Tag Archives: school

A case of extreme and dangerous bullying of a 12-year-old student in a high school of Nea Ionia suburb of western Athens. The student was pressed by older school boys to get inside a rainwater drainage hole in the courtyard and they placed the heavy iron lid on him. The …

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An explosive device detonated in the courtyard of a primary school in the town of Agrinio, western Greece, late on Tuesday. No injuries or damage have been  reported. Local residents who heard the blast shortly before 11 p.m alerted the police. Police officers discovered remnants of a homemade explosive device …

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A 65-year-old  school principal in Achaia, western Greece, was arrested on teusday for allegedly sexually harassing a 14-year-old female student. According to the complaint filed by the student’s father, the 65-year-old allegedly made gestures and remarks towards the teen during two classes. The student informed her parents upon returning home, …

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A student at a school in western Greece, received a one-day suspension on Monday for using a cell phone in the class. It is the first punishment of this kind since the new legislation came into effect less than a week ago. The incident took place in the secondary education …

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The factory involved in the food poisoning of dozens of school children last week was completely burned down after a fire broke out at 9:30 on Sunday evening. The factory of  Giannitsis company in the industrial area of ​​Lamia, central Greece, was completely destroyed by the that broke out at …

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Nine students and one teacher of EPAL high school in Amfissa, central Greece, were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out in the school building. Firefighters rushed to the area and extinguished the fire. As the building was engulfed in smoke, students and a teacher experienced breathing problems …

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A 17-year-old student and the 60-year-old principal of a high school in Kypseli district of Athens have been hospitalized with multiple injuries after a young man barged into the school grounds and attacked the student in the head with a hammer. Armed with two knives and a hammer, the 19-year-old …

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One 17-year-old student was brutally beaten and wounded and four students were arrested, when a group of teenagers engaged in a mass brawl in a high school in Peristeri suburb of western Athens on Wednesday. The incident is added to the long list of violent incidents among minors. Speaking to …

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Three minors aged 14, 15 and 17 are accused of the rape of a 13-year-old girl in the courtyard of a school in western Athens. Furthermore, one of the minors videotaped the sexual acts and distributed the footage to a group of other minors via the instagram. The incident took …

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A primary school in Farkadona village had to be shut down due to the appearing of snakes inside the school building. The presence of snakes is attributed to the flooding in Central Greece following the two storm weather fronts in September. The Primary School of Zarkos in the Municipality of …

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A 13-year-old school boy has been seriously injured when he leaned against the railings and fell on the ground from a height of 5 meters. the incident occurred at Monday noon in a high school of Lamia, Central Greece. According to local media reports, the boy was in the back …

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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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Two Irish teenagers have died over the weekend while on school vacation on the island of Ios, in the Cyclades group in the central Aegean Sea. They were classmates in the same school and had recently graduated before with other classmates traveled to Ios for summer vacations. both teenagers were …

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Part of the ceiling in a primary school in Volos collapsed and crushed on the the teacher’s desk and the pupil’s desk. It was pure time coincidence that nobody was injured. According to local media magnisianews.gr, the incident occurred in a classroom of the 18th primary school just when the …

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Brutal bullying in renowned private school in Athens: A group of six students, five boys and a girl, tied a fishing line around a classmate’s neck and tried to choke him “for fun.” The 15-year-old victim was bullied, tortured and humiliated by the group also in the past and his …

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A draft bill on “prevention and management of violence and bullying phenomena in schools” was approved by the Greek Parliament plenary on Wednesday. Ruling New Democracy and opposition PASOK-KINAL voted for it, while all other parties voted against it, except Greek Solution, which voted “present”. Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance does …

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“Call me when you arrive” A phrase many parents tell their children before they leave for a trip. Using their back-bags as tool and the school yard as background, students several schools across the country pay tribute to all the young people who found a tragic death in the train …

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High school students in Herakleio, Crete, are forced to have lessons in a church, because there is not enough place, read: classroom, for them in the school building. The small chapel is located in the courtyard of Kapetanakeio school and has been converted into a classroom, since the school facilities …

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Greece 2.0 just a few kilometers away from Patras: Early in the morning students are holding tight to keep balance as the tractor wheels rev up on the rough, muddy road and then uphill to civilization. They go up and down the hill on tractor four times per day: for …

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A school principal allegedly asked immigrant parents for 50 euros for the wreath their child would lay on the anniversary of the national Ochi Day, on October 28, as the young students was entitled to. The CEO of pollster Metron Analysis, Stratos Fanaras, made a sensational complaint about a school …

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