Theodoros Pangalos

A Turkish cargo ship ran aground on a tiny rocky island in the Aegean Sea in December 1995. But a dispute between Turkey and Greece over who owned the island sovereignty almost brought the two nations to war. Agreement still hasn’t been reached over the territory called Kardak by the Turks and Imia by the Greeks.

When ?pek Cem Taha, the daughter of a former Turkish foreign minister (who passed away in 2007) decided to initiate a lasting idea to maintain her father's personal commitment for peace, the first door she knocked on was that of Yorgo Papandreu.

Former first lady Margaret Papandreou presented her autobiography,  “Love and Power” (Patakis Publications) at Ianos bookstore at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

The panel of speakers included:

* Former deputy secretary-general of the UN, Sotiris Moussouris

The Greek Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government has chartered a series of 25 tax measures against corruption and tax evasion. These measures seek to find justice and reparation for a series of scandals that have remained unresolved since 2000. The party has also committed to confiscate property that has not been registered in Greece and abroad.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos sparked a row on Tuesday by calling for SYRIZA’s candidate for the Attica governorship Rena Dourou to pose in a bikini.

Speaking on Vima FM, Pangalos voiced his objection to fly-posting by Dourou’s campaign team.

“Is she putting her poster up because she thinks she is good-looking?» said the ex-PASOK veteran.

Socialist veteran Theodoros Pangalos said on Monday that he plans to press charges against Avgi newspaper for reporting that, as foreign minister, he turned in Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan to the Turkish intelligence service in 1999.