violence in universities

To assess whether Greece can be reformed, it is useful to revisit recent reforms — five that succeeded and five that proved problematic

I appreciate that there are two views on the issue of violence and the lack of security in Greek universities. The first is that the nation’s universities are paying the price for their prolonged neglect by the academic community, their governing bodies and students, the political parties, the police and successive governments. By absolutely everyone, […]

The Greek Minister of Education, Sofia Zacharaki, said any students involved in violent incidents would lose their status immediately in the government’s efforts to clamp down on attacks on Greek university campuses. Speaking to public broadcaster ERT, the minister revealed a set of strict new measures aimed at addressing violence in Greek universities. The initiative […]

Later reaction by PM, as the incident comes a few days after masked suspects beat an individual and interrupted an event at the Athens Law School

Group of between 10-15 masked assailants ransacked the office and threatened the noted professor over his opposition to the 'occupation' of commons space in his department building