Thought

Charlie and the abyss

By Nikos Konstandaras

The problem is that we are not all Charlie. The very declaration that we are ? our need to identify with the victims of a terrible crime, as if we can protect them by exposing our own breasts to the assassins? bullets ? is based on the understanding that others do not share the same concern.

Bias in the judiciary

There was a time when the Greek justice system was shackled to the whims of political parties as appointments and often decisions were dictated by central party headquarters.

Today, the judiciary may have rid itself of this bane but it is still at risk of becoming politicized as judges are increasingly sensitive to the impulses of the public mind and the overall political atmosphere.

EU: No common standard for degrees and PhD theses

BRUSSELS - There are no common mechanisms to control the quality of academic titles in the EU, as the matter is left to individual universities and member states, the European Commission (EC) says.

There is no central commission, but only EC recommendations within the Bologna process, EC Directorate General for Education and Culture spokesperson Dennis Abbott told Tanjug.

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