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Greek Officials Left Red-Faced as Student Face Masks Made Too Big
Greek authorities cancelled a contract with a face-mask maker on Monday after it became abundantly clear that many masks made for primary school children were too big to fit them.
According to reports, about one in three face masks, almost...
Education
Greece Offers Free Covid-19 Vaccine, Face Masks to All Students
The Greek government announced on Friday that it will provide, free of charge, the Covid-19 vaccine to all Greek citizens and face masks for all pupils and teaching staff when schools open in September.
The Covid-19 vaccine will be free...
Education
PM Invites Young Greek Language Students to Visit Greece in Summer 2021
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis invited dozens of Greek school children from all over the world as well as children of different nationalities learning the Greek language to visit the country in the Summer of 2021 during a Monday teleconference.
The...
Greece
Greece to Repatriate Greek Students Stuck in Italy and Spain
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in continual negotiations with authorities in Italy and Spain so that Greek nationals, who are primarily students, who wish to return to Greece will be able to do so.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos...
Greece
Clashes Erupt Between Students and Police Outside Athens Police Headquarters
Clashes erupted on Wednesday evening in central Athens, outside of the Greek Police Headquarters in Attica between police officers and student demonstrators.
Thousands of students were protesting against police brutality as well as the conservative government's new ''law and order''...
Greece
Study Reveals Most Greek Children Use Social Media Without Any Parental Control
A study that was recently conducted by the ''Safer Internet Center'' which belongs to the Foundation for Research & Technology of Crete presented some interesting and somehow shocking results about the use of the internet by Greece's minors.
According to...
Diplomacy
Changes Britons in Greece and Greek Citizens in the UK Will See After Brexit
The Greek Embassy in the UK issued a statement on Saturday, informing the public about the immediate and long term changes the departure of the UK from the EU will bring to their lives.
''We continue our efforts to manage...
Education
US Embassy Searching for Young Greek Stars of the Science World
The U.S. Embassy in Athens, together with the Greek nonprofit organization SciCo, are organizing the "Stem Stars Greece" competition with the aim of supporting, highlighting, and rewarding students who have a special inclination towards science, technology, engineering or mathematics...
Greece
Greek Students Learn Sign Language for the Sake of Their Deaf Classmate (Video)
A beautiful story of true love, respect, inclusiveness and kindness has been taking place in a classroom in the Primary School of Embrosnero, in Chania, on the Greek island of Crete.
The classmates of Evangelia, a young girl who is...
Education
Greek Students' Performance Slips in OECD Assessment
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published its new triennial PISA report for 2018, in which it ranks scores of countries in the educational performance of their high school students in core subjects.
Greek students' performances ranked...