PANAGIS VOURLOUMIS

Transforming higher education

From Nikos Alivizatos’ book “Beyond Article 16,” I discovered that Greek higher education institutions were recognized as public legal entities after the civil war (1946-49), in a move designed to exclude communist professors.

Why the voting age should be 21

There are certain things in life that are so evident that they warrant no explanation. They should not require a search for arguments to justify their existence or practice.

21.11.2022 / 03:51

Greece’s opportunity for a stable electoral system

The custom of legitimizing things that should not be tolerated may have innocent motives, but it inevitably prompts certain reflexes. Our society is addicted to cheating and tolerates it when it comes in a legitimate guise, and especially when it doesn’t harm any specific interests – except our quality of life more generally. In many […]

13.11.2022 / 23:28

More information, more measures for the tough winter ahead

Greece and the rest of the Western world are in a state of war. It is a low-intensity war for us for the time being, but we cannot predict how long it’s going to last or how it will evolve.

25.04.2022 / 20:02

Alarming verbal assaults

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a butcher and he’s destroying his people. I’m shouting this out because I believe it and I want to blow off some steam, but I am a private citizen and what I say doesn’t matter.

29.01.2022 / 21:45

A small crisis with a big impact

The anger of those who froze in their cars or were left without power during last week’s snowstorm is perfectly justified, but a few thousand frustrated citizens does not make a national crisis.

16.07.2018 / 11:07

A citizen’s complaint

I attended an event organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Athens last Sunday afternoon. It was held at the Zirineio Municipal Sports Center in the northern suburb of Kifissia and was attended by dozens of Indonesian families, representing almost the entire community that lives in the Attica area.