Costas Simitis

PASOK rejected over the weekend a proposal by Former Prime Minister George Papandreou for the party to call an emergency convention and leadership election. After a meeting on Thursday between PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos and his predecessor Papandreou, the latter sent a...

Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met with his predecessor in the presidency of PASOK and Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis earlier today, concluding the series of meetings with figurative PASOK members. The meeting focused on...

Almost an hour and 45 minutes lasted the meeting between Greek government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos and Former Prime Minister George Papandreou at the Foreign Ministry, and, according to Venizelos, it concluded in "friendly and positive" climate. Addressing journalists after exiting the...

It is no secret that conspiracy theories and the creation of urban legends are very common for people in Greece. In fact, they have a tendency to find lies and distortions behind a lot of significant personalities and stories. A survey...

Gikas Hardouvelis, the new Greek Minister of Finance who replaced the much-criticized Yannis Stournaras in the hot seat of the office, was born in a small village in Arkadia, Peloponnese, to a poor family. He went to primary school in...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hopes of continuing his administration to the 2016 elections could depend not on the showing of his New Democracy Conservatives in this month's elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, but of his coalition...

The Greek Police Anti-Terrorist Unit, in charge of investigating the fire at Costas Simitis’ vacation home in Agioi Theodoroi, Greece, found the remains of an incendiary device, . The incendiary device was placed in a metal box and according to...

Greece's latest center-left political movement, dubbed The 58 Initiative because it was begun by 58 academics, intellectuals and others disenchanted with the political system, brought together a lot of admirers when it launched in Athens, but a lot of...

Der Spiegel predicts that Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister (1996-2004) and PASOK leader will return in the main political scene of Greece. This will happen either via the initiative of the new centre-left alliance, or as a candidate...

Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister (1996-2004) and PASOK leader, aims for the presidency of the Greek Republic in spring of 2015, according to his intimate circle. This is the reason behind his more and more frequent appearances in...