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Greece’s political leaders are attending Greek Orthodox Easter events at their home towns with friends and family members.

A direct verbal attacked was launched by PASOK president Evangelos Venizelos on the way it has been negotiating with partners two months after national elections.

According to a pole conducted by ALCO for the Greek newspaper “Podiki”, Greek majority favors and supports policy statements announced by the Greek Prime Minister.
67% of Greek citizens evaluate government policy statements as positive or very positive, 9% negative or very negative, 19% indicates indifferent, while 6% did not even respond.

Ex-Siemens chief Heinz-Joachim Neuburger, aged 62, was found dead. Reports say that he committed suicide. The timing of his death following the meeting between Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his German counterpart Wolfgang Schauble is seen as a point of interest. During this meeting, a Greek journalist dredged up the bribery scandal again in  a question.

Greeks are casting their ballots for a new parliament amid substantial voter activity, international media outlets report.

Seven PASOK MPs on Thursday publicly backed Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his plans for the party to play a leading role in a broader center-left alliance after ex-leader George Papandreou declared his opposition to the plan and called for an emergency congress followed by a confidence vote.

Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Friday backed PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos’s proposal to create a new center-left party with the Socialists at its heart.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discussed on Thursday the broad strokes of Greece’s plan for emerging from its loan program as well as a pending review by the troika, which must be completed before such an exit can occur, on the sidelines of a European Union summit in Brussels.

A dispute between New Democracy and PASOK over civil servants’ salaries continued Tuesday, underlining the big task facing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos as they prepare to meet Wednesday to discuss the government’s strategy ahead of the troika’s return to Athens.

Everyone is in a rush to become prime minister in this country, as if they have not learned a single thing from its political history.
While still in opposition, PASOK’s George Papandreou made persistent calls for elections “right now,” as he put it. Papa... ...