Greece

Valentinos Tzekas, an 18-year-old Greek Student, is the founder of new social networking smartphone application, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reports. The “Near” application, which has yet to be launched, will allow its users to connect with people who are within a 1.5...

Half the Greek population has an account on at least one social media platform, according to a recent publication in the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. Greeks spend more than 80 minutes per day on social networks. Facebook is the favorite platform...

A new free professional social network called BsMark (Business Social Marketing) has been created in Greece. People from all over the world, professionals, unemployed, students and business owners among others can share online everything concerning their profession, entrepreneurship and leisure...

Twitter has blocked the account of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party, apparently in line with the platform's new rules against hate speech. The micro-blogging and social networking service did not say why it blocked the Golden Dawn account on Thursday,...

A 20-year-old student from the computer department of the University of Macedonia has created a program that detects fake news on the internet, an Athens News Agency report says. Valentinos Tzekas from Larissa created a program with several parameters and...

It seems that the economic crisis in Greece has affected animals as well. There is no other explanation why these two ibex battle it out for a few corn seeds on the island of Crete, a rich land with...

Many times people have questioned me for advocating a mythical revolution. The reality of the matter remains that nothing changes unless people speak out and I am therefore pleased to see that finally a “Revolution of the Mind” is...

Unlike the real world, where the differences between men and women are absolutely irreconcilable, the differences that divide the two sexes in the digital world are substantially less ingrained, according to a survey based on the databases of the United...

Almost one in three Greeks state that they had never used a computer in their life (34.4%), or surfed the internet (36.3%). More women (40.8%) than men (35.9%) have never used the internet. On the other hand, the number of Greeks...

With a long announcement, Facebook thanked the Greek Police and especially the Cyber Crime Unit for the arrest of two Greek hackers, 31 and 27 years old, who created the virus "Lecpetex" that damaged thousands of computers around the world. Facebook administration stated that...

Two Greek students of informatics aged 31 and 27 years old had developed a malicious software called "Lecpetex" which was spreading through social networking sites stealing digital currencies, the so-called bitcoins, from more than 250,000 computers around the world. The Cyber...

Eminent Larnaca businessman Akis Lefkariti and another man have been arrested by Cyprus police on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, it emerged last week. Fifty-seven year-old Lefkariti and 35 year-old Nikos Nikolaou from Oroklini, near Larnaca, have been held in...

With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras saying small start-up companies can help Greece reduce the country's record unemployment rate, the entrepreneurs he's counting on say their businesses won't produce enough jobs to make a difference. The jobless rate is hovering around...

Former staff at Nicosia-based bitcoin company Neo & Bee apparently took to the internet Friday to speak out against their British ex-boss, Danny Brewster, who is wanted by Cyprus police on suspicion of fraud after leaving the island owing depositors. Via social networking...

The Greek island of Crete has competed against New York, Budapest, London and Paris and come out the winner. It all started when a group of street artists chose the best places for kissing, marked them and advertised them. This might...