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The summer holidays will officially come to an end for thousands of children across Greece, as it was announced that schools...

New Democracy MP and former Rector at the University of Athens Theodoros Fortsakis accused the SYRIZA/Independent Greeks...

About 200,000 second-generation migrants are set to receive the Greek citizenship, according to a bill being drafted by the...

The Panhellenic exams for final-year high school students are set to begin on the 18th of May and will conclude on the 2nd of...

The unexpected snowfall on Wednesday evening in Attica has caused many problems, particularly affecting suburbs in the...

A pan-educational demonstration has been arranged to take place on Thursday, which is scheduled to begin at noon outside the...

With only a few days left until children all over Greece are set to return to school for the new academic year, the Ministry of...

The Panhellenic high school exams have begun today, with the country’s 100,000 final-year students sitting for Modern Greek today...

Today is the last day of teaching for the 2013/2014 school year, with students across Greece gearing up for the Panhellenic exams, which are...

The secondary education teacher federation OLME has announced three-hour walk outs between 8am and 11am for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday...

Teacher federation OLME has expressed its objection to the Ministry of Education’s plans to extend teaching into the holidays to compensate for time lost...

About two months have passed since the Ionian island of Kefalonia was struck by earthquakes, on the 26th of January and the 2nd of February, and the local residents...

According to the Municipality of Kefalonia, most of the island’s schools have been given the green light to reopen by teams of inspectors, who completed their second survey of buildings damaged by the recent seismic activity. In its announcement, the island’s municipal authorities clarified that all nurseries will remain closed, as will a number of […]

The Secondary School Teacher Union of Piraeus along with the Parent Association of Keratsini has arranged to demonstrate at the Public Prosecutor of Piraeus’ offices “against the persecution of students from the 2nd High School of Keratsini”. The local teacher union also announced a two-hour walkout so that teachers can attend the demonstration. Last week, […]

The education community is in uproar over the recent police visits to a number of schools, with teachers and parents alleging that in some cases, school students were called to provide explanations regarding school occupations. The Central Police HQ recently issued an order for police departments to visit local schools in order to document any […]

The Ministry of Education recently decided to extend the school year and abolish a number of school holidays in order to address the problems caused by set-backs and delays. The decision has prompted a general discussion regarding the structure of the academic year, which in turn has unveiled some rather interesting facts. Despite the impressions […]

The Ministry of Education is considering a proposal to shut schools down for an additional two days following Clean Monday in early March, in order to support the hoteliers’ proposal for a “white week” of winter tourism. The hoteliers initially requested that schools shut down for three days (between the 4th and 7th of March), […]

The Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras announced today that the State Treasury has approved a 51.5 million euro fund packaged to cover the increased heating oil needs of hospitals and schools. Mr. Staikouras further explained that 37.5 million euros were used in advance payments for the heating benefit, 10 million euros were given the […]