Greece has made obvious leaps since 2015 in innovation, trying to close the gap with other pioneering countries. However, despite the improvement, its performance in various categories that make up the profile of an innovative country this year (funding and support, innovative businesses, intellectual property data, broadband penetration, human resources, etc) prove that Greece is far from the European average.
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Greece has outdone other European Union countries for the percentage of businesses that reported some kind of innovation activity between 2018 and 2020, achieving first place with a rate of 73%, according to a graph released by Eurostat on Friday.
In its latest Community Innovation Survey (CIS) survey, Eurostat said that 73% of all enterprises in Greece reported some form of innovation activity in 2018-2020.
Nicosia last week launched the Cyprus Tech Ecosystem Map, which will serve as a link between the local tech and innovation ecosystem and the international business and investment community.
Power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) said on Tuesday it was buying an e-mobility services startup to help upgrade its expanding network of charging stations for electric vehicles.
The General Secretariat of Research and Innovation said on Thursday it has set up a new web page at gsri.gov.gr, as part of user-friendlier services to the public and researchers.
Greek progress in the areas of research and technology innovation as well as the country’s growing appeal as an investment destination were discussed during a recent event organized by the Hellenic Innovation Network at the Consulate General of Greece in Boston.
The Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), along with DIW Berlin and Crowdpolicy, are organizing an event in English on Tuesday.
Citizens and businesses can now sign all documents and contracts with a digital signature easily and for free, thus removing the necessity to have signatures authenticated at a Citizens’ Service Centre (KEP) in person, thanks to a new government online service launched on Friday.
The Ministry of Development and Investments has released for public consultation a draft bill that aims to encourage investment through a series of incentives.
Greek startups are vying for a prominent position in the ‘smart agriculture’ market.
Persephone is a tour guide in Greece, but perhaps not the type people are used to.
The government has unveiled a digital app which will provide patients with access to their personal health and medical record.
A Munich-based company hopes to help usher in a new era of coronavirus testing with an eye scan that, it says, takes just three minutes to identify carriers of the disease and has a hit rate of 95%.
A team of Greek researchers at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto, Canada, have developed an easy-to-use diagnostic test for Covid-19, suitable for testing large numbers of people, such as students, industrial workers and nursing home workers.
