National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Unknown assailants storm campus amid protests against private university scheme

A group of hooded assailants stormed into the administration building of the National Technical University of Athens' Zografou campus on Tuesday morning, frightening staff as they hurled abuse and smashed windows and furniture, and prompting the academic authorities to call for police reinforcements.

Even wars have rules

How can human rights be safeguarded in the midst of war? Dr Photini Pazartzis, the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and former vice chair of the UN Human Rights Committee ICCPR, emphasizes that international law establishes clear rules in cases of armed conflicts.

Value of stolen university equipment estimated at 200,000

The value of the equipment stolen from the laboratories and offices of professors at the National Technical University of Athens and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens by two Albanian nationals with a prior criminal record has been estimated at 200,000 euros, according to police.

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