Nikos Filis

The Greek government has announced that it is planning to push through barriers of legislation to create branches of the International Hellenic University to span to all Greek universities over the summer, offering postgraduate studies programs in English. The move...

The non-partisan protest movement that organizers have named "Resign!" is to take place today at 6:30 pm at Syntagma Square, in front of the Greek Parliament. The "Resign!" movement is the initiative of certain individuals who call on the government...

Education Minister Nikos Filis called the upcoming protest rally of the "Resign!" movement as "verging on the limits of constitutional tolerance." The minister's comment created a stir with the rally organizers claiming that Filis is trying to ban the rally,...

Education Minister Nikos Filis is on a mission to take Ancient Greek lessons out of the curriculum of Greece's high schools. The proposal of eliminating Ancient Greek is only one measure in a complete overhaul of Greece's secondary educational system....

The proposal of Greek Education Minister Nikos Filis to legalize 2,500 public sector employees who were hired using forged school degrees has caused an uproar among opposition parties. Reportedly, Filis stated that the 2,500 people who had been hired in...

Protesting teachers on Friday managed to circumvent police and storm the education ministry headquarters from a side door while a student event was taking place. It was around 12:30 pm when a group of angry protesters took riot police by...

Refugee children who will stay in Greece will attend the local schools where their families are staying, according to a plan drafted by the ministry of education. According to a ministry of education plan, revealed by Proto Thema newspaper, refugee...

The Pontian Brothrehood Panagia Soumela of Toronto announced the establishment of the Pontian Institute of distance learning education (www.pon-edu.com) by members of the Brotherhood and the Director of Education of Pontian language, Stathis Taxidis. Pontiac residents of Toronto and the...

Greek Education Minister Nikos Filis inaugurated the first formal National and Social Dialogue Committee for Education on Monday morning, outlining the ministry's reform agenda. Among the reforms Filis wants to implement is a 14 year mandatory school attendance scheme, including the two...

The new bill on education is to bring back "eternal students" and the university asylum, while students will participate in dean elections. Articles on the proposed bill by Education Minister Nikos Filis includes: Full restoration of the status of the so-called...