Andreas Papandreou

By George Gilson

Long-time PASOK minister and deputy Akis Tsohatzopoulos died on Friday at the age of 82. He had been hospitalized over the recent period, with the cause of death being heart failure.

By Yannis Marinos

At long last, the double tender for the sale of the Skaramanga Shipyards ended successfully with the unexpected highest bidder Georgios Prokopiou paying a total of 62 million euros.

By Yannis Marinos

It is conceivable that the new labour law shepherded through Parliament by Labour Minister Kostis Hatzidakis might have been approved by almost all opposition parties had it not included provisions that affect unprecedented privileges enjoyed until now by trade unionists, thanks to a well-known law passed under Pasok rule.

Paul Sarbanes was one of the most prominent figures of the Greek diaspora. If you didn't know him in person, you might get the impression that he was an all-too-quiet, perhaps even indifferent man. Big mistake. Sarbanes had what one might call stealth power.

Over three decades of mystery and endless conspiracy theories may have ended today after Swedish prosecutors said who pulled the trigger, assassinating Sweden's Social Democrat two-time PM Olof Plame in 1986.

Almost four decades have passed since Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou famously asked, "Are we to be the waiters of Europe?" The phrase echoed the mood and the social norms of the time. Greece was awash with cheap money from Europe, the country lost any industrial base that it had, and people got used to becoming rich without producing anything of value.

Greece's former health minister, cardiologist and university professor Dimitris Kremastinos, has died of the new coronavirus, Greek officials said Friday. He was 78.

Greece's former health minister, cardiologist and university professor Dimitris Kremastinos, has died of the new coronavirus, Greek officials said Friday. He was 78.

By George Gilson

Back in the early 1980's when Archbishop Seraphim was at the height of his power and clashing openly (and successfully) with Andreas Papandreou over his bid for state expropriation of monastic lands and properties (attempted by his ill-fated minister Antonis Tritsis) ) Church-State relations were sorely tested.