{"id":6263,"date":"2025-04-08T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/ntua-cameras-destroyed-weeks-after-installation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:29:30","slug":"ntua-cameras-destroyed-weeks-after-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/ntua-cameras-destroyed-weeks-after-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"NTUA cameras destroyed weeks after installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1266433\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Polytechnic_Zografou_intime-320x200.jpg?v=1744045493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Polytechnic_Zografou_intime.jpg?v=1744045492\" alt=\"NTUA cameras destroyed weeks after installation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Polytechnic_Zografou_intime-960x600.jpg?v=1744045493\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Security cameras at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) were vandalized in late March, just weeks after being installed.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen of the 25 cameras at the Zografou campus were destroyed in under 10 minutes, causing \u20ac17,000 in damage, according to university officials. Similar damage was also reported at the historic Patission Street campus, where not all cameras are yet operational.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to install surveillance systems was made by the institution\u2019s governing council in accordance with Law 4957\/2022, which requires Greek universities to submit security plans including electronic surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a political decision. We won\u2019t back down,\u201d said Rector Ioannis Hatzigeorgiou. \u201cThe destroyed cameras will be replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Resistance has emerged from student groups and some faculty, citing privacy concerns. Despite criticism, NTUA continues implementing its security plan, which includes alarms, limited access and renovation of previously occupied spaces. \u201cWe can\u2019t let vandalism continue,\u201d Hatzigeorgiou said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/in-depth\/society-in-depth\/1266433\/ntua-cameras-destroyed-weeks-after-installation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Security cameras at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) were vandalized in late March, just weeks after being installed. Fourteen of the 25 cameras at the Zografou campus were destroyed in under 10 minutes, causing \u20ac17,000 in damage, according to university officials. 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