Over 170,000 members of Movement for Change (KINAL) voted on Sunday that the socialist party changes its name to PASOK and the “sun” becomes again the logo symbol of the party that ruled the country for good 40 years and went under due to the Greek debt crisis. Name change …
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New KINAL leader to promote “arms embargo to Turkey” in Europe
Newly elected leader of Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) Nikos Androulakis said on Thursday that he is going to set the issue of weapons embargo on Turkey to Europe. “No European state should continue to equip Turkey with weapons as, unfortunately, Spain did recently,” Androulakis said upon his arrival at the …
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Nikos Androulakis wins KINAL/PASOK leadership race with 68.42%
Nikos Androulakis has been elected the new leader of socialist party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK). According to first results on Sunday evening, the 42-year-old politician gathered 68.42% of the 206,000 votes, while former prime minister Giorgos Papandreou received 31.58%. Papandreou but also PM Mitsotakis called the new leader and congratulated …
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Androulakis wins first round of KINAL leadership race, followed by Papandreou
European Parliament lawmaker Nikos Androulakis has won the first round of the race for the leadership of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) party. Androulakis, 42, will face former Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou, 69, in a runoff next Sunday, December 12. With over 90% of the votes counted, Androulakis was …
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Fofi Gennimata: Thousands Greeks say Farewell to leader of socialist KINAL
Covered with the Greek flag, the flag of PASOK and the flag of KINAL the coffin of Fofi Gennimata was laid to state at the Athens Cathedral on Wednesday morning, as thousands of people said farewell to one of the last dignified politicians in Greece. Her family, her friends and …
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KINAL leader Fofi Gennimata dies at 56 after a long battle with cancer
Fofi Gennimata, the leader of Movement for Change (KINALPASOK) died at 12:04 Monday noon hospital Evangelismos announced. Gennimata had been battling cancer for over a decade and was hospitalized two weeks ago. Monday morning media reported that her health condition had deteriorated. She had reportedly fell in ischemic shock of …
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Former PM George Papandreou joins race for KINAL leadership
Former prime minister George Papandreou officially announced his candidacy for the leadership of Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) on Wednesday evening., The former PASOK leader said in a video message “We need a new change for the citizens and the country” and that the party must be again have a leading …
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Leader of KINAL, Fofi Gennimata, withdraws from leadership race due to health reasons
Fofi Gennimata, the leader of socialist opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) announced on Tuesday afternoon that she will not run in upcoming party elections for leadership due to health reasons. Gennimata announced her withdrawal from the leadership race on a tweet in which she wrote: “The deterioration of my …
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Femicide: “He did what many men think during argument: He pushed her off the cliff”
With the gender-based violence and femicide on the rise in Greece, there are many voices calling for the urgent need for education and self-criticism of the society, the dismantling of stereotypes and no tolerance against such crimes. And there come the conservative misogynists in the mainstream media trying to acquit …
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Gov’t handing over control of Hellenic Petroleum to private interests, says KINAL leader
The government is using the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) as “a Trojan horse” to hand over state assets to private interests, the leader of Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi Gennimata said on Tuesday. The party leader said she is referring to the 2003 shareholders’ agreement for Hellenic …
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Opposition accuses Greek gov’t of losing pandemic control
“The New Democracy government has lost control of the pandemic through its own choices and at the same time has lost the trust of society,” main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance spokesperson Nassos Iliopoulos said on Monday in an interview 90.4 FM radio station. Speaking about the self tests, he said that …
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KINAL on pandemic measures: “Gov’t behaves like a wandering theater troupe”
Opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL)/PASOK accused the government of “inconsistency and improvisations that generate more insecurity for the citizens.” Ia a statement issued on Tuesday ahead of a “hard lockdown” in Attica, KINAL said that the restriction measures the government has imposed are problematic. KINAL that the government should …
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Big Brother Greece: Outrage over player’s vulgar rape statement; gov’t intervenes
Furious social media users have been lashing out at a participant of reality show Big Brother who has made a misogynistic and vulgar comment on women and rape. Player Antonis, a 31-year-old macho from Crete, endorsed and encouraged rape on Skai TV Livestreaming: if a woman doesn’t like you, then …
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Calls on Greek MPs, ministers to donate 50% of salary to fight COVID-19
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday urged members of his cabinet and lawmakers of ruling New Democracy to donate 50% their salary for the next two months in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. According to the Prime Minister’s call, the money should be deposit on a special account opened …
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SYRIZA, GEFYRA call on “progressive powers front against far-right”
Left-wing SYRIZA is calling on progressive powers of the center left to unite against the extreme right. At the same time, a newly established movement called GEFYRA (Bridge) is calling mainly on KINAL (PASOK) to join the front of progressive powers. Aim of the call is to form a wide …
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