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Greece
Greek Generals Fired Over PKK Book Airing
Greek Defense Minister Panos Panayotopulos has discharged the head of the War Museum and three other generals following the presentation of a book by Murat Karayilan, a senior member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) which is listed as...
Economy
Simitis Says Greece Didn't Cause Eurozone Crisis, Blames New Democracy
ATHENS – Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, during whose reign Greece entered the Eurozone more than a decade ago, has denied that the country was responsible for its economic crisis spreading beyond the borders and threatening to take down...
Economy
Former Greek Defense Minister Remains Jailed, Lawyers Say Human Rights Violated
ATHENS – A Greek prosecutor decided on Monday to jail a former defense minister pending trial on money laundering charges in a high-profile case against a politician facing decades of corruption scandals.
Charged with stealing millions of dollars from arms...
Economy
Papandreou Fiddles While PASOK Disintegrates
ATHENS – While former Prime Minister George Papandreou was in Costa Rica addressing the Socialist International conference as its leader, the PASOK party he still heads – if only for a while and under constant pressure to quit –...
Economy
Greek Minister Chrysochoidis Says He Didn’t Read Troika Demands!
ATHENS - Development Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, who has stated he wants to take over the leadership of the PASOK Socialist party, which has been in shambles and sliding deep in the polls since the resignation of George Papandreou as...