John Spraos

May they pitch in

It took 16 years before Greece could allow the establishment of private universities. We could have had them since 2007 when the then conservative premier Kostas Karamanlis proposed a change to Article 16 of the Constitution, but he was not able to secure the consent of PASOK leader George Papandreou.

When mockery is the easy option

There is a long tradition in this country that has come at an incredible cost. It is one in which people who are deemed "disagreeable" are taunted and mocked when they dare to express a heretical view on a matter of significance. 

This has happened in the past with academics like John Spraos, former ministers Stefanos Manos and Tassos Yiannitsis and many others.