George Papandreou
Greece
Venizelos Shares Samaras' Vision
PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, who was named Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras' government after reversing his opposition to the closing of the national broadcaster ERT, said he agrees...
Economy
ND-PASOK Alliance Takes The Reins
Moving forward after the withdrawal of one of his coalition members, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras formulated a new alliance with the other coalition partner, the PASOK Socialists, in a new cabinet that gives his partner key ministerial positions.
Samaras,...
Greece
PASOK, ND Overlooked Aren't Happy
While Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras and his new Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos were patting each other on the back and praising their new collaboration, officials in the...
Economy
Greece Jobless Rate Seen Over 30%
With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras saying all is well now in Greece and that he's put the economy on the road to recovery, the record 27.4 unemployment rate will like go past 30 percent next year, a report...
Greece
Pangalos Doesn't Love Venizelos
He's retired and out of the public eye but former PASOK Socialist stalwart Theodoros Pangalos, known for shooting from the hip and sometimes shooting himself in the foot at the same time, just couldn't resist taking shots at the...
Greece
Papandreou's 10-Minute Bailout Call
Former prime minister, George Papandreou, gave a speech on the pressure exerted on him by his European partners in April 2010 to impose severe austerity cuts, at an event held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Papandreou even revealed the dialogues he had...
Economy
Prosecutors Will Look For ERT Corruption
Amid complaints of favoritism and patronage from disgruntled and angry former staff members of the Greek national broadcaster ERT, all 2,656 of whom were fired by the government on June 11 with five minutes notice, Athens Prosecutor of Corruption...
Europe
Protests Against Papandreou in Edinburgh
Protesters gathered outside the convention center where the TEDGlobal conference is being held in Edinburgh and attempted to block George Papandreou's speech.
For a long time, there were reactions to the former Greek prime minister's speech. There was even an...
Greece
PASOK Slides Toward Bankruptcy
Once a ruling heavyweight in Greek politics, as recently as 2009 when it won the elections with 44 percent of the vote, the PASOK Socialist party - down to 5 percent territory after backing austerity measures - is also...
Economy
Greek Politicians’ Fake Success Story
The German weekly news magazine Focus in its article, A Fake Success Story, strongly criticizes the supposedly success story of Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras.
“Looks can be deceiving: The calm that seem to generally prevail, the lack of mass...