Request for proposals for a Mountain Planner pertaining to the development of the Vasilitsa Ski Center
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Interest in uni more about the degree than a quality education
To be fair, the previous significant Education Ministry reform, under a PASOK government, concerning partnerships between Greek and foreign universities, didn’t yield substantial results.
Mitsotakis’ visit to Ukraine and Greece’s efforts to support Kyiv
On Wednesday a Russian missile struck a few hundred meters from where Greece’s Prime Minister Mitsotakis was meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy. Ambassador Spiros Lambridis, Greece’s special envoy for Ukraine, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this incident, the significance of Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ recent visit to Ukraine, and look into Greece’s overall efforts to support…
Plans for private universities in Greece trigger a political divide and weeks of protests
Thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens Friday to oppose government plans to introduce privately run universities, following weeks of demonstrations including scores of university building occupations by students.
Temporary closure of Maniatika metro station for installation of ticket equipment
The Maniatika metro station in Piraeus will be closed on Saturday and Sunday for the installation of electronic ticket sales equipment.
Inflation dropped to 2.9% in February, but food prices grew 6.7%
Inflation in Greece eased from 3.1% in January, ELSTAT data showed on Friday.
Mitsotakis defends university bill amid student protests
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday defended a bill allowing, under certain conditions, the establishment of branches of foreign universities in Greece for the first time, saying that reforms would have a positive knock-on effect on their public counterparts. Lawmakers are set to vote on the bill later in the day.
KKE chief stands by ‘sugar daddy’ comment amid controversy
Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the general secretary of Greece’s Communist Party (KKE), has stood by his remarks suggesting that the imposition of university tuition fees in Scandinavian universities has led young female students there to date older men for money in order to cover their educational expenses.
A top EU official visits Cyprus to inspect preparation to supply to Gaza by sea
A top European Union official is in Cyprus on Friday to inspect preparations to send desperately needed aid to war-ravaged Gaza by sea, just hours after President Joe Biden announced that the US military will set up a temporary port off Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to support deliveries.
Scrapping cotton a ‘red line’ for Thessaly farmers
Some of the proposals for the reconstruction of Thessaly in central Greece by a Dutch team tasked with drafting a master plan, are being met with objections by locals, in particular one to ditch cotton crops.