non-state universities

EU Commissioner Iliana Ivanova conveyed Brussels' positive views on landmark legislation in reply to tabled question by two Communist Party MEPs

He highlighted, "A significant - perhaps even historic - stride in this direction is the legislation passed by Parliament on Friday, marking the conclusion of an outdated practice surpassed by the realities of modern life."

As expected, all 158 deputies belonging to ruling New Democracy (ND) voted in favor, along with an independent MP

The PM says the bill delivers on a promise and addresses a need first communicated by his father and former PM Konstantinos Mitsotakis in 1990

The center of Athens is expected to be inaccessible from 11:00am until the evening today, on account of protests

Opponents plan major protest in Athens on March 8 to coincide with vote in Parliament over draft bill on non-state, non-profit tertiary institutes in Greece

Handful of online final exams cancelled at Athens Univ. after employees take down network server to protest draft bill allowing recognition of non-state higher education institutions

The farmers have forced themselves onto an agenda already fraught with two explosive issues: private universities and same-sex couples

Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis added that Greek citizens wishing to enroll in foreign university affiliates will be required to first sit nationwide college entry exams

A wave of protests have erupted on several campuses across Greece over the recent period, as more militant left-wing students’ groupings and self-styled anarchists stepped up opposition to a pending draft law allowing for the recognition of non-state universities operating

If education reflects a country’s cultural level, I severely doubt ours scrapes a pass. The depressing images of thugs in hoods with clubs, the layabouts passing themselves off as a poor man’s “student movement”, the mindless sound-bites regurgitated ad nauseam for the cameras by various “militant squatters” all bear witness to a mess that can […]

Traffic was diverted due to the demonstrations as police interrupted vehicle movement on roads leading to Syntagma Square in front of Parliament and surrounding routes

Kyriakos Mitsotakis also called sit-ins of university premises 'illegal acts' which cannot be tolerated as something customary; 'they do not reflect the real will of students'

Dozens of 'sit-ins' at dozens of faculties around the country threaten to scupper end-of-the semester exams

Protests, sit-ins by groups opposed to a bill allowing recognition of non-state, non-profit tertiary institutes in Greece threaten to scupper semester for students