"Students, who are already in the process of returning to Greece, will return to their normal activities," Education and Religion Minister Niki Kerameus said on Monday in an interview with radio station Praktoreio 104.9 FM, referring to students who are currently visiting Italy and are about to come back due to the spread of coronavirus in the neighbouring country.

Greek students from a high school in Crete used a poignant way to voice their protest against the British Museum’s refusal to return the Parthenon sculptures of the Caryatides to Greece during a field trip to the Museum in London.

The number of Greek students studying in the U.S. increased 3.3% during the 2017/18 academic year, while the number of U.S. students in Greece increased by 21.1% during the 2016/17 academic year. The data was released as part of the 2018 IIE Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.