May 25, 2022
Politics, World
“Devastated by the news of the horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of so many children” the Greek Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter on Wednesday. “In this hour of grief, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families and our deepest sympathies to the …
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May 13, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
An elementary school teacher has bitten one of her pupils, an 11-year-old child with disabilities. The teacher is also the principal of the Special School in Arta, western Greece. She did not inform the mother of the incident. And it was the It was the victim’s mother who found out …
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February 14, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were handed a suspended 14-month prison term and fined 3,000 euros each by a court in Rhodes for not sending their 8-year-old child to primary school due to the pandemic. The parents were convicted of violating the law on compulsory attendance at kindergarten, …
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February 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
Α Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Heraklio, Crete sentenced a mother who did not send her child to school to six months n prison with a three-year suspension. The 9-year-old child did not attended school since September 2020. To her defense the 39-year-old mother said that she did not send her …
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February 4, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society, Uncategorized
The Greek Education Ministry on Friday opened an investigation into a report that a middle school teacher insulted a male student because he showed up in class wearing a skirt. Media reports said the incident happened at the Ilion Musical Middle School in western Athens on Tuesday, February 1. The …
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December 7, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Anti-vaxxer parents who do not send their children to school will be punished with up to 2 years imprisonment and fines, the Greek Education Ministry ruled in an amendment submitted to the Palriament late on Tuesday. The tough measure comes as parents and guardians who oppose vaccinations against Covid-19 and …
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November 4, 2021
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The false ceiling of a classroom in an elementary school in Thessaloniki, collapsed on Thursday morning and it was only due to the teacher’s sharp observation that the 23 pupils of the 6th Grade escaped without harm the disaster of metal bars and debris falling on their heads. At the …
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October 31, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 14-year-old student fell victim of an unprecedented and horrifying racist attack at a high school of Istiaia, in central Greece. The boy was dragged outside the classroom by a group of older students wearing hoods. According to the mother’s complaint to newspaper avgi,, initially a group of 5-6 youngsters …
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September 29, 2021
FEATURED, Society
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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September 22, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Two primary school classes in Thessaloniki were suspended due to a large number of Covid-9 infections among the pupils, the Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday. These are the first classes that close down due to the pandemic, just eight days after the start of the new school season …
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August 11, 2021
Economy, FEATURED
The area already devastated by the wildfires in Northern Evia is estimated at 505 square kilometers, media report on Wednesday on the 9th day of the fires that still rekindle. Forest and agricultural land was destroyed, some 140,000 farming animals – so the mayor of Istiea – and so far …
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April 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Α student’s mother filed a law suit against the principal of a lyceum in Thessaloniki to protest the mandatory Covid-19 self-tests for students. She claimed that the self-tests were harmful and insisted that her 15-year-old son attends in-person classes despite the law provision that students without testing at home are …
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December 4, 2020
Sports
A graffiti portraying Maradona has created tension between local and school authorities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, with the latter demanding its removal. The parents association and the principal of the 3rd elementary school in Kalamaria Municipality demand the removal of the graffiti claiming the lifestyle of the football legend cannot …
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October 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Dozens of children have not attended a single hour in school classes on the island of Crete in the new school year because their parents are mask deniers. Juvenile prosecutors have intervened and investigate. Almost 70 children in Crete have not taken a single hour of classes because their parents …
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September 10, 2020
Social
Books are there, the teacher is there, her chair too. Only the class-room is missing. The 5th grade teacher is standing on the platform where a container class room will be installed. Four days are left before the pupils of the 5th elementary school in Chrysoupolis flock to the school …
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August 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Just a few hours after the Education Ministry announced that schools are scheduled to open on September 7 and masks will be mandatory for students and personnel, new groups created on Facebook are calling on Greek parents to not send their children to school with a mask. Several posts on …
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February 3, 2020
Social
A starving student recently collapsed on the way home and fell to the ground in front of the eyes of stunning passersby. The incident took place in Pyrgos, southern Peloponnese. According to local media, both parents are unemployed and had hardly any money left after they paid their taxes to …
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January 31, 2020
Social
“Homosexuality is the peak of all sins, worse than murder.” Religious leaflets with homophobic content were distributed in a school in Athens and triggered a social outrage. Leaflets with homophobic distributed among students of a school in Athens have triggered a social outrage. The leaflet quotes a religious man saying …
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January 24, 2020
Social
A case of extreme bullying has taken place in an elementary school in Thessaloniki with police to investigate the issue. Pupils of the 2. grade have forced a classmate to lick one of the school toilets after the girl lost a beat in a game with an unprecedented “punishment” for …
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November 13, 2019
Very Mix
Unprecedented incident in a high school in Messaras Central Crete: a 16-year-old student went to school with a gun in his bag. He reportedly showed the gun to a classmate. Police investigates. The incident took place short before the morning prayer. It was a parent who denounced the incident to …
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