Prime Minister George Papandreou, speaking to Greek reporters in Washington at the end of his working visit to the U.S on Wednesday, said that the country's image abroad has changed completely as a result of his tour to Berlin, Paris and Washington. Papandreou said that the struggle is now being waged with the markets, which might possibly have special interests to be facing Greece in the way that they are facing it..
Main opposition New Democracy press spokesman Panos Panagiotopoulos said on Friday that, under pressure placed by ND leader Antonis Samaras in parliament, Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis withdrew a recent amendment that would have given the prime minister the ability to personally assign the drafting of studies and designate the remuneration for such studies.
Rare finds, among them the architectural ruins of tombs, pottery and clay statuettes, were brought to light during archeological excavations conducted at the Royal Necropolis in the region of Livadia, near the village of Aiane in the prefecture of Kozani, northwestern Greece. The land of Aiane is rich in unique and rare archaeological finds, according to the head of the 30th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in charge of the excavations, referring to recent discoveries that include 25 tombs dating back to the Archaic and Classical Period and 4 tombs of the late Bronze Age.
A nationwide labor strike was staged in Greece on Thursday, which included the media, public transportation and civil aviation employees
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Deputy minister to the prime minister and government spokesman George Petalotis, on a one-day visit to New York on Thursday
Deputy Environment, Energy Minister Ioannis Maniatis met on Tuesday with the ambassador of Russia Vladimir Chkhikvishivili
A light earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale was recorded in the early hours of Friday
Greece’s state budget deficit fell significantly in the first two months of 2010, even though revenue growth fell behind the annual target
Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Friday on the ASE, with the basic share price index down 0.19 percent