic platform of the Greek finance ministry, will continue to accept annual employee income certificate data by companies, social insurance funds and state organizations after the March 31 deadline.

Turkey is second in the world in terms of the amount of content restricted on Facebook due to government requests, following India, according to the social media site's Global Government Requests Report, which includes information about content removal.

A slight increase in government requests for account data in the second half of 2014 was recorded, the report also said.

After 4 years of development, Apotheon, a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology is finally out.

The game, which was released in early February by AlienTrap, is already getting rave reviews, due to its gorgeous art style, its interesting plot and its music, created by Marios Aristopoulos, an Athens-based composer and sound designer.