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German conservative Ursula von der Leyen is the new President of the European Commission and the first woman ever on this post. Germany’s defense minister was confirmed as the successor to Jean-Claude Juncker by a majority of only 9 votes at th eEuropean Parliament on Tuesday evening after a much-criticised …

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A spiritual leader with vision and ethos, the Meetropolit of Proussis (Bursa)  Elpidoforos was unanimously elected the new Archbishop of America by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on Saturday. The 52-year-old Elpidoforos is considered as one of the people Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew trusts most. He has …

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Greek mafioso Vassilis Stefanakos was assassinated short after 7 o’ clock Wednesday afternoon in Athinon Avenue in Haidari suburb of West Athens. According to preliminary information, he had left his depot of used vehicle and he was driving his car when two people on a motorbike approached him and killed …

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The man who would save Greece from the debt, the man who claimed he owned $600 billion, Artemis Sorras, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment without parole on felony charges for embezzlement. A court in Patras, Sorra’s hometown in Peloponnese, sentenced him and his wife in absentia. The arrest …

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For the first time in its history, Greece will have a female Prime Minister, albeit PM in an interim government. After fruitless negotiations to form a new coalition government following PM Tsipras resignation, the President of the Republic named Vassiliki Thanou, top judge of the Supreme to form a caretaker …

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Antonis Samaras, leader of conservative Nea Dimocratia, was sworn-in as the 13th Prime Minister of Greece after the fall of military dictatorship in 1974. The ceremony took place at the Presidential Mansion with Archbishop of Athens and whole Greece Hieronymus blessing the new Greek PM. “With God’s help will will …

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Greece’s new prime minister, Panagiotis Pikrammenos gave his mark to the caretaker government that expires at June 17th 2012, when fresh general elections will take place. “Few words, lots of work.” Pikrammenos told his ministers at their first cabinet meeting.  According to To Vima  newspaper, Pirkammenos reportedly said that the country’s problems cannot be …

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President of Council of State, senior judge Panagiotis Pikrammenos is named caretaker Prime Minister, assigned to lead the country to fresh elections on June 17th 2012. The decision was taken by the president after political leaders failed anew to agree on a political person during a meeting on Wednesday noon. …

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Lucas Papademos has been officially assigned by President Karolos Papoulias to form the new interim transition/national unity government that is expected to take Greece out of a major political crisis caused by the country’s debt crisis and EU, IMF and ECB-prescribed austerity measures. Greek media claim that “EU leaders and Greece’s …

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Evangelos Venizelos is the new “Czar” of the Greek debt-ridden economy. The 54-year-old  Minister, until Friday morning Minister of Defence, takes charge of the Finance Ministry in one of the most critical periods for the country. He will head the government’s economic team with Deputy Ministers Philippos Sachinidis (deputy also …

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