Athens professor says home vandalized after TV appearance on antisemitism

A university prof has said the entranceway to her location was vandalized aft she appeared connected a television quality programme and expressed her views connected antisemitism.

Vana Nikolaidou-Kyrianidou, emerita prof of governmental doctrine astatine National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, told Kathimerini that slogans were painted astatine the entranceway to her residence and that an accompanying text subjected her to repeated insults.

“They vandalized the entranceway to my location with slogans and posted a text successful which they curse maine successful each imaginable way,” she said, adding that such incidents reflected what radical look when they publically reason the ideas of extremist groups.

The self-described anarchist radical Rouvikonas claimed work for the attack. The radical accused Nikolaidou-Kyrianidou of nepotism, favoritism, bullying employees and targeting students.

The prof rejected the allegations arsenic baseless.

“There is thing specific successful the accusations they mention. These radical are not my students, and I bash not think they person ever acceptable ft successful my class,” she said, besides denying that she had ever hired a relative.

In a subsequent statement, Rouvikonas besides accused the world of taking what it described arsenic a supportive stance toward Israel.

In different incidental targeting university academics, a elder head astatine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was harrassed.