In-person classes from fall
Greece’s schools and universities will open as usual in September, providing in-person rather than remote schooling, Education Minister Niki Kerameus said yesterday. “We’re going back to regular operation at all educational structures in September, with open universities, schools, vocational training schools etc,” Kerameus said in comments to Alpha TV. The minister added that 73% of educators have already been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or are scheduled to be. Asked whether those who refuse to get vaccinated may face some kind of penalty, Kerameus said that “all the options are being considered.”
Appointments rising. A total of 433,175 appointments for first doses of Covid vaccines concerning all age groups have been booked in the past couple of weeks, Skai reported yesterday, citing government sources. According to Skai, more than 100,000 young people under the age of 25 have booked an appointment, while in the first 24 hours after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that shots will become mandatory for certain workers, about 45,000 people booked an appointment for the coming days. Last month the Greek government announced it was offering people aged 18-25 a 150-euro cash card and a free month of phone data to get their first Covid-19 shot, in a drive to boost vaccination rates in the buildup to the summer holidays.
Teen knifed.
A gang of teens – six boys and three girls – who stabbed and robbed a 14-year-old of his mobile phone in the area of Alimos, southern Athens on Tuesday have been charged by police with attempted murder as well as illegal possession and use of weapons. They are set to appear before a juvenile prosecutor. According to reports, the incident occurred outside a fast-food restaurant at the junction of Tegeas and Lamias streets. The 14-year-old, who was stabbed three times, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Following up on a letter they sent to Supreme Court President Maria Georgiou regarding delays in issuing of decisions by Greece’s administrative courts, the presidents of the Greek bar associations sent a corresponding notice yesterday to the head of the Council of State, Dimitrios Skaltsounis. In a statement, the presidents of the bar associations said yesterday that they “consider the rapid and correct administration of justice, which satisfies the constitutionally guaranteed right to judicial protection of citizens, to be of paramount importance.” The added that the delay in the issue of verdicts is a “significant pathogen in the system of administration of justice.”