Wi-Fi

As Macedonia moves into election mode, opponents of Prime Minister are being urged to rename their home wi-fi networks 'Goodbye Nikola'.

The fully furnished one-room suites have been built as part of the annual sand sculpture festivals in Sneek and Oss.

The hotel is made of thin walls, covered inside and out with reinforced sand to ensure it doesn’t crumble. However, the bathroom fittings and beds are made out of traditional materials.

Telenor Serbia has set up a free Wi-Fi hot spot at the park near Belgrade's Central Bus Station, enabling all migrants to get in touch with their families.

Another free Wi-Fi hot spot will be set up over the next few days at the second busiest migrant location, in the park in front of the Faculty of Economics, the company said in a statement.

Free Wi-Fi access is available at the Acropolis thanks to the National Research and Technology Network (GRNET) and the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA). This means that

Everybody likes free Wi-Fi at hotels but there are risks involved. Hotel networks are targeted by cybercriminals who wait for hotel guests to logon to hotel networks before tricking them into downloading devices that infects spy software. The hackers fake network mirrors the freely available hotel service so that hackers can then steal account names, passwords and intercept files.

Bulgaria's Black Sea resort Sunny Beach will provide free wireless internet to all its visitors during the summer.

Tourists will be provided with the opportunity to surf on the web, access social networks and use all other internet resources free of charge from anywhere in the resort.

A project announced by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras last November to improve wireless Internet access across Greece is now getting under way.

An invitation for expressions of interest in the tender was published on Tuesday so that it can be incorporated in the regional programs of the European Union-subsidized National Strategic Reference Framework.

Railway operator OSE on Friday said that it is launching the first phase of an electronic information system which is expected to make travel easier for passengers.

The new system will provide commuters with real-time travel updates on digital announcement boards and later on their smartphones, tablets and laptops at the country’s railway stations.

Almost half of Bulgaria's households have no access to internet, which is the highest rate in the European Union.

There is internet in 54% of households, while the EU average is 79%, Dariknews reports. The highest percentage is in the Netherlands – 95%.

Free Internet access will be available across Greece as of November through a network of up to 4,000 Wi-Fi points in closed and open public spaces, Transport and Networks Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said Wednesday.