PASOK
Economy
Greek Workers Threaten Action Strikes, Papandreou’s Security Bill In
ATHENS – As the Greek government readied more pay cuts and tax hikes for the country’s beleaguered workers, middle-class, poor and pensioners, the main civil servants union ADEDY said it’s ready to strike back, angry over a scheme that...
Greece
From Father To Son, PASOK Celebrates its 37th Birthday
In 1974, a couple of months before the colonels' junta collapsed, current Prime Minister's father, Andreas Papandreou, left Toronto and returned home, in order to create the Pan-Hellenic So-cialist Movement, known as Pasok. Andrea's political "child" had a a tint of Marxism mixed with a nationalist and socialist agenda. Thirty seven...
Greece
No elections till 2013 says George Papandreou on PASOK's 37th anniversary
"All major reforms, including those on Higher Education, Health and fiscal policies will go on no matter what." said the Greek prime minister at the PASOK party conference in Faliro sending a clear message not only to his opponents but also to...