News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
The oath of office was administered to Papandreou by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece as President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias watched, the Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency S.A reported. The new premier was then expected...
News Source: Sofia Echo
| about 1 month ago
Also in attendance was president Karolos Papoulias, who a day earlier handed Papandreou a mandate to form a government and accepted the resignation of his predecessor, Costas Karamanlis, who also has quit as leader of his New Democracy party. ...
News Source: The Observer
| about 1 month ago
After inflicting the worst ever electoral defeat on the country's outgoing New Democracy party, the socialist leader not only reversed five years of catastrophic conservative rule but, in one fell swoop, came into his own. As the ballots poured in...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
An EU lawmaker since 2007, he was adviser to former Prime Minister Costas Simitis in 1998-2000 before becoming Papandreou's economic adviser in 2004. Katseli, 57, was special economic adviser to Papandreou's father Andreas when he was prime minister...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 month ago
Greece — Greece's Socialist leader George Papandreou was sworn in as prime minister Tuesday, after trouncing the conservatives in a landslide election victory won on promises of reviving the country's faltering economy. Papandreou, a 57-year-old...
News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| about 1 month ago
S new socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou was sworn into office today and will name a cabinet aimed at backing up his promise to rescue the country's economy. The new prime minsiter was administered the oath of office by Archbishop Ieronymos...