Greek professors discovering new prospects in Balkans and Middle East

Albanian and Bulgarian universities are increasingly advertising for Greek professors to take up posts at their institutions, while, according to sources, other professors have used their sabbaticals in order to take up lucrative teaching jobs in countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, where the salaries more than make up for the fact that they are not receiving a salary in Greece during this period. The rector of the University of Ioannina, Triantafyllos Albanis, recently met with a delegation of representatives from private universities in the Albanian capital, Tirana.
(17.09.2012) Kathimerini English Edition ( by Apostolos Lakasas)
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