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NEWS Athens trolley bus fleet upgrade being mulled The Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) has earmarked 30,000 euros to commission a study on upgrading the Greek capital’s trolley bus network as part of an ongoing overhaul of public transportation. “The overhead trolleybus network – Europe’s largest – is not being abolished, but changes are under consideration.

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SOCIETY Phones behind the wheel a fatal distraction Drivers using mobiles face quadruple accident risk while texting increases risk 23 times Taking selfies while driving has become more dangerous than drunk driving, according to Greek road safety experts who warn that mobile phone use behind the wheel is creating a mounting crisis on the country’s roads.

1 month ago | ekathimerini.com | Despina Konti

ECONOMY BUSINESS Greek-owned startups woo Nvidia “Currently, the AI model we have developed can produce a four-second scene in one minute, which of course we are constantly improving,” the Greek founder of US company Runway AI, Anastasis Germanidis, stated to Kathimerini a year and a half ago.

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ECONOMY BUSINESS Novartis buying biotech startup with Greek scientists Novartis is acquiring a biotechnology company whose core is made up of a team of Greek scientists, for $1.7 billion. Based in San Diego, California, Regulus Therapeutics specializes in the development of microRNA therapies.

1 month ago | ekathimerini.com | Despina Konti

ECONOMY GREEK ECONOMY Nearly half of Greek SMEs are digitally illiterate Small and medium-sized enterprises in Greece score particularly low in the adoption of digital technologies, with almost one in two (46.6%) being evaluated very low in the relevant Eurostat digital intensity index.