Ministry of Digital Governance

The rift between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and former New Democracy leader and prime minister Antonis Samaras, who served from 2012 to 2015, deepened on Wednesday.

A new digitization project undertaken by the Ministry of Digital Governance and the Ministry of Health, will enable interoperability among Greek hospitals, allowing doctors - regardless of their location, city, or region - to access the national electronic health records of patients without requiring them to present their medical files each time.

Tech-shy parents in Greece will soon be able to access a comprehensive and easy guide on how to monitor and control the content their children are exposed to online.

A few years ago, for Greek citizens, the idea of having in one place electronically and easily/immediately accessible all their documents concerning the public sector seemed like a science fiction scenario.

The bill from the Ministry of Digital Governance titled “Completion of the Land Registry, Simplification of Procedures, Use of Artificial Intelligence, and Provisions for the Operation of the Public Legal Entity ‘Greek Cadastre'” has been approved.

The main provisions relate to a series of interventions, such as:

Greece is enhancing its ability to respond to natural disasters through space technology. As part of the “National Microsatellite Program,” the country will acquire a total of six thermal and radar (SAR) microsatellites, boosting its capability to manage natural disasters with advanced space technologies.

The Ministry of Digital Governance is developing express procedures for the issue of marriage licenses, baptisms, and divorce dissolutions with the blessings of the Church. 

Express procedures via digitizing the licensing marriage, baptism, divorce resolution is being processed by the Ministry of Digital Governance with the …blessings of the Church, which seems to be entering the digital world in order to serve citizens directly and effortlessly, who by the end of the year will be able to conduct their transactions with the Church

A national cybersecurity authority will be created with a bill to protect the public sector, as well as private companies in sectors such as the manufacturing and distribution of chemicals and food products.

The recently appointed Education Minister, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, has affirmed his dedication to pushing for a review of Article 16 in the Greek Constitution, which currently prohibits the establishment of private universities. "Article 16 is an anachronism, and we are determined to change it," he said during an interview with Skai radio on Monday.