Niki Sanders

In February 2021, the then-minister of education, Niki Kerameus, declared in Parliament, "Let the smell of fear and lawlessness in the universities, which thrives there and nowhere else in the country, be dissolved once and for all." That was the day the draft law on universities was voted on, which included the introduction of the campus police force known as the University Institutions Protec

Greece's political parties are embarking once again on the campaign trail, deploying a more surgical approach and with their attention turning to specific constituencies.

Ruling New Democracy is expected to focus on northern Greece, where nationalist Greek Solution and the religious-nationalist Niki parties have been flying high.

After passing a bill in Parliament allowing law enforcement to enter university grounds to tackle crime, Education Minister Niki Kerameus said she discussed its implementation with Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis.

Niki Lazarou was born on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos in 1944 and was sent to South Africa by her family at the age of 22 to seek a better life. After her first husband died when he was 49, she was left raising two children alone.

A Bulgarian cameraman drowned on Sunday near the Black Sea resort of Albena while helping a 16-year-old girl out of the water.

The incident unfolded after the working hours of life-guards, when Grigor Kumitski, 36, and a group of friends saw the teenager was desperately trying to get out.