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In Albania, student protests are escalating with clashes between demonstrators and police outside the Ministry of Education, as students demand improvements in their financial situation and university infrastructure, while Prime Minister Edi Rama hardens his stance and warns of penalties against participants in the protests. #Αλβανία #φοιτητικές_διαδηλώσεις #οικονομικά_αιτήματα (translated)

Veni_Vidi_Vici addressed those who, as he wrote, argued that students should work in order to study. He argued that they should not work eight hours, but rather attend classes, be in auditoriums and libraries, do assignments, and have time to live. #Φοιτητές #Εκπαίδευση #ΝέαΓενιά (translated)

Alexis Tsipras mentioned that he met with young people in Volos, at their invitation, and listened to their concerns about the lack of prospects and hope. According to what they told him, many students were working alongside their studies to cover rent and food, while the adverse conditions in student housing led some to delay or abandon their studies. He conveyed that young agronomists were struggling to cover their expenses, as rents and supermarket prices were high, and he referred to a PhD student in aerodynamics who was, he said, working in a flooded laboratory without facilities. Tsipras argued that Greece had become hostile to young people and that opportunities for education, work, and professional development depended either on financial support from parents or connections to the "blue machine." He linked the anger of young people in France to the loss of hope and social inequalities, clarifying that violence was not a solution, but reaction and claims were legitimate. He referred to students who, he said, paid 500 or 600 euros for a room, ate pasta six days a week, and could not attend the university they were admitted to. He added that the lack of student housing and meals exacerbated their situation and argued that social tension could be addressed with conditions of justice. He criticized the government policy regarding the Golden Visa and housing, as well as the decision not to include a housing program in the Recovery Fund, saying that the money was given to "insiders." He proposed as an alternative the strengthening of the social majority and the public sector, with young people having, he said, a crucial role. #Νεολαία #Δικαιοσύνη #ΦοιτητικάΔικαιώματα (translated)

Students are organizing a two-day mobilization in Athens on October 20th and 21st, with a sit-in at Syntagma and a nationwide educational rally at the Propylaea, demanding an enhancement of public education and an increase in state funding. #Φοιτητές #ΔημόσιαΠαιδεία #Κινητοποιήσεις (translated)

Whoever believes that they will seize power by violence will be disappointed. The political crisis in Albania is entering a new phase of tension, just hours after the violent incidents in Tirana, with Prime Minister Edi Rama expressing confidence that the state will prevail, while students are preparing for new demonstrations. #Αλβανία #Ράμα #διαμαρτυρίες (translated)

Amalia compared the events that, as she wrote, were happening during those days in France with the "Red May" of 1968. She argued that there were similarities in the demands and images of conflicts with the police, arsons, and vandalism. She presented the leftists as the main actors of the mobilizations at that time and, in a secondary role, their descendants, while stating that the leading role was now taken by people of French origin from Africa. According to her narrative, the unrest of 1968 began on March 22 with an occupation at the University of Nanterre. After its closure on May 2, the clashes spread to the Sorbonne and the streets of Paris. Amalia stated that on May 6 there were about 500 injured, and that the tension peaked on May 10, during the "Night of the Barricades," when Daniel Cohn-Bendit, known as "Red Dani," emerged. Amalia wrote that on May 13, unions controlled by the Socialist and Communist Parties declared a 24-hour strike and participated in the demonstrations. In the following days, according to her, factory occupations and strikes in various sectors paralyzed production, with the country being, as she claimed, on the brink of a civil war by May 20. She mentioned that on May 22, Cohn-Bendit went to Germany and the Netherlands, but the French government revoked his residence permit and did not allow him to return. According to Amalia, this development led to new incidents, while the leftists were left without guidance. Amalia said that General Charles de Gaulle ultimately chose to address the people instead of deploying the army on the streets. On May 30, he announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and elections within 22 days, while, as she wrote, about 500,000 people demonstrated in Paris in support of him. She added that in the elections on June 23 and 30, the Right won 358 out of 485 seats. She also noted that leftists later accused the French Communist Party of abandoning the revolution under orders from Moscow. She cited Mattei Dogan's work "How Civil War Was Avoided in France" as a source. #Γαλλία #ΚόκκινοςΜάης #Ιστορία (translated)

Stelios Nikitopoulos wrote that students of the École du Louvre and art schools announced the blockade of the Louvre, which they described as the largest museum in the world. According to the post, they stated that the mobilization was in solidarity with the student movement and to denounce police repression. https://t.co/j7BHp1Yf8T #αλληλεγγύη #μαθητικόκίνημα #δικαιώματα (translated)

"I am not being questioned, the government is not being questioned, the governmental majority or the party that won the elections is not being questioned, what is being questioned is a path, a mission," said Rama in a live broadcast on Facebook. #Διαμαρτυρίες #Τίρανα #Φοιτητές (translated)

The letter from the Organization of Paraplegics of Cyprus revealed the lack of suitable accommodation for students with disabilities at the University of Cyprus, with the Rector acknowledging the problem but without a proposed solution for immediate support. #Αναπηρία #ΦοιτητικήΔιαμονή #ΠανεπιστήμιοΚύπρου (translated)