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Now playing Next Europe News Mobile phones to be banned in Greek schools from September The new regulations and system of penalties are an extension of rules announced by Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis in March which saw students face expulsion for filming classmates and ridiculing them online, in a bid to clamp down on cyberbullying. 31/08/2024
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