Campus police plan faces opposition from officials

The National Herald 10 January 2021

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, reports The National Herald.

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, while the University of Patras may also join the list, said Kathimerini.

It comes in the wake of a 29 October incident in which a group of some 15 hooded people stormed the office of the rector of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Dimitris Bourantonis, causing extensive damage, and draping a sign around his neck with a slogan backing squatters.
Full report on The National Herald site

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