December 29, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki condemned on Thursday condemned the vandalism of the monument constructed in 2014 inside the campus of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). In a statement the Jewish community asked the university authorities to not only to condemn the incident and to restore the monument but also …
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September 16, 2022
Society, Very Mix
“For me it was a dream that came true. The University was for me a heavenly place” said 88-year-old Dimitris Moudatsakis during a ceremony to honor the oldest graduate at the University of Herakleio in Crete. The man who spent his life working as a typographer has graduated from the …
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May 16, 2022
Greece, Politics
400 special guards complete their training tomorrow, Tuesday, and after a few days off they will start patrols in two big university campuses, Minister for Citizen Protection, Takis Theodorikakos, said on Monday. He added the university police will assume their duties in early June. Theodoriakos said further that the first …
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May 11, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Plenary Session of the Council of State ruled on Wednesday that a university police force which is also composed of special guards, does not violate the principles of academic freedom and full self-governance of higher education institutions. According to the announcement, it was unanimously ruled that “no provision of …
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January 11, 2022
Very Mix
A professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business was assaulted by a group of unidentified assailants who were wearing hoods in an auditorium on Tuesday. The professor was in the middle of a lecture when the group attacked him with punches. When students attempted to intervene to stop …
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October 4, 2021
FEATURED
Hundreds of students returned to lecture theaters, labs and classrooms on Monday after an academic year of remote education in 2020-2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Several public universities started opening their doors for in-person teaching again after 18 months of online education. According to kathimerini, Athens University’s schools of …
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June 29, 2021
Greece, Politics
“Not everyone can and should go to university,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a presentation of a new education policy package on Monday.”There are creative professions too,” he noted obviously addressing the plebs among the Greeks. It was just a year ago, when he said that children from …
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June 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Depression, stress and suicidal thoughts is the toll Greek university students paid during the recent lockdown. At the same time, good over 30% of them believed in conspiracy theories related to the coronavirus pandemic. These are the finding of a study carried out by the Panhellenic Medical Association, under the …
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April 22, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The nationwide exams for entrance into Greece’s state universities, also known as the Panhellenic exams, will start in June, Education Minister Niki Kerameos said Wednesday. She said the exams will start mid-June and be completed by mid-July. Kerameos said no decision has been made yet on reopening the country’s schools …
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November 19, 2019
Social
A court in Thessaloniki sentenced a pervert student to 10 months imprisonment with a three-year suspended sentence. The 20-year-old student had ejaculated on the back of a female student in the Library of the Aristotle University last week. The man was still in the university premises when he was arrested. …
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November 14, 2019
Greece, Politics
They live among us: People who live in isolated bubbles. Nothing wrong with this. Problem is when these uneducated people – to say it politely – want to govern us and rule over our lives, present and future. Deputy Labor Minister Domma Michailidou claimed that anarchists had stored “weapons to …
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September 23, 2018
Very Mix
Strong forces of the Fire Service have been struggling since 8 o’ clock Sunday morning to extinguish the fire in the premises of the University in Herakleio, Crete. The fire reportedly stated in the basement of one of the buildings on Knossos Avenue near the Venizelio Hospital. Police forces and …
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June 7, 2017
Economy
Tensions within the Eurogroup and particularly Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s derogatory comments regarding the European South was one of the subjects in exams for university entrance. In Valencia, Spain, aspiring university students were asked to develop their thoughts on the most famous statement of the head of Eurogroup: the countries of the …
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July 14, 2016
Very Mix
The first tents were set up on Thursday morning in the outdoors area of the campus of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. A group of some 50 participants has already arrived to prepare the facilities for the «No Border Camp – Thessaloniki 2016». The initiative around Refugees and …
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October 7, 2015
Economy
It was supposed to be a civilized conversation between German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and French students at the Sciences Po University in Paris. But youth apparently has no respect of self-righteous German officials and reminded him of possible policy mistakes in the Greek crisis. the atmosphere turned quickly from …
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February 11, 2014
Society
Argyris Koumtzis, 18, is blind. His disability did not hinder him to achieve top marks in high school and win several prizes in mathematics and physics competitions. Argyris is also a champion in chess. The 18-year-old student could have a bright future in front of him, if it wasn’t for …
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March 28, 2013
Society
More than 4,000 students protested outside the Parliament on Thursday as Greek lawmakers voted for “Athena plan” that will merge or even close down more than 300 university and technical college faculties and departments. The mergers are imposed by Greece’s international lenders, the EU-IMF-ECB Troika, in an effort to cut public …
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May 3, 2012
Politics
Greece΄s technocrat prime minister Lucas Papademos plans to resume his academic career after a snap election on May 6, a senior government official said, having secured a second bailout for the country. According to Reuters, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, Papademos took over as leader of …
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April 14, 2011
Very Mix
A hooded, unidentified young man tried to hit the so-called father of the DNA, Nobel laureate for Medicine and Physiology, Professor James Watson , 83, during a conference at the University of Patras. While Watson was speaking to students, a group of some 20 young people entered the conference hall …
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March 21, 2011
Society
Teargas, stones, bitter oranges and even chairs flew in the air and clashes erupted between riot police and protesters on the island of Syros, as Highschool and University students attempted to speak to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou , who was delivering a speech -just 50 meters away. The clash …
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