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After the Fall: Greece's Former Prime Minister Assesses the State of His Nation
Like his country, George Papandreou, 59, has downsized in the last six months. He stepped down as prime minister of Greece in November, then, in March, as leader...
Holding On: Papandreou Keeps His Party in Power but Will He Still Lead Greece?
Updated: November 5, 2011; 12 p.m. EDT Prime Minister George Papandreou said Saturday that he would do "whatever it takes" to form a coalition government to...
Referendum as Ragnarok: How Greece's Prime Minister Undid Himself
For once, the drama didn't unfold during the raucous anti-austerity protests on the streets outside parliament. On Wednesday, the drama inside the Greek...
A Greek Bearing Rifts: Papandreou's Referendum Seems to Please No One but Himself
Prime Minister George Papandreou sent his country and the European Union into a major panic by announcing late Monday that he would ask for a public referendum...
George Papandreou: The Greek Thinker
It's impossible to understand modern Greece without understanding the Papandreous. Three men of that name have led the country since the end of World War II...
10 Questions For George Papandreou
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED THAT THE MARCH 7 ELECTIONS COULD INTERFERE WITH PREPARATIONS FOR THE SUMMER GAMES. WILL THEY? I believe...
Greece: A Government at Last
At 2 a.m. in Athens' Constitution Square, the scene was much as it often had been during the hot, tense summer. Burly young demonstrators chanted "Papandreou"...
Greece: All the King's Men
George Papandreou had outfoxed young King Constantine again. For five days the confidence vote raged over the King's third and latest choice as Premier, Elias...
Greece: Slap for the Center
Prime Minister George Papandreou's lure for leftist support in last February's national elections was a pledge to repeal anti-Communist legislation en acted...
Greece: The King & the Fox
By day, while the temperature hovered near 90°, Athenians lounged at the beaches, sipped iced ouzo in cafes, and only the straw-hatted tourists defied the...
