Academia

BELGRADE - The five-member student team representing Serbia in the 45th International Physics Olympiad for high school students won one silver and three bronze medals, and one honorable mention, the Belgrade-based Mathematical High School announced.

Japan Credit Rating (JCR) Agency has confirmed Turkey’s current credit status and said the country’s outlook is stable.

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.

Romania's government on Wednesday withdrew operating licenses from four private universities, citing the poor quality of their educational offering. Last year the authorities closed six such institutions.

Finally, something seems to be changing at Greece’s universities as esteemed and capable academics, who respect the institutions they serve and the students under their wings, have thrown their hats into the election race for the top administrative positions in the tertiary education sector.

The coming week will be crucial for the country’s universities as a number of key issues are expected to be settled ahead of elections for rectors in July.

A bitter fact about Turkey has become painfully obvious in the past couple of years, especially the past couple of months: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to control and transform almost every aspect of the state and society.

BELGRADE - Over 1,800 scientists and university staff from Serbia and abroad backed the motion to protect academic honour in Serbia which has been submitted to the Ministry of Education, National Council for Higher Education, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Conference of the Universities of Serbia and the Commission for scientific titles.

The Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) on Wednesday took note of the request for retirement filed by Florica Duta, one of the Bucharest Court of Appeal judges in the case regarding the privatisation of the Food Research Institute (ICA), in which Dan Voiculescu is a defendant.

BELGRADE - Transparency Serbia Executive Director Nemanja Nenadic stated on Wednesday that transparency of media funding sources should be ensured regardless of the ownership structure so that readers and viewers would know about the potential influences on the editorial policy.