Athens University

The new President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was elected today, February 18, by the Greek Parliament. Pavlopoulos was born in 1950 in Kalamata, Greece, where he finished his school studies. In 1968, he moved to the Greek...

The Greece 's Athens University rector and vice-rectors on Tuesday proposed the introduction of electronic voting by the student body in order to decide major issues affecting the university, such as whether to stage sit-ins and occupy the premises. "In...

The Economics and Business Departments of Athens University, one of Greece's leading educational institutions, have closed on the orders of the senate after the escalation of clashes between police and illegal street vendors who sell their merchandise outside the university campus....

The Senate of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens announced that the duration of the academic year will be from December 16-August 9. The academic semester was considered to be lost. However, the Senate’s decision managed to save semester. In...

After several months of consecutive striking, a majority of officials at the Universtiy of Athens's law school have finally agreed upon a decision that will result on the loss of the academic semester. Newspaper “TA NEA,” reported that the officials...

After today's meeting, the board of administrative employees of Athens University, announced the end of the strike. Following this decision it is expected that the institution will start operating as of Friday, December 13.  According to the Senate, courses will...

The famous Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood will be presented with an Honorary Doctorate degree given by the Department of English Language and Literature of Athens University, at a special ceremony on December 9. The ceremony will take place at the...

It appears that the crisis has changed the attitude of Greek students towards their studies. In the past years they weren't hurrying to complete their studies but nowadays they desperately get back to universities. The financial magazine "Economist," referred to the...

Although the government seems optimistic that the impasse between university administrative employees and the Ministry of Education will be lifted, it still appears that students are being held hostage by the strikes. The Ministry of education seems to be backing...

The administrative staff of Athens and Technological Universities will proceed with 24-hour strikes on Wednesday and Thursday. Despite the announcement of the new strikes, the Education Ministry appears optimistic about the outcome of the situation. This estimate is based on two factors....