Greek model schools continue to outperform in university entrance exams, with six of the top 10 highest-scoring schools in the country being model institutions, Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has told Kathimerini in an interview.
The success of the institution of so-called model schools is measurable. Their purpose is no longer to merely function as isolated islands of excellence in a sea of mediocre educational services.
The plan to restructure the US administration, with people loyal to President Donald Trump, is illuminated by the new president’s loyal ally and “architect” of the conservative manifesto “Project 2025,” Paul Dans.
One phenomenon shaking the ground beneath our feet is physical and it is activating existing fault-lines; the other is social and it is creating new rifts. Neither is focused on just one island or just one area.
Donald Trump’s presidency is the product of the dissociation between the vision of globalization and the reality of ever-greater inequality among citizens. Trump benefits from this discontent, presenting America as the victim of the rest of the world and himself as its savior.
The Hellenic Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (POSDEP) is calling for leniency in student expulsion policies ahead of the 2025 deadline for inactive students to be removed from registries.
Construction on Athens Metro Line 4 is progressing at a fast pace, with the tunnel boring machine (TBM) that began work on Katechaki Avenue expected to reach Evangelismos Station (Line 3) by late 2025, authorities said.
World Greek Language Day is observed each February 9 to commemorate the passing of Dionysios Solomos, the national poet of modern Greece, in 1857.
The government was categorical in its assurances that the deadly freight train that rammed into a passenger train at Tempe in 2023 was not carrying anything suspect or explosive.