George Alogoskoufis

As it does almost every fall, the Greek government sent a delegation of high-ranking finance officials to New York on November 8, 2007, headed by the then minister, George Alogoskoufis. The purpose of the visit is always the same: talks with bankers, negotiations with investors.

It has been 50 years since the founding declaration of New Democracy on October 4, 1974. The declaration was signed solely by Konstantinos Karamanlis, just two and a half months after his return to Greece, following 11 years of self-imposed “exile” in Paris. Thus, the party was established, which, along with PASOK, became the two main pillars of the post-dictatorial Greek Republic.

The Bilderberg Club, the exclusive club of the powerful that has been associated with the most extreme conspiracy theories, turned 70 this year.

Everybody who is anybody with money to burn would like an invitation to the Bilderberg meeting due to take place in Austria from June 11-14. Sworn to secrecy, nobody knows what the wealthy 120-150 leaders from the world of business, media, academia discuss. There is no agenda, no resolutions, no clues… sending conspiracy theories spiraling.