Thousands of middle and high school students as well as university organizations filled the streets in downtown Athens and Thessaloniki on Monday to protest the situation in public education and the “anti-educational measures” imposed by the conservative government. Students protest the introduction of stricter disciplinary measures, teaching personnel gaps and …
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Police evict students occupying the Law School in solidarity with Palestine
A big police operation is underway at the Athens Law School on Tuesday to evict students who have occupied the building in downtown Athens in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The operation was carried out with riot police and state security who entered the building on Tuesday morning and in …
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Students parade in Athens for Greece’s Independence Day
School children in Greece paraded on Sunday to mark the Greek Independence Day and the 1821 Greek War of Independence on March 25 and thus a day before the military parade, on Monday. At total of 1,500 students from 230 primary and secondary schools paraded in front of government and …
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Traffic restrictions in downtown Athens due to students’ rally
Emergency traffic restrictions are in effect in downtown Athens, starting at noon on Thursday, March 14, 2024, due to a protest rally organized by student associations and educational unions against the bill for private universities. In order to ensure the right of the citizens to assemble, the Greek police will …
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Police batons send 8 students with head injuries to hospital (picts)
Εight students were transferred to hospitals with injuries in the head and the arms they sustained by police batons during the big protest rally against the bill for “private universities.” The students were injured when a group of protesters clashed with riot police forces outside the Greek Parliament opposite the …
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Tsiknopempti: Students protesting ‘private universities” grill their diplomas
To honor the tradition of Tsiknopempti, students protesting the bill for private universities,set up a grill and put their diplomas on hot charcoal. they raised a banner reading “Mitsotakis Tavern S.A. sells off our degrees.” It should be recalled that Tsiknopempti is the day where Greeks traditionally grill and roast …
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Education minister unveils criteria for private universities in Greece, students’ entrance criteria
tion, they will also have to meet any additional criteria imposed by the parent foreign university, he said. On Wednesday, the minister presented the draft bill allowing the founding of non-state, non-profit universities in the country, which is to be posted for public consultation as of layer today, in the …
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Greece to ban sale of cannabis gummy at kiosks
I did not know that Jellies CBD, that is jelly with cannabis oil known as cannabis gummy, are sold without age restrictions at the kiosks in Greece and apparently Greek health authorities didn’t know that either or had not regulated accordingly to protect children. Cannabis gummy will no longer be …
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Clashes between police and students protesting “private universities”
Clashes between students and police broke out in Athens and Thessaloniki on Thursday, when students took to the streets to protest government plans to legislate in favor of private universities in Greece. The students chanted slogans “Degrees free of charge!” and “Free public education for all!” pictures via @lolosmarios The …
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Crete: Students found semi-conscious in high school toilet
Alarm for high school students who were found semi-unconscious in a school toilet in Heraklion on the island of Crete on Wednesday morning. Possible scenario is the use of an unknown substances. According to local media information, the students reported that they are dizzy and not well, possibly after using …
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Mega party sends dozens of drunk students to hospitals
Dozens of people were transferred to hospitals in central Greece due to excessive use of alcohol during a mega students party with over 8,000 young participants who traveled to Volos from several parts of Greece. The party was organized by students of the Mechanical Engineering Department and its very popular …
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Students from Netherlands suffer food poisoning in Ancient Olympia
Ten students from the Netherlands suffered a food poisoning during an educational trip in Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. The students, who are accommodated in Krestena, started showing symptoms of poisoning after visiting the Ancient Olympia, local media patrisnews.com reported on Wednesday Of the ten students, eight were taken to the Ancient …
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Protests in Greece turn violent as anger over train crash grows (videos)
As anger in the society grows, thousands of Greeks took to the streets of several cities on Friday to protest the tragic death of 57 people caused by a head-on train collision on March 1. As no other expected, in some cities, protests turned violent. In Athens, Thessaloniki and Larissa …
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Angry protesters and police clash over deadly train crash
Riot police beat people and fired tear gas and sound flares at students who gathered outside the headquarters of Hellenic Train in Athens on Wednesday to protest the deadly train crash in Tempi and commemorate the victims, most of them students returning home after a long weekend. Angry protesters smashed …
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National Theater teachers resign en masse in solidarity with Drama School studentsprotest
A total of 42 teachers at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece’s (NTG) resigned en masse on Wednesday in solidarity with their students over a controversial presidential decree. Protests were held on the same day with main slogan demanding the resignation of culture Minister Lina Mendoni. Δυναμική …
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Landslide? School children cross swollen river walking on a wire bridge
These pictures with children crossing a make-shift bridge over a swollen river are not from some remote village in wild Nepal. These pictures with young students risking their lives walking on a hanging wire footbridge over the rushing waters of Evinos river are from Western Greece in January 2023. The …
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Four students injured when stage at Piraeus Municipality Theater collapses
Four students were injured when a part of the wooden stage of the Municipality theater of Piraeus collapsed during a rehearsal on Monday afternoon. Dozens of children were at the theater watching the rehearsal by students from the local Music School Ensembles for a concert later in the evening. The …
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Patras: With tractor to school for road contractor went bust (video)
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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Protesting students clash with riot police over “campus police”
Protesting students clashed with riot police at the campus of Athens University in Zografou suburb on Monday evening. Riot police was deployed in the area to protect the so-called “campus police” from protesting students. According to media reports and posts on social media, riot police attacked the students, firing tear …
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How to receive the “60% rebate” on electricity bills: Procedure, Q&A
A guide on how electricity consumers in Greece will receive the state aid for ‘inflated electricity bills in the last six months has been issued and and posted on several media. The guide refs to beneficiaries, how to apply on the special platform as well as how to calculate the …
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