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Greek Teacher Receives International Teacher of the Year Award

Vicky Xanthopoulou, a teacher at a kindergarten in the village of Potamia, on the Greek island of Thassos, has won the prestigious "AKS International Teacher of the Year" award. The award is given by the organization Alert Knowledge Services (AKS),...

Teacher on Rhodes, Greece Fired After Locking Student in Class

The Greek Minister of Education decided on Monday to suspend a primary teacher on the island of Rhodes who allegedly locked a pupil in the classroom for more than twenty minutes. The unusual incident took place last Friday in Rhodes' 15th...

Meet The Teacher on One of Greece's Smallest Islands

Maria Faedra Tsialera is the only teacher who lives on the small island of Arkoi in Greece's Dodecanese. She keeps the primary school of the island open for the one and only student who lives there permanently. Tsialera was born...

'World’s Best Teacher’ Visits Cyprus (video)

Andria Zafirakou, a London teacher of Greek-Cypriot descent who won the 2018 Global Teacher Prize, has been warmly welcomed in Nicosia. After meeting House President Demetris Syllouris, she said she was delighted to be in Cyprus and thanked her hosts...

Greek Teacher in the U.K. Among 10 Best in the World

Andria Zafirakou who teaches in an ethnically diverse school in northwest London has been shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation’s 2018 Global Teacher Prize. She is among 9 other candidates for the prize that awards $1 million each year to an...

Greek Teacher Successfully Sues Over Austerity Cuts to Salary at Greek Government-Run School in Nuremberg

In Germany a federal Court has ruled in upholding a complaint filed by a Greek teacher concerning the pay cut imposed on his salary by the Greek government because he works at a Greek government-run school in Nuremberg. The unnamed...

Teacher Convicted of Making Students Hit Each Other

The court of Arta, Greece imposed a two-year suspended sentence on a teacher that apparently made his students slap their 8-year-old classmate. This unprecedented incident created a hurricane of reactions from the local community as well as all of Greece....

Teacher Accused of Urging Students to Slap Classmate

A 50-year-old teacher is detained in the Police Department of Arta, central Greece, following a complaint made ​​by the mother of an 8-year-old student. The mother reported that the teacher urged her son's classmates to slap him, as a...

Another Greek Man Commits Suicide Due to Austerity Measures

When people read about Dimitris Chrystoulas' suicide outside the Greek Parliament due to the financial crisis, everyone was devastated. Now, another man has taken his life as well. Savvas Metikidis, 45, was a teacher and renowned trade union member. During the...

Teacher in Rethymno Arrested for Molesting 25 Boys

A 47-year-old school teacher was arrested Friday in Rethzmno, Crete, for allegedly having sexually molested 25 young boys aged between 13 and 14. The police traced the teacher after receiving information about his illicit transgressions and following him for several...