Andreas Loverdos
Greece
Too Late For To Potami in Greece
Once upon a time, Athens had a river running through it, the Kifissos, flowing from Mt. Parnitha through the city down to the Saronic Gulf. A city really needs a river or body of water to be considered World...
Greece
PASOK, The 58, Plan Olive Tree Movement
With his once-dominant and former ruling party on the edge of extinction, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is aligning himself with The 58 Initiative, a group of academics and intellectuals who are trying to unify the country’s fractured center-left...
Greece
Yet Another Greek Splinter Party
Two former members of New Democracy who were ejected from the ruling party after refusing to obey orders to vote for austerity measures have joined forces to create their own party, another in a grouping of challengers to the...
Australia
Former Greek Deputy Minister: ‘World council of Hellenes abroad must change its form’
Demetrios Dollis, a former Greek-Australian politician and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, stated his ignorance over the results of the financial audit that was conducted concerning the World Council of Hellenes abroad (SAE)’s Fund. This audit concerns SAE’s...
Greece
Kouvelis, Loverdos Talk Team-Up
With his party on the verge of extinction, Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis is looking to hook up with a former PASOK Socialist minister, Andreas Loverdos, whose own new party Pact for a New Greece, doesn't even register...
Greece
SYRIZA Loses Submarine Deal Probe Bid
A proposal by the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party for an investigation into a stalled deal for the completion of three Hellenic Navy submarines at Skaramangas Shipyards - including the role of current Deputy Prime...
Greece
Political Foes Gang Up Against SYRIZA
The PASOK Socialists who are in a power-sharing agreement with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservative-led government have joined the Democratic Left (DIMAR) and the new Agreement for New Greece have joined forces to oppose a motion by...
Greece
Human Rights Watch Decries Forced HIV Tests
Human Rights Watch has accused the Greek government of violating people's rights and stigmatizing vulnerable groups after it reintroduced a health regulation granting the police powers to detain people and force them to undertake tests for HIV and other...
Greece
Loverdos Kicks Off Pact For New Greece
Andreas Loverdos, a former PASOK Socialist minister who was often at odds with his his party's leader Evangelos Venizelos, has bolted to form his own party called Pact for a New Greece and blistering his former party for becoming...
Greece
Civil Service, ex-PASOK Ministers Deny Accusations
Greek ministers of the government under former Socialist Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou, who the Troika have accused of bearing the blame for the failure of the Memorandum of Understanding in Greece since (as the weekly magazine To Vima recently...