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University occupations de-escalate amid student fatigue

After two months of university occupations in protest at new legislation allowing the establishment of non-state universities in Greece, the vast majority of students are expected to return to classes on Tuesday.

In fact, most occupations had already ended by Friday. At the peak of the mobilizations, approximately 200 schools were shut down by protesters.

Students reoccupy Aristotle University Law School

Just hours after police disbanded a sit-in protest at the Law School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, students have reclaimed the space on the premises. 

Additionally, a rally has been scheduled for 11 a.m. at the rectors' office.

Students are protesting government plans to permit the establishment of non-state universities. 

Guarding a taboo

The first reactions to the planned opening of higher education are as expected. 

College sit-ins and the hurling of petrol bombs confirm that the government is attempting to break a taboo of the era following the restoration of democracy, which by now is only being defended by a rearguard minority. 

Survey finds limited support for sit-ins

Only 16.2% of second and third-year senior high school students support sit-in demonstrations as a means of expressing disagreement with school management, according to a survey on youth and democracy conducted by the National Center for Social Research (EKKE) for the Education Ministry's General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning and Youth.

Thessaloniki students hold protest in support of teen who bullied teacher

Students at a vocational training school in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, were staging a sit-in on Tuesday to protest the possibility of criminal charges being brought against a fellow pupil in the wake of the release of a video showing him verbally assaulting a teacher.

Sit-ins swell as Greek students march over Prespes deal

As a wave of sit-ins against Greece's name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) sweeps across the country exposing social divisions and evolving into a focal point of opposition between political parties, about 1,200 high school pupils Thursday marched through the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

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