“From now on, we must not concede anything more from Central Greece. We have already made many concessions…,” stressed the Mayor of Lamia.

The establishment of an autonomous University in Central Greece remains one of the major “open” issues on the agenda of demands from central government, where, so far, there appears to be no political will for bold decisions.

Speaking at the Thermopylae Forum 2026, Panourgias Papaioannou did not mince his words, making it clear that we must all claim it together, united.

“The University is something that concerns us all and we must all, united, claim it together, because this is what history has taught us. Roumeli deserves a University and from now on we must not concede anything more from Central Greece. We have already made many concessions and we will not allow this to continue…” said the Mayor of Lamia.

In fact, closing his remarks at the Thermopylae Forum, he recalled Leonidas’ historic phrase “Molon Labe”!

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