Andreas Loverdos
Troika wants 30% slashes to Greece’s already butchered pensions
Greece’s creditors are eyeing further slashes to already butchered pensions that have been scissored during previous bailout deals. IMF Chief Delia Velculescu – obsessed with further cuts to Greece’s low pensions – spearheads the plan for social security reforms that include pension cuts of as much as 30%.
Gennimata easily beats off competition to become first woman to head PASOK
Fofi Gennimata took over as the first female leader in PASOK?s history on Monday after comfortably seeing off her two male competitors to secure the presidency of the beleaguered Socialist party.
Gennimata elected as new PASOK party leader
Former minister Fofi Gennimata was elected as the new president of the socialist PASOK party, a once dominant political force in the country that held power for more than two decades after the restoration of democracy in 1974.
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PASOK voters prepare to elect new leader
Up to 70,000 PASOK supporters are expect to vote Sunday in the party?s leadership race, which is being contested by three candidates.
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3 contenders for PASOK post after Venizelos steps down
Veteran politician and past minister Evangelos Venizelos bid “adieu” to the post of president of socialist PASOK over the weekend, opening the way for a party leader election. However, the sharp-tongued Venizelos said he wasn’t leaving politics.
Venizelos leaves helm of PASOK, but not politics
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos on Saturday announced his departure from the Socialist party but not from politics, setting the ball in motion for the election this Sunday of a new party chief.
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PASOK congress signals Venizelos departure
PASOK launched its 10th congress on Friday, which will pave the way for current leader Evangelos Venizelos to step down and a leadership vote to take place next Sunday.
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PASOK launches congress ahead of leadership contest
PASOK will on Friday launch a three-day conference to discuss its next steps ahead of elections for a new leader to replace Evangelos Venizelos on June 14.
Candidates for the job are Fofi Gennimata, Andreas Loverdos and Odysseas Konstantinopoulos. Venizelos has said he will not run for a fresh term.
Witnesses at bailout probe to be finalized Tuesday
The list of witnesses who will be called to testify before the parliamentary committee set up to examine the circumstances under which Greece agreed to bailouts with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund will be finalized on Tuesday.
Most of the witnesses are expected to be individuals who held office between October 2009 and January 2015.
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Tsipras to see local officials as decree dispute heats up
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to meet regional governors and mayors in Athens on Saturday in an attempt to defuse a political row that has erupted as a result of the government?s decision to force local authorities to transfer their cash reserves to the Bank of Greece.