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University of Athens and National Technical University Closed

The University of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens remain closed for the 10th consecutive week. On Friday, the First Instance Court of Athens upheld the action of the Minister of Education, declaring the strike of the administrators...

Strike at Greek Universities Illegal

The court’s ruled that the strike of the administrative staff at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the University of Athens (UOA) is illegal. “The two Greek universities will open on Monday. We all have to contribute in...

University Conflicts Taken to Court

According to the newspaper "Proto Thema," Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, the Greek Minster of Education has taken the issue of closed universities to court. Nearly a week ago, Arvanitopoulos, gave an ultimatum to the rectors of the National Technical University of...

Striking Greek College Staffs Paid Anyway

With the holiday season fast approaching - a time when Greek universities shut down for weeks - they still haven't opened because officials are striking to protest government plans to shed many of the workers there - but media...

Samaras: Management Audit on all Universities

Greek Mininster of Education Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos asked the Ministry of finance to begin management audit on all universities. This order was given by Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras himself. Antonis Samaras has ordered both the ministries of Education and Finance,...

EU Frets Over Greek Colleges

According to the Guardian, European academics, university workers, students and others, are calling on the EU and the Greek government to protect the status and staff of Greek universities, in order to ensure that they remain able to engage...

University of Athens, NTUA Suspend Operations

According to a decision of its Senate, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is suspending all of its operations. The relevant announcement goes as follows: “The Senate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the extraordinary meeting of...

Protests in the Center of Athens

Employees of the mining and metallurgical company LARKO and the administrative staff of the Universities held simultaneous rallies and protests against the government plans concerning the closure of Greece’s defense industries LARKO, EAS and ELVO and against the plans...

Universities Close During Exams

The atmosphere in the education field is tense as higher education institutions close one after the other because of the imminent suspension of 1,600 employees by Sept. 20. The university senate of the University of Athens decided to suspend the...

Volcano Near Santorini Attracts Gold

Greek scientists from the University of Athens and the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), who explored the Columbo volcano’s bottom at an underwater 500-meter depth, found that rare phenomena never observed in the world before have been taking...