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The Commission tabled on Wednesday a regulation on a digital green certificate, a "temporary" measure supposed to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the Covid-19 pandemic. It will verify that a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19, received a negative test result or recovered from the virus infection.

Buildings' electronic identification number (e-ID), which will be necessary for all property transactions as of February 1, will set owners back some 500 to 1,000 euros per property, in addition to being an additional bureaucratic hassle for them amid the pandemic, the federation of property owners (POMIDA) alleges.

Those vaccinated will receive a digital certificate from Greek authorities

A new set of digital public services have been launched within the framework of the effort to provide citizens with efficient and safe services, given the limitations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Monday saw the introduction of so-called "digital counters" which allows online transactions between the public and state services via the gov.gr website.

The Industry and Technology Ministry issued incentive certificates for 501 investment projects in May.

Six doctors and three nurses working at a hospital on the eastern Aegean island of Samos have been arrested on suspicion of issuing bogus medical certificates to asylum seekers, for a fee, so as to facilitate their transfer to the mainland on health grounds.

A Spanish accreditation company, Ases21, says its safety certificates - submitted as a part of winning bid for the procurement of football goals for 20 Sarajevo schools - were forged.

E-government requires a change of at least 20 percent of the Bulgarian legislation. This is what the chairman of the State Agency for Electronic Management Atanas Temelkov said. In his words, still a large part of the administrations are lagging behind in changing their internal regulations in order to remove paper certificates and activities.

It can take as long as three months to complete a property transaction in Greece, particularly when it comes to countryside homes. The main reason is the huge bureaucracy the process entails, as a transaction requires from 10 to 23 certificates and documents, a figure that grows with each legislative intervention,instead of diminishing.

The Athens Archbishopric is taking a step into the digital era with an initiative that will allow citizens to apply for marriage licenses, baptism certificates and other documents online.

Using their personal details for Taxisnet, the electronic portal for submitting tax declarations, citizens will soon be able to use their cell phones or computers to request a series of documents.