Thousands jockeying to enter top-tier state schools

Thousands of students are preparing for entrance exams to state top-tier model, experimental, and Onassis Public Schools, scheduled April 24-26, officials said. Education authorities expect applications, driven by the expansion of the school network and sustained parental interest, to exceed last year‘s record of 24,817. For the coming academic year, eight new Onassis Public Schools and nine…

Prosecutor orders asset freeze for farm subsidy fraud suspects

A Greek prosecutor has ordered that assets belonging to 17 farmers suspected of involvement in wide-scale European Union subsidy fraud be frozen pending an investigation into whether they should be charged over the so-called OPEKEPE scandal. Organized crime prosecutor Dimitris Gyzis is understood to have issued the first sequestration orders shortly before Christmas. These involved…