January 24, 2020
Social
Flu death toll has increased to 13 and several schools in Kalavryta and Samothraki were closed due to increased infections among pupils and students. According to a report of the National Public Health Organization published on Thursday, 13 people have died due to complications following a flu infection since the …
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October 30, 2019
News, Politics
Another 28th October parade marking Greece’s entry into the Second World War and another controversy. Not a year goes by without some parades, and the behaviour of marchers or onlookers, grabbing the attention of the media. In this case, it’s the parade that took place in the municipality of Filadelfeia-Chalkidona …
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September 21, 2019
Greece
The Council of State ruled on Friday that religion courses in primary and secondary education schools are exclusively “Greek-Orthodox.” The ruling cancels the previous content of religious books as it was decided by SYRIZA Education Minister Kostas Gavroglou and leads to re-writing of thousands of books. The Plenary of the …
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September 17, 2019
Greece
The Greek Education Ministry decided to comply with EU laws and it will end the practice of schools keeping records of the pupil’s faith and nationality on secondary education school diplomas and the ministry’s website “myschool.” The Ministry’s decision published on Tuesday comes two weeks after the Greek Data Protection …
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September 11, 2019
Greece
Politicians flocked to primary and secondary education schools on Wednesday morning and participated in the tradition of religious blessing marking the launch of the new school year. The President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, ministers and deputy ministers, they all showed their presence to pupils across the country. Prime …
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June 27, 2019
Greece
Different courses and education schedule per school unit depending on the village, town, city or region. Slowly but gradually, high-ranking officials of conservative and neo-liberal New Democracy reveal the party plans once it emerges as the winner of the general elections on July 7, 2019. Slowly but gradually, ND officials …
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June 25, 2018
Social, Society
Greece’s Education Ministry bans mobile phones in primary and secondary education schools and the operation of security cameras during school working hours. According to a circular issued by Education Minister, Kostas, Gavroglou, teachers will be allow to carry mobile phones only for teaching purposes. The ministry prohibits the use of …
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April 26, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s top court, the Council of State, ruled that the reforms in religion courses in the country’s public high schools are unconstitutional and against the European Conventions of Human Rights. The reforms initiated by former Education Minister, Nikos Fillis (SYRIZA) in 2016, would abolish the catechistic character of religious classes …
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December 4, 2017
Greece, Politics
High school students protesting outside the Education Ministry? “No, thanks!” said minister Kostas Gavroglou and barricaded the building gates and doors with metal sheets. Minister Gavroglou could not see the protesters and the protesters were hindered into looking inside the ministry. However, the angry students were not bothered by …
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October 27, 2017
Greece, Politics
For the first time ever, the mayor of Thessaloniki did not attend the students’ parade part of the celebrations of historic OXI Day, marking the beginning of WWII for Greece. Mayor Yannis Boutaris had announced a couple of days ago his intention to not attend the students parade saying that …
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January 26, 2017
Society
Hundreds of elementary school students in Florina have been siting in ice cold class rooms. They wear their coats, their woolen scarves and caps on and struggle to come through the school hours that have turned in to a torture. Reason: lack of funds means no heating oil. So the …
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January 8, 2017
Travel, weather
Two days of snow and the chaos broke out in Greece: hundreds of vehicles were trapped in highways, villages have been snowed in, thousands of households across the country are without heating, electricity and water supply. Two people lost their lives due to the harsh weather conditions. State of emergency …
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October 11, 2016
Politics
“For ANEL the connection between Orthodoxy and Hellinism is stressed in out party declaration,” Defense Minister and president of nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) said during an interview with a private television channel Tuesday morning. Referring to the recent crisis between SYRIZA and the Greek Orthodox Church about how the teaching …
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October 9, 2016
Society
Parents of pupils in one of the elementary schools on the island of Lesvos put a padlock on iron door at the school entrance in order to prohibit refugee children attend classes. The upset parents briefly launched a sit-in protest and made clear to authorities that they will not allow …
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July 28, 2016
Politics
Greece will hire hundreds of extra teachers to help thousands of migrant children join its public schools in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday. “The inclusion of all refugee children in the public school system will begin in September,” Tsipras said in a televised address. “Around 800 …
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March 17, 2015
Very Mix
“Anyone who commits bullying will be punished with imprisonment of at least six months.” This is the reaction of the Greek government to the tragic death of the first “official” victim of bullying in the country, Vaggelis Giakoumakis. The 20-year-old student committed suicide last month being unable to bear further …
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February 12, 2015
Society
Thousands of Greek school children face one of the toughest aspects of the economic crisis: starvation and hunger. Last week, teachers complained for one more time about pupils who faint in the class room due to starvation. The issue of children going hungry was raised for one more time during …
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November 5, 2014
Society
A wave of occupations by protesting students across the country has called in prosecutors and police in schoolyards. At the same time, Greek media report of detentions of students and even their parents, of preventive detentions for no actual reason and an incident of police violence against a high school …
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January 16, 2014
Society
The economic collapse continues to threaten Greek households, with many families not being able to feed their children. Malnutrition reportedly affects more and more children, the number could be more than 100,000. According to daily Eleftheros Typos, 975 schools across the country have applied to be included into the program …
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January 14, 2014
Politics
In all seriousness: amid deepest economic crisis Greece’s Tourism and Education ministries consider to close secondary education schools for a midterm vacation week in March in order to boost skiing tourism. And thus in a country where skiing is not a tradition, and furthermore this sports art needs expensive equipment. …
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