Global Positioning System

FILIATRA, Greece - Greek olive grower Panagiotis Tsafaras has been forced to patrol his groves twice a day recently to fend off thieves trying to steal the crop as prices rise during a poor harvest.

Tsafaras has been robbed twice, with thieves stealing more than a tonne of his olives in one incident last month.

Two high school students have become the winners of a competition held by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) with their ultrasonic navigation project which can locate objects without GPS, the satellite-based radio navigation system.

A member of the ground staff at Athens International Airport has confessed to stealing valuables from passengers' luggage on at least 70 occasions after police tracked him down by following the GPS signal from a pair of wireless headphones which he had stolen from a tourist's suitcase.

“The tool can be used to collect GPS coordinates of the victim, monitor key strokes, activate hidden cameras & browse files on the remote mobile devices to steal data”

Ljubljana – The Kranj Police Department has called on those heading to the mountains to use marked trails and official maps rather than resorting to GPS navigation, which can lead into dangerous situation.

The appeal comes after rescue teams had to rescue several hikers – all foreign citizens – in the area of Mt Vogel in the Julian Alps four times in the last month.

Ljubljana – The Health Ministry has approved five of the 34 applications for recognition of professional qualifications of doctors from third countries that have ben submitted this year, and eight of the 42 applications submitted last year.

A national information system for combatting COVID-19 was presented at a briefing at the Council of Ministers.

Another 4-year term for GPs to acquire General Medicine if they do not already have one. The Parliament extended the deadline, among with amendments to the Law on Medical Establishments, which the National Assembly adopted at first and then at the second reading.

China has added two satellites to its homegrown global navigation and positioning network that seeks to reduce reliance on the U.S.-based Global Positioning System.

The ancient Ionian Greeks off the coast of Asia Minor from the city of Melitus were the first to use stars and their relationship with the earth’s surface to aid them in navigating the globe.