Foundation for Research and Technology

An intriguing and unique European research initiative, supervised by Greek experts, seeks to develop approaches and methodologies for assessing landscape quality in rural regions in order to safeguard it.

In fact, it employs as its primary tools, on the one hand, citizen engagement and, on the other, the most advanced technologies of geoinformatics and artificial intelligence.

Not only did the blistering heat in July set forests and towns alight, it also markedly increased the temperature of coastal waters, giving rise to a phenomenon known as a marine heatwave. 

​​​​​​In fact, when air tempratures peaked around July 25-27, the surface of the sea reached up to 30 degrees Celsius, as recorded in the southern Ionian Sea. 

The Prime Minister's office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the Hellenic Police (ELAS) were the targets of an international cyber espionage campaign in April 2019 code-named "Sea Turtle."

According to verified sources, the unknown perpetrators were able to gain access to the internal networks of government agencies.

At least three Greek government websites were targeted by the global hackers' group Sea Turtle in April of last year, Kathimerini understands.

The aim of the hackers was to steal employees' passwords and gain access to the internal networks of sensitive state services.

A platform called ""Time Is Brain," developed by researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, was awarded first prize at the first Hacking Health Hackathon (HHH) competition, it was announced on Tuesday.

Most Greek parents allow children under the age of 13 to use social media, according to a survey released on Monday.