A new digital platform which offers permanent residents in the country’s off-grid regions access to television broadcasts was announced on Wednesday by the Digital Governance Ministry.
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A Greek government’s bill that introduces the Covid-19 digital certificate was passed in parliament by a broad party majority on Tuesday.
The European Commission will on Friday adopt revamped data transfer tools with more legal and privacy safeguards to allow companies to transfer Europeans’ data securely around the world, the EU executive’s justice chief said on Wednesday.
All government online platforms requiring logging in through the digital platform of Taxisnet will be out of order this weekend for upgrading, except for the vaccination appointments site, the e-Governance Ministry said on Wednesday.
New corporate ecosystems are popping up in cities thanks to young professionals who are driven by the desire to make money but also to offer something valuable to the community, Elias Spirtounias, executive director of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hinted on Wednesday at a possible reduction of VAT on the islands in a discussion he had with a local businessman during a visit to Astypalaia.
Greece wants to offer visas to so-called “digital nomads,” that is professionals working in another country remotely and whose numbers are expected to skyrocket over the next few years.
New ecosystems are popping up in cities, as mostly young people are driven by their dreams to make money and also offer something valuable to the community, Elias Spirtounias, executive director of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) said on Tuesday in Thessaloniki.
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit the Cycladic island of Astypalea on Wednesday, where he will meet visiting Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess.
An investment gap of 10 billion euros in artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies is holding back the European Union, argued a European Investment Bank survey released on Tuesday.
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The rapid digitization of the economy poses enormous challenges for workers, businesses and the state, with employee skills becoming outdated within 2.5 to five years.
Facebook has announced the extension of its cooperation with Agence France-Presse (AFP), which provides services as an independent content controller, to include Greece and Cyprus.
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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centrer for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University(SFU), in collaboration with the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is launching Staellinika’s Greek mythology course.
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The messaging app WhatsApp said on Friday it was still discussing the rollout of an update in Turkey, despite a statement from Turkey’s Competition Board saying the update would not be issued.
Greeks have saved themselves an estimated 75 hours each between last summer and March thanks to the introduction of digital appointments with public services, according to the Digital Governance Ministry.
The Interior Ministry is launching a new online platform for digitally booking appointments (iRantevou) to facilitate interactions between government agencies and the public, as part of a wider effort to modernize Greece’s public sector.
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