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Arvanitopoulos: The Academic Semester Won't Be Cancelled

The Greek Minister of Education, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, during an interview to Real FM, assured that universities will open and that the academic semester won't be cancelled. "The administrative employees continue a strike that has been declared illegal by Athens Court...

Arvanitopoulos Insists On College Firing List

Greek Education Minister Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, sent a letter on Sept. 30 to the deans of the universities in Greece, asking for the names of the administrative employees that will be suspended that they have refused to give  and in...

Arvanitopoulos Says Education Change Coming

Greek Education Minister Constantinos Arvanitopoulos, in an interview with New Europe, said he would press ahead with reforms to change the way students are educated and try to provide them with more tools, despite the country's crushing economic crisis. Given...

New Conference to Shed Light on Greek War of Independence

On the occasion of the Bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, the George Seferis Chair of Modern Greek Studies at Harvard University and the Constantine Karamanlis Chair of Hellenic and European Studies of the Fletcher School of Tufts...

Constant Meddling in University Admissions Undermines Education in Greece

The Greek university entry exams system has been an issue that torments students and parents for decades. In the past thirty years there have been ten changes in the system. However, instead of making the life of students easier,...

Greek Education: 22 Ministers in 40 Years Turn Students into Guinea Pigs

Since the restoration of democracy in 1974, Greek high school students have become guinea pigs as 22 different Education Ministers - two of them twice - have tried to implement reforms that would put their name in history rather...

More Battling In Samaras Cabinet Over Austerity

Ministers in Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ new, revamped Cabinet, formed to bring more cohesion to government policies, are battling with each other - and him - over austerity measures. Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, had to step in...

Greek University Administrative Employees Announce More Strikes

The National Technical School of Athens (NTUA) is being occupied by the school’s administrative employees, while all lectures and courses have been cancelled.  The University of Patras is also under seizure and its administrative employees decided to stop three...

Samaras' Reworked Cabinet Sworn In

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' partially new, revamped Cabinet was sworn in on June 10 as he attempts to recoup ground his New Democracy Conservatives lost to the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party...

Rivals Ridicule Samaras Cabinet Shakeup

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' revamped Cabinet, which still includes most of the familiar faces of his ruling New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists, was dismissed by his rivals as a desperate attempt to regain standing after...

All The Names Of The (Partially) New Greek Government

Greek Prime Minister kept most of his Cabinet intact on June 9, but shook it up a bit in the wake of his New Democracy Conservatives taking a beating in the European Parliament elections to the major opposition Coalition...

One of Ten Students in Greece Smoke

Despite awareness campaigns against smoking launched in schools, there is a considerable increase in Greek students who smoke, as a survey revealed. The findings were presented Wednesday May 14 to the Greek Minister of Education, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos and to...

New Samaras Shuffle, Stournaras to Bank of Greece

With one eye on a hopeful economic recovery and the other on next month's critical elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is reportedly planning yet another Cabinet shakeup that will see Finance Minister...

2,500 Kids Form Human Chain Around Parthenon

Today, 2,500 children gathered at the Acropolis, forming a human chain around the Parthenon upon the initiative of the General Secretariat of Transparency and Human Rights to mark the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Under...

Kids to Hug Acropolis for Anti-Racism Day

  2,500 children will form a human chain round the Parthenon on Friday March 21 to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Their motto will be “We hug the Acropolis, We hug democracy, We hug humanity.” Organized by the Greek Ministry of...