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Education Minister Nikos Filis on Monday brushed aside reactions from local communities in several parts of Greece to refugee children attending public schools, while putting off any debate on planned changes to religious classes in schools until after the end of the academic year.

"The state will not put rights issues up for discussion," Filis told state broadcaster ERT on Monday.

Greek conservative lawmaker, George Koumoutsakos, suffered facial bruises but did not need to be hospitalized after being beaten by suspected far-right activists during a protest on Thursday.

PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata spoke to the national broadcaster ERT and said that she is in favour of the agreement and cooperation of many political forces stressing that “the story of the parliamentary majority is an illusion”.

“What our country needs is plan, cooperation, work and care” she added.

For Reuters, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is the man that cost his country billions, 30 billion euros, by one estimate. The international news agency tracks the lack of an agreement with creditors since Tsipras and his leftist SYRIZA party swept to power on Jan.