Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has emerged as the strong front runner in the Pasok leadership race, according to a new poll
21 Feb 2012
Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has emerged as the strong front runner in the Pasok leadership race, according to a new poll.
The GPO/Mega poll shows that the deputy prime minister is backed by 43.7 percent of Pasok voters, while Health Minister Andreas Loverdos is second at 11.1 percent, despite having thrown his support behind Venizelos.
Pavlos Yeroulanos will stay on as minister of culture and tourism, despite offering his resignation in the wake of last week museum robbery at Ancient Olympia
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, a strong contender to become next prime minister, welcomed the latest EU/IMF rescue package for Greece but said its debt-reduction targets can only be met through economic growth
When the ancient Greeks set sail for Troy, they had to sacrifice King Agamemnon’s daughter, Iphigenia, in order to satisfy goddess Artemis and enable their fleet to commence their voyage.
by George Gilson Published 19 Feb 2012 | Issue No. 13483
George Papandreou’s expulsion of over 20 Pasok MPs who voted down the EU-IMF bailout terms may be the first step in a long-awaited breakup of the once-formidable socialist party.
Greece's cabinet on Saturday approved a final set of austerity measures sought by the EU and IMF as a condition for a 130-billion euro rescue package, raising the chances of a deal next week to avert a chaotic default on its debt.
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