Kyriakos Pierrakakis

On Wednesday, the government of Greece unveiled a bill that will allow the operation of private universities in the country. Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said private universities will have strict foundation criteria while students must have reached the minimum entry...

Greece will lift the ban on private universities, the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced this week in a historic move. The initiative will be part of broader higher education reforms that will be introduced in a bill soon to...

A growing number of American students are choosing Greece as a destination for study, according to the Open Doors 2023 survey findings, published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Greece moved up in the global rankings and is...

There has been a rapid increase of digital traffic and online transactions in Greece so far in 2021, including public access to government online services, the country's Digital Governance Minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at Thessaloniki Helexpo Forum, Kyriakos Pierrakakis...

It is now official: Fax machines will be removed from Greek public services and governmental communication with citizens will be conducted exclusively online from now on. The new "Digital State," as announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, renders fax machines...

Greek Minister of Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis met with senior executives from Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon, on Monday to talk about the company's recent decision to invest in Greece. The talks between the Minister and the representatives...

The former president of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who successfully turned his country into the most advanced digital society in the world during his term in office, will take a position as advisor to Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greece's Minister of State...