Ευρωκίνηση 1/3/2021 TNH Staff
ATHENS – After Panteion University s Senate rejected the idea, four other major Greek universities have agreed to accept having campus police forces aimed at thwarting violence after assaults on officials and drug dealing near their grounds – and then objections were immediately raised.
The security forces will be deployed at the University of Athens, the National Technical University of Athens, the Athens University of Economics and Business and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), while the University of Patras may also join the list, said Kathimerini.
It comes in the wake of an Oct. 29 incident in which a group of some 15 hooded people stormed the office of the rector of the Athens University of Economics & Business, Dimitris Bourantonis, causing extensive damages, draping a sign around his neck with a slogan backing squatters.
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ATHENS - Another success story for Greek entrepreneurs often held down by a clientelist state that favors patronage - Adveos Microelectronic Systems - has been bought by the Chinese technology firm for some $7.5 million, said Kathimerini.
The company is based in Aigio in the Peloponnese and employs 35 people but the deal could see that triple with more work coming in Athens, the negotiations done during the COVID-19 pandemic, approval still needed from Chinese officials.
Adveos was founded shortly after capital controls were imposed by the SYRIZA-led government in August 2015. Its focus is on the design of integrated high-technology chips placed in various devices such as laptops, smartphones etc.
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At Greece’s new underwater museum, scheduled to open officially in June 2021, divers will be able to explore an ancient shipwreck and its bounty of wine jars in the Aegean Sea. Photo by: Timo Dersch
“Greece, always in season” declared the sun-soaked nation’s tourist campaign last January. It was a marketing slogan backed by truth; in 2019 some 34 million visitors were drawn here. But then the COVID-19 pandemic arrived and decimated the tourism industry.