Andreas Loverdos
Greece
Samaras Refs Minister's Battle Over College Firings
Just after swearing in a new Cabinet, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras has had to step in between two of his ministers who are arguing over whether to rehire university staff fired as part of...
Greece
Three-Day Strike in Greek Universities
University administrative staff will hold a three-day strike, starting Wednesday. The protesters are asking the new Greek Education Minister, Andreas Loverdos not to lay off the employees who were placed in the mobility-availability scheme, which expires on June 13.
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Greece
All The Names Of The (Partially) New Greek Government
Greek Prime Minister kept most of his Cabinet intact on June 9, but shook it up a bit in the wake of his New Democracy Conservatives taking a beating in the European Parliament elections to the major opposition Coalition...
Economy
Samaras Shakes It Up, Hardouvelis New Finance Chief
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, his New Democracy Conservatives still reeling from being beaten in the European Parliament elections by the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), made changes in his Cabinet on June 9, with the...
Greece
PASOK Calls Grow For Venizelos' Head
PASOK MP Thanos Moraitis, joining a chorus of dissent against party leader Evangelos Venizelos, has become the first to call for the Socialist chief to step down as its popularity keeps plummeting.
Moraitis was the first in the party to...
Economy
PASOK MP Questions Venizelos' Strategy
With the once-might PASOK still floundering, one of its lawmakers said the Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos' strategy of siding with Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras hasn't worked and he wants a new direction for the party.
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Economy
New Samaras Shuffle, Stournaras to Bank of Greece
With one eye on a hopeful economic recovery and the other on next month's critical elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is reportedly planning yet another Cabinet shakeup that will see Finance Minister...
Economy
Fresh Milk Fight Could Spoil Troika Deal
Greece's deal with international lenders to unlock a nine billion euro installment was in peril after two more lawmakers from the coalition's ruling parties said they would vote against it, objecting to a provision that would extend the shelf...
Greece
Shootout In PASOK Lifeboat
PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos' already shaky hold on his fast-fading once-dominant party took another blow when Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis sided with the group's previous leader, former premier George Papandreou in a dispute over whether the Leftists should...
Greece
Political Rift Uproots Olive Tree Movement
The founding congress of Greece's new Elia (Olive Tree) movement trying to unify the country's fractured left broke apart as it began when forces loyal to former prime minister George Papandreou refused to back current PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos...