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Incoming Greek finance minister allegedly faints hours before taking oath
Incoming Greek finance minister Vassilis Rapanos was admitted in hospital on Friday, the government said, with unconfirmed reports saying the 65-year-old senior banker had fainted. The chairman of leading Greek lender National Bank, Rapanos was taken to a private hospital in Athens, a government spokesman said, hours before he was…
Greece schedules new elections in June
Debt-laden Greece is headed for new elections next month following an indecisive vote and on Wednesday named a judge as caretaker premier amid growing fears over the country’s eurozone future. Panagiotis Pikrammenos, the head of Greece’s top administrative court, was tasked with organising the next general election, which the semi-state…
Greek PM offers power-sharing deal to push austerity cuts
ATHENS (AFP) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Wednesday invited the main opposition into government to deal with the debt crisis, as thousands ringed parliament against new austerity cuts. Papandreou sounded out opposition conservative leader Antonis Samaras on a unity government to secure backing for new controversial reforms required…
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