Greek rectors ask for European Union support over staff cuts

By Carmen Paun. Rectors of Greek universities asked the European Parliament in Brussels last Thursday to put pressure on the Greek government not to implement an order that would see 1,349 administrative staff laid off in the months to come.
“We think that there should be European pressure on the Greek government so they realise that the measures taken in higher education in Greece will have an impact on Europe itself,” said Helen Karamalengou, a professor in the department of philology at the University of Athens, during a press briefing held in Brussels. More...