Athens' Panteion University

Fixations and phobias

The reactions of the senates of two large educational institutions - Athens' Panteion University and the Aristotle in Thessaloniki - to government plans for the creation of a special campus security force did not surprise those who know the endemic university culture.

Government braces for emergency as Erdogan opens migrant floodgates

Mired in battles in Idlib where over 30 Turkish troops were killed by Russian-backed Syrian, at loggerheads with Russia and asking US President Donald Trump for assistance on the ground, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the Greek government in a tailspin and a virtual defensive war footing by announcing that he will no longer abide by the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016 which severe