Pavlos Geroulanos
Greece
Kostas Bakoyannis Wins First Round of Municipal Elections for Athens
According to official results published on Sunday night, Kostas Bakoyannis has a clear lead in the race for Athens' mayoral office.
With almost all votes counted, the New Democracy-backed candidate received 42.6 percent of the vote and is a clear...
Europe
Financial Times: Greece Must Participate in the 2012 Olympic Games Despite Funding Cuts
Financial Times are acutely criticizing the decision of SEGAS to suspend any operation to protest against cuts to its budget, thus jeopardizing Greece’s participation in track and field events at the London Olympics.
“The funding crisis for the Greek team...
Greece
Short on Funds, Greek Athletic Federation Suspends Operations
Blaming deep cuts in government funding, Greece’s track and field federation has voted to stop operations, although the country still plans to send a full team to the Olympics in London later this year – at least for now....
Greece
Geroulanos Warns of Neo-Nazi Political Threat
On Friday, Greek Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos warned that neo-Nazi group Chryssi Avghi (Golden Dawn) could enter parliament after May elections.
He stressed that the main reason was voters' “anger” over the debt-stricken country's economic and social hardships, AFP has...
Greece
Schengen Visas Present Obstacle for Tourists Trying to Visit Greece
Greece is losing three to five million tourists annually due to problems arising with the issuance of Schengen visas, said Andreas Andreadis, president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
Two million tourists from Russia visited Greece in the past...
Greece
Papademos Rejects Minister's Resignation Over Museum Theft
Greek culture minister Pavlos Geroulanos‘s offer to resign over a major robbery at a museum in the city of Olympia has been rejected by the country’s premier, an official statement said Wednesday.
Geroulanos had submitted his resignation on Friday, after...