Student protests and healthcare concerns reported in Greece

Student associations at the Crete University of Technology have intervened in a Senate meeting to protest the mass deletion of students from university rolls. The students are demanding immediate remedial examination periods for those facing deletion, citing that the number of students removed from four-year programs last December exceeded initial government estimates. They claim the current policy threatens years of academic effort and financial investment, noting that the percentage of students at risk of deletion is approaching 50% in some cases.

Separately, in Edessa, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has issued a warning regarding the critical situation at the Edessa Hospital. The Union of Hospital Doctors of Pella and various local organizations have raised alarms following the forced relocation of a second cardiologist, which has pushed the cardiology department to a breaking point. Critics attribute these staffing shortages to the ongoing underfunding and privatization of public health structures.