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Former Greek PM Papandreou to Receive 2017 Distinguished Leadership Award

Former Prime Minister George Papandreou (2009-2011), still a controversial political figure in Greece, will be honored with the International Leadership Association (ILA) Distinguished Leadership Award. The award ceremony is scheduled on October 13 in Brussels, Belgium at ILA's global...

First Instance Court Commences Civil Suit of Navy Officer Against Former PM Papandreou Over Pre-Election Pledges

On Thursday a First Instance Court discussed a civil lawsuit filed by a retired Lieutenant of the Navy against former prime minister George Papandreou, in which he is requesting compensation totaling 260,000 euros for moral damage suffered from the latter’s...

Former Greek PM Papandreou Joins Democratic Alignment

On Thursday the former Socialist prime minister George Papandreou announced that he is re-joining forces with the base of his old party PASOK. Papandreou said in a statement that his own political party which he formed called The Movement of...

Exclusive: Former Greek PM George Papandreou in His Most Truthful Interview

"I have been a scapegoat but I never cared if I would be reelected" says George Papandreou in a tell-all interview on Greece's bailouts, and the difficult decisions that marked his term and his name. Watch the interview.

PM Tsipras: We Hope That Normalcy Will Be Restored in Turkey

Developments in Turkey dominated the brief dialogue between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the president of the Democratic Socialists Movement George Papandreou on camera before their meeting on Tuesday. The meeting took place ahead of the parliamentary debate on the...

'There's Money!' Former PM George Papandreou Stands By His 2008 Pre-Election Statement

Former Greek socialist PASOK prime minister George Papandreou was interviewed by Nikos Hadjinikolaou on radio show, Realfm 97.8. Speaking about his election campaign while Greece was on the verge of an economic crisis, he said that he had not...

Andreas Papandreou Unites 20 Years After His Death: Tsipras-George Papandreou Together [pictures]

The country's political leadership gathered together for the opening of the exhibition, titled "Andreas G. Papandreou, 1919-1996: Personal and Political Journey" at the Hellenic Parliament Foundation, 20 years after the death of the socialist statesman who established the PASOK...

Twenty Years Since the Death of Andreas Papandreou, the Man Who Changed Greek Politics

It's been 20 years since the death of Andreas Papandreou, the former prime minister of Greece and PASOK founder, and for many, the man who changed Greek politics. Being the first proclaimed socialist prime minister of Greece, Papandreou's policies generated...

Former Greek PM: I Didn't Want IMF in Bailout, Germany Did

Former Greek prime minister and leader of the Socialist Democrats Movement Giorgos Papandreou said he didn't want the International Monetary Fund in Greece's bailout in 2010, but he accepted upon Germany's insistence. In an interview on SKAI television, the former...

Greece's Call to IMF for Help was Decided at Davos, says Former Fin Min

Greece's former finance minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou said that the involvement of the International Monetary Fund in Greece's first bailout was decided at a sideline meeting in Davos in 2010. Papakonstantinou spoke on Skai television on Tuesday night where he described...