A 30-year-old man working as gymnast at an elementary school in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, has been arrested for sexual harassment of minors and is facing felony charges. According to a police announcement on Tuesday, the suspect was arrested on Monday after parents filed a complaint claiming that he touched pupils …
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Three children injured when plaster falls on their heads in Athens school
Three elementary school children were injured on Friday morning when plasters detached from the school ceiling and fell on the young pupils in an Athens neighborhood. Everything happened at the 149th Primary School of Petralona during the second break. Suddenly, a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of …
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Greece runs out of mandatory self-tests for students, just hours before schools reopen
Student’s parents and pharmacist have been complaining since early Saturday morning that there are no more self-tests available even though they are mandatory for students before they go to school again on Monday, January 10, after the Christmas holidays. According to a recent government decision, the self-tests for students and …
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Police fires tear gas at neo-nazi youth in Thessaloniki school (videos)
Riot police fired tear gas and flash grenades into a high school yard in Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, after neo-nazi youth started throwing stones and petrol bombs at them. Riot police was deployed to the vocational school EPAL on Wednesday morning to separate fascist and anti-fascist youth groups, while it is not …
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Far-right high school pupils attack leftist students outside school (video)
High school pupils and university students clashed outside an EPAL vocational school in Stavroupolis suburb of Thessaloniki on Tuesday morning. At least, two people were injured. Eyewitnesses speak of an ideologically motivated clash as the attackers are known to belong to far-right front. The brawl started when a group of …
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3,000 pupils and teachers tested positive with Covid-19 self-tests
Almost 3,000 pupils and teachers were tested positive in Covid-19 self-tests ahead of the schools reopening on Monday morning, SKAI TV reported. Covid-19 testing kits were distributed free of charge by pharmacies across the country to pupils and teachers in the last days. They had to register the test results …
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Greek Education Ministry: Use of masks also in kindergarten
Students at all levels of education but also young children as those attending kindergarten will have to wear face masks when the schools in Greece open on September 7. The Ministry of Education has reportedly accepted the suggestions made by the experts of the infectious disease committee. Minister of Education …
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Racism virus infects pupils: They march chanting “Illegals out of schools”
The racism virus has infected also pupils in Giannitsa, Central Macedonia. Pupils from the vocational high school held a protest against refugees and migrants on Friday. Holding Greek flags, they chanted “Illegals out of schools.” Video: Some 50 pupils first occupied their school and later marched through the center of …
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Greece 2018: Pupils go to school on an open farmer’s truck
This is not a picture shot in some remote area in undeveloped world. This picture has been shot in Greece on 18. October 2018. Fifteen children are been transported on an open farmer’s truck. This is the only way for the elementary pupils to reach their school in Chrysopigi, 6 …
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Arta: school teacher incites pupils to beat 8-year-old classmate
A primary school teacher, 50, was arrested in Arta, Western Greece, for inciting pupils to beat their 8-year-old classmate. According to local media, the teacher urged the pupils of the 2. grade class to slap the boy for punishment, because he had attempted to leave the class before the school …
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Larisa: Teacher Muzzles Pupils with Tape
A school teacher silenced two elementary school pupils with a tape because they were talking too much! The pupils managed to unmuzzle themselves and complained to their parents about the unbelievable teacher’s behaviour. On their part, the parents complained to the headmaster who ordered an investigation on the issue and …
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