Panteion University

The Netherlands Institute in Athens, the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at VU Amsterdam, in cooperation with the Ethnographic Laboratory of Panteion University, are organizing an intensive summer school on visual anthropology in collaboration with Dutch and Greek universities for the third year in a row.

Alternate Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Toskas accused Athens Mayor Girogos Kaminis on Friday of "political hypocrisy" after the latter's call for his resignation over the state of the capital's universities.

Toskas said Kaminis's call was politically motivated and driven by his ambition to play a central role on the country's political stage.

Two weeks after a violent attack on Athens professor Angelos Syrigos on the premises of Panteion University, 2,186 academics and intellectuals have signed a joint statement condemning the assault and a recent resurgence of lawlessness on college campuses.

The uncontrolled growth of flexible forms of employment in Greece is like a ticking time bomb that could see the country's social security system deficit shoot sky high, generating additional needs of 65.6 billion euros by the end of 2055.

Finally the time has arrived for the main opposition New Democracy (ND) party to choose its leader after all the pressure of failed national elections, the fiasco of a failed local election and a time of introspection as different party factions pull the party in all directions. Haven’t voted yet? Here’s a profile of the four candidates.

The anti-austerity movement of Indignant Citizens which started demonstrating in major cities across Greece on 5 May 2010 demanding to abolish the austerity measures and memorandum was the subject of a survey conducted by University of Macedonia and the Panteion University in cooperation with Greek researchers at universities abroad.

Greece’s two leaders Alexis Tsipars and Vangelis Meimarakis are neck and neck in opinion polls, with elections on September 20 set to be a close call between the two. Who will win is anybody’s bet? Her’es a profile of the two…

Date of birth

A. Tsipras: July 28, 1974
V. Meimarakis: December 14, 1953

Benaki Museum hosts an exhibition marking the launch of a graphic novel by Soloúp, a Greek comic artist and cartoonist. On display are images, original drawings and drafts of Aivali.

By Christina Kopsini

Not a single measure has been introduced over the past few years aimed at helping jobless Greeks who are middle-aged or older. Labor Ministry officials behave as if unemployment is not an issue among people in those age groups.