Bullying

A Thessaloniki court has attributed the suicide of a 41-year-old mentally disabled employee of a municipally-run enterprise in Oraiokastro to workplace bullying, in a landmark and rare decision.

The government set up a scientific committee as part of the national strategy of countering violence among minors, the Prime Minister's office announced on Wednesday.

The task force is composed of eight members, among which are a criminologist, a legal experts, professors of political science, and cyber security, and a child psychotherapist.

The government could not have asked for better promotion of its bill allowing the establishment of private universities than that provided by the squatters at public universities.

Lawlessness, extensive graffiti, and violence are due to a minority that is holding them hostage.

Amid well-publicized instances of severe bullying at schools, the government wants not only to toughen sanctions against offending students but also to commit resources to diagnosing neurodevelopmental disorders at the earliest possible age, before even preschool.

The Me Too movement catalyzed essential changes in workplaces and power dynamics. However, its reach did not significantly extend to digital spaces, leaving vulnerabilities for women, children and other susceptible individuals.

Following the decision of the Education Ministry, teachers will teach students how to deal with peer bullying and cyberbullying within the scope of "School-Based Social Responsibility Studies," taught as an elective course in secondary schools.

The new curriculum will teach students what peer bullying is, what to do if they encounter bullying and how to behave to avoid being bullied.

Police on Thursday arrested a 16-year-old boy who is accused of systematically bullying a 14-year-old fellow student in Koropi, East Attica.

The teen, along with a 15-year-old who was also arrested on Tuesday, is believed to have threatened, hit and verbally abused the victim in and outside of their school for the past three years.

Migrant children, girls, children from poor families and those growing up in single-parent households are more likely to be the victims of bullying, a study by the Smile of the Child charity published on Tuesday has found.

A study has shown that harassment is common at Greek universities, with females being the usual victims. 

An investigation is underway against the pro-Russian party "Vazrazhdane" for a particularly vile Nazi collage published on the Telegram social network, which depicts former foreign minister of Bulgaria Solomon Passy.