Voridis
Diaspora
Greek Diaspora Vote Law Leads to Fiasco Ahead of Greece Elections
The Greek diaspora will probably be absent from the general election in Greece scheduled to be held after April, as only 3,500 Greeks living abroad have registered to vote thus far.
This is a fiasco for the government and political...
Economy
The Samaras Shuffle Under Way
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and PASOK's Evangelos Venizelos were to meet on June 24 to discuss a shakeup in the Cabinet that will dump some of the Premier's ministers and replace them with Socialists to reward Venizelos for backing...
Greece
Violent Protest Against Former ND Minister
The ruling New Democracy Conservative party has condemned a violent protest against former minister, Makis Voridis, ahead of a press briefing in Kavala, northeastern Greece, where workers of Kavala Oil stormed the hotel where the event was to take...
Economy
Greek PM Blocks His Ministers from Undermining Reforms
ATHENS – Just a few days after he warned the squabbling ministers in his shaky hybrid government to start working and stop campaigning as elections loom, interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has ordered them to stop trying to undercut...
Economy
Voridis vs. Venizelos: Arguments Erupt and Things Get Personal
ATHENS – The building tension in Greece’s shaky coalition government boiled over in a Cabinet meeting, when PASOK Socialist Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos tangled with far Right-Wing LAOS Infrastructure Minister Makis Voridis over proposed changes in laws over the...