Costas Gavroglou

The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in Athens since the establishment of the modern Greek state opened its doors in the capital city on Friday. After numerous delays, for a variety of reasons, the mosque in the Votanikos neighborhood was...

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,...

Dozens of students and teachers stormed the Ministry of Education building in Athens on Friday in protest against planned reforms in Greece's secondary schools. The group forced its way inside the building, despite a heavy police presence, and demanded a...

A group of demonstrators entered the office of Greece's Minister of Education Costas Gavroglou on Monday afternoon, following a protest outside the Ministry of Education which attracted approximately 200 high school and university students. The students entered the Ministry chanting...

Greek Education Minister Costas Gavroglou has once again become the epicenter of controversy after Monday's announcement that he intends to get rid of Latin from the school curriculum and replace it with Sociology. First it was the Philosophy School of the...

Maximos Mansion responded late and unofficially on last week's irredentist comments made by Turkish Vice President Hakan Cavusoglu during his visit to Muslim minorities of Western Thrace. Cavusoglu's visit was in preparation for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Greece,...

The controversial decision of the Education Ministry that the parade flag bearer for each class will be decided by draw proved to be acceptable, as there were no reactions for the students selected for the October 28 parade...

Greece's Education Minister Costas Gavroglou, criticized the unanimous decision of the Dean and the Rector's Council of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), to seek police assistance in dealing with drug trafficking and drug use on campus, by non-students. According to...

The school year started on Monday in Greece with the traditional holy water sanctification. Over one million students went to class, but with 5,000 less teachers. Specifically, the first bell for the 2017-2018 school year rang for 573,744 grade school...

The Greek government is planning to subsidize internet access for about 72,000 students accepted into the country’s universities and technical colleges (TEI) this year. The project was presented during a joint press briefing by Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas and...