The webpage of the state-run Business Program for the Development of Human Resources (epanad.gov.gr) was targeted by Turkish hackers on Wednesday. 

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Wednesday posted a message on his Twitter account, clarifying that an email received by a large number of citizens including his name in connection to an ostensible financing scheme is fraudulent. 

Despite the impressive digital upgrade of the Municipality of Athens, which was further accelerated by the coronavirus in terms of serving the public, some employees still have to go through handwritten archives as a number of them were only digitalized in the previous decade.

The location of people placing calls to the European emergency number 112 was improved as of July 15 after the General Secretariat for Civil Protection deployed the Emergency Location Service (ELS) service for mobile phones using the Android operating system.

“Much like the crisis has accelerated the use of technology, technology can now accelerate the exit from the crisis.” With this optimistic message, last month President of EMEA Business & Operations for Google Matt Brittin announced the company’s ambitious new initiative called Grow Greece with Google: an overarching public-private partnership that aims to support the country’s recovery through the use of innovative technology.

The US Mission to Greece has announced a partnership with Found.ation to host “TechCamp Thessaloniki: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs” on September 6-8 at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair. 

The Athens-listed OTE Group and Intracom Telecom have undertaken the expansion of the National Telemedicine Network (EDIT) to 22 additional islands of the north and south Aegean for 2021. 

The penetration of new technologies and the digital maturing of small enterprises in Greece, particularly in sectors that are not knowledge-intensive, remain limited.

The Digital Policy Ministry has delivered 155 tablets to the Shipping and Island Policy Ministry in order to make the best possible use of an electronic platform developed and donated to the Hellenic Coast Guard by the Safe Water Sports nongovernmental organization to boost safety at beaches.

A new digital platform, MyKEPlive, enabling the public to conduct dozens of transactions with the state online, was presented on Monday by Digital Policy Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

New legislation outlining incentives for the acquisition and use of electric cars has just been published in the Government Gazette.

Almost all Greeks (92%) understand that fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks will bring great changes to their lives and the economy.

Beachgoers heading to the open public sandy beach near the city hall of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni municipality in southern Athens no longer need to carry chargers for their mobiles, tablets or power banks next to the sunscreen and towel.

The first step in Greece’s transition to fifth generation cellular networks (5G) – delivering speeds 100 times faster than 4G – has been taken by the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (HTPC).

The Labor Ministry is setting up a new framework for teleworking, an option that was widely applied during the spring lockdown to keep many companies from going under.

Greek startups have created a local industry worth billions of euros, with funding and takeover deals sending valuations soaring and prompting investors to view some of them as potential "unicorns," that is technological companies with a value in excess of $1 billion.

The capital of Crete, Iraklio, has been included in the European Commission’s list of 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge after an evaluation of its digital policy. 

The 16th edition of the Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) will be free to view online for three months starting on July 10, with a selection of proposals from more than 5,500 entries from over 100 countries.

State Minister for Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis announced on Thursday that citizens will soon be able to carry out transactions online with employees at Citizens Service Centers (KEP) through video calls.

Mobile data seem to be evolving into an essential commodity after the months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, but mainly because the daily routine of an increasing number of households now centers around smartphones.