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Loverdos Back to Pasok, Papandreou Back to Politics

Greek Education Minister Andreas Loverdos confirmed on Thursday that he will soon be returning to PASOK party. “It is a given that I will return to PASOK’s parliamentary group,” said the Minister, who quit the socialists in 2012 to form his...

200,000 "Eternal Students" to be Erased by September

Greek Education Minister Andreas Loverdos appears determined to deal with the unique Greek phenomenon of the "perpetual student," or "eternal student," as they call them. Figures released by the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show that only 10% of...

More Flexibility in Funding of Greek Universities

The Greek Minister of Education Andreas Loverdos, after a meeting with membeers of the coalition government, stated that an important decision was taken concerning the funding of Greek universities and technical institutes (TEI). The meeting was chaired by Greek Prime Minister Antonis...

Greek Education Ministry to Hire 22,500 Substitute Teachers

The Education and Religious Affairs Ministry is racing against time to cover as many teacher shortages as possible by September 11, when schools are scheduled to reopen for the 2014-2015 school year, in order to alleviate problems in the education...

Samaras Calls for Acceleration of Privatizations

In a meeting that included Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, as well as Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis on Monday, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set the issue of accelerating privatizations. Hardouvelis went to the Prime Minister immediately after concluding a 3.5 hour-long meeting with...

With Chinese Gone, Samaras Presses Reforms

Fresh off a triumphant visit from Chinese peer Li Keqiang, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras now is going to turn his attention to domestic matters, including pushing through reforms he pledged to international lenders. Li and Samaras talked about developing...

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, Venizelos Agree on Hiring 600 University Administrative Employees

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Government Vice-President Evangelos Venizelos on Sunday met to discuss their upcoming international visits and contacts well as issues related to the coordination of the new government, government spokeswoman Sofia Voultepsi has said. Samaras and...

Loverdos-Mitsotakis Dispute Over Public Sector Layoffs

The Greek government has bought a few more days time in order to settle the dispute concerning the suspensions and layoffs of university administrative employees. PASOK expressed doubts about the number of public sector employees that the coalition government should...