Koukoulopoulos
Greece
George Papandreou's New Party Launching Date a Mystery
The announcement of the new party of former Prime Minister and PASOK member, George Papandreou, has spread worries in his father, Andreas Papandreou's party, founded on September 3, 1974. The information emerging from the former Premier's associates regarding the...
Greece
Golden Dawn MP With Gun In Parliament
A Member of Parliament from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party who drove into the underground parking lot there with a gun on his passenger's seat was asked by a police guard to put it away but drove on after...
Economy
Samaras Pushes Hard for a Budget Deal
With his coalition government splintering, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will meet his coalition partners on Oct. 23 for talks on trying to finalize a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike package that has been stalled for months,...
Economy
Papandreou Fiddles While PASOK Disintegrates
ATHENS – While former Prime Minister George Papandreou was in Costa Rica addressing the Socialist International conference as its leader, the PASOK party he still heads – if only for a while and under constant pressure to quit –...
Economy
Papandreou Being Pushed Out by His Own Party
ATHENS – A growing number of PASOK Socialist ministers and lawmakers are intensifying the pressure on their leader, former Prime Minister George Papandreou, to step aside quickly and let the party find a new leader ahead of snap elections...
Economy
Greece Talks Trash to Garbage Collectors
ATHENS - With rubbish piling up and even blocking some streets after two weeks of a strike by rubbish collectors, public health authorities said the government might bring in private companies to pick it up, signaling what could be...
Economy
Greek Workers Threaten Action Strikes, Papandreou’s Security Bill In
ATHENS – As the Greek government readied more pay cuts and tax hikes for the country’s beleaguered workers, middle-class, poor and pensioners, the main civil servants union ADEDY said it’s ready to strike back, angry over a scheme that...