Tag: Andreas Loverdos
Center-Left Party Election Participation Seen as Protest Against Gov’t Performance
The mass participation of Greek citizens in the new center-left party election, is seen as a demonstration against the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, said PASOK...
Court Acquits HIV-Positive Women Charged with ‘Transmitting the Virus’ Via Prostitution
An Athens Misdemeanours Court acquitted a group of HIV positive women arrested in 2012 and charged with repeated counts of grievous bodily harm on...
Opposition Parties Call for Inquiry Into Varoufakis Overstepping Authority
Claims that Greece's former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis overstepped his authority while serving office and referred to his country as "bankrupt" are resulting in...
Greek Television License Law Will Not Be Rescinded Despite EC Concerns
State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the government's shakeup of television licenses is the correct route to follow in response to a question in...
PASOK Elects Fofi Gennimata as 5th Party President
Fofi Gennimata was elected as the 5th PASOK President with 51% of the votes. The election took place during the party's 10th conference.
On Sunday...
Three Candidates Up for PASOK Leadership After President Steps Down
PASOK MPs Fofi Gennimata, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos and Andreas Loverdos will compete for the party's leadership, after Evangelos Venizelos, who chaired the party since...
PASOK’s 10th Conference to Select New Leader
The 10th PASOK conference, which will launch the procedures for the selection of the party’s new leader, started today, Friday June 5. The election of...
Greek Govt Abolishes Law Allowing HIV Positive Sex Workers’ Details to Be Made Public
Greece's government announced on Tuesday the abolition of a controversial health and hygiene regulation that allowed authorities to publish the details, including photographs, of...
Who Will Be Part of the Next Greek Parliament?
Many Greek politicians were neck to neck against their fellow candidates in several constituencies across Greece, aiming to earn a seat in the new Greek...
Greek Education Ministry to Withdraw School Book With Failed Parthenon Marbles Reference
Greece's Education Ministry will withdraw an art history school book that was criticized for misrepresenting the history of the Parthenon Marbles housed in the British Museum.
The textbook,...
Greek National Council for Education Agrees on Deciding Method for Higher Education Admissions
The number of students admitted to Greece's universities and Technical Educational Institutes (TEI) will be set by a joint decision of the Education Ministry,...
Greek PM and Opposition Leader Attend Epiphany Celebration
Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras attended the Epiphany celebration on Tuesday in the city of Kavala, Greece.
After the ceremony, Samaras...
