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Opinion Poll: New Democracy at 34.4% with a 21-point lead over SYRIZA
Greek Solution is ahead of the Greek Communist Party (KKE)
Traffic: The centre of Athens closed due to a KKE rally at Syntagma
Which streets have been closed due to a KKE rally - Watch the traffic live
KKE chief stands by ‘sugar daddy’ comment amid controversy
Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the general secretary of Greece's Communist Party (KKE), has stood by his remarks suggesting that the imposition of university tuition fees in Scandinavian universities has led young female students there to date older men for money in order to cover their educational expenses.
Education bill to pass amid protests
Parliament on Friday is expected to approve the Education Ministry's bill allowing, under conditions, the operation, for the first time in Greece, branches of foreign universities.
The vote, however, will not be without discord as it will be accompanied by the culmination of major mobilizations outside the Parliament building in central Athens.
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Dimitris Koutsoubas: Backlash over "Sugar Daddies" remark in parliament sparks controversy - "Downward spiral into sexism"
Government and opposition MPs strongly disapproved of the KKE's statements in Parliament - Chaos and on Twitter
ALCO Poll: ND leads by 16.5, with….”I don’t know/I won’t answer” as the second ‘party’
Marginal gains for SYRIZA, losses for ND, PASOK & KKE – 77% say they see an attempt to cover up regarding the Tempi tragedy
Koutsoubas: Tuition fees force female students to look for sugar daddies
The general secretary of the KKE called the draft law on non-state universities “an abomination from beginning to end” and added that instead of degrees with “value”, there will be degrees with “price”
New Left call for censure motion over unis rebuffed
Main opposition parties SYRIZA and PASOK, along with communist KKE, rejected the idea of filing a motion of no confidence against the government over the education bill to institutionalize non-state universities, as proposed by New Left leader Alexis Haritsis.
Parliament’s scientific service says university bill is constitutional
Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Wednesday that lawmakers had dismissed the five objections submitted by opposition MP questioning the constitutionality of a bill allowing the establishment of private universities.
The minister said the objections were refuted by the parliament's Scientific Service.
Bill on private universities receives five objections over its constitutionality
A draft legislation by the ruling Conservatives that would enable the establishment of private universities in Greece received five objections regarding its constitutionality as soon as it was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.