Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency in 2001, died on Sunday aged 88 at his summer house in the Peloponnese. Simitis, a law ...

Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at 88, state TV ERT reports.

The Greek government declared four days of national ... and the United States than some of his predecessors as prime minister. His two successive premierships yielded the longest continuous ...

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“He was a prime minister (who was) a modernizer, he reformed Greece,” said Apostolos Xilogiannis ... When the profligate ...

The funeral of Costas Simitis, Greece 's former Prime Minister was notable not only for its solemnity but for a conspicuous absence: none of Greece’s living former prime ministers were in attendance. ...

Greece’s mobilization to strengthen the churches of the Diaspora by appointing a few hundred priests comes at a time when the ...

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The government has announced a four-day period of official ... the socialist politicians unexpectedly elevated Mr Simitis to the post of prime minister. He considered Greece’s entry into the eurozone, ...

Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country ... be performed to determine the cause of death. The government decreed a four-day period of official mourning.

ATHENS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency in 2001, died on Sunday aged 88 at his summer house in the ...