VIOLENCE AT GREEK UNIVERSITIES

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Editorial Ta Nea: University police force plan on the back burner

Ta Nea has repeatedly underlined the need for decisive action to root out violence at Greek universities, which was a key plank in ruling New Democracy’s 2019 electoral platform.

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Editorial Ta Nea: The Gordian Knot

Only the government can cut the Gordian knot. It is time for the government’s electoral pledges to be implemented. Thuggery, threats, and printing a funeral announcement for a rector have no place in our universities. They must once and for all become a thing of the past.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Zero tolerance

At a time that the academic community must handle the repercussions of the pandemic, tolerance for any type of violence leads ineluctably to a further downgrading of our universities. Thuggery, terrorism, and those harm democracy.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Breaking taboos

Not everyone should be allowed access to university buildings and the status of university student is not a license to vandalise property or to violently attack professors.

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Editorial To Vima: How long must we discuss asylum for thugs?

Here, university professors have been attacked and university infrastructure has been destroyed and we treat it as simply part of daily life.