Costas Simitis
Top priorities: Economy, health, justice
The ministers of Economy, Health and Justice will be responsible for most of the crucial reforms that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to implement in his second four-year term.
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Spiros Simitis, leading European data protection expert, dead at 88
Spiros Simitis, a distinguished scholar and expert in the field of data protection, and brother of Greece's former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, passed away on Saturday, March 18, at the age of 88.
Emblematic former finance minister Dimitris Tsovolas has passed away
Dimitris Tsovolas passed away at the age of 79, after a difficult battle with cancer.
Dimitris Tsovolas was hospitalized in the last few days at the Attica Hospital. He was intubated in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.
He was born in 1942 in Melissourgoi, Arta.
He had studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and was a distinguished lawyer.
Long-time PASOK minister Tsohatzopoulos passes away, three years after prison release
Long-time PASOK minister and deputy Akis Tsohatzopoulos died on Friday at the age of 82. He had been hospitalized over the recent period, with the cause of death being heart failure.
Greek-Turkish exploratory talks to resume on 25 January amidst international pressures
By George Gilson
After a year of Turkish threats to Greek sovereignty on land, at the Evros border region, and at sea, in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, the Greek foreign ministry in a curt statement announced that the 61st round of Greek-Turkish «exploratory talks» will begin on 25 January in Istanbul.
Greek prime ministers against the coronavirus
Recently, three former US presidents - Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama - announced that they would get the coronavirus vaccine, and offered to do so publicly to help better inform and persuade Americans who are skeptical about its safety.
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Greek President expresses deep grief over Kremastinos death
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has expressed deep grief over the death of former health minister Dimitris Kremastinos who passed away Friday aged 78 after contracting Covid-19.
Prodi: ‘Europe changes through disasters’
Romano Prodi, Pprofessor of economics, European Commission president from 1999 to 2004, and two-time prime minister of Italy, is a friend of Greece. Last October he visited Athens at the invitation of former prime minister Costas Simitis and spoke at a conference event organized by the Costas Simitis Foundation.
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Prosecutor calls for 22 of 54 defendants in Siemens case to be cleared
The prosecutor in the trial of suspects implicated in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal has called for 22 out of 54 defendants to be cleared of bribery charges and to only face charges of money laundering, citing the provisions of the country's new penal code.
The prosecutor, Eleni Skeparnia, noted that the new code changes the charge of active bribery to a misdemeanor.
Prosecutor calls for 22 of 54 defendants in Siemens trial not to face bribery charges
The prosecutor in the trial of suspects implicated in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal has called for 22 out of 54 defendants to be cleared of bribery charges and to only face charges of money laundering, citing the provisions of the country's new penal code.
The prosecutor, Eleni Skeparnia, noted that the new code changes the charge of active bribery to a misdemeanor.