News Source: Gulf News
| about 1 month ago
Papandreou had insisted that Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' plans for austerity to face the international financial crisis were wrong. He said he would inject up to euro3 billion (US$4.4 billion) to reinvigorate Greece's economy.
News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 month ago
The Conservative New Democracy Party came in second with 36 percent...The election pitted Papandreou against Costas Karamanlis, in a battle between the heirs of two of the most powerful political dynasties that have dominated politics in the southern...
News Source: Press TV
| about 1 month ago
New Democracy's 34 percent, according to figures announced by the Interior Ministry late on Sunday...This could mean 160 seats for the Socialists in Greece's 300-seat Parliament, while the ruling party would receive only 93 seats, officials said, CNN...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 month ago
Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election yesterday with voters, angered by scandals and a faltering economy, ousting the Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term. Humbled by his New...
News Source: 7days
| about 1 month ago
People voted in a snap election yesterday with the opposition socialists vowing to force Prime Minister Costas Kara-manlis out of power. New Democracy party going into the election. “I am certain that together we will change Greece,” Papandreou,...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 month ago
Greece — Two years ago, when George Papandreou led Greece's Socialist party to its worst election result in three decades, he was widely derided as an ineffective politician...Even his 2006 election as president of the Socialist International, a...