Word: papandreou
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Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou came to power in 1981 vowing not to renew an agreement that allows the U.S. to maintain four large military bases in Greece. With 19 months left before the accord expires, Papandreou last week announced he would call a referendum on the issue. The vote will take place only if Greece and the U.S. are able to come up with terms of a new pact for voters to ratify. Papandreou has gradually been softening his stand on the bases in recent months. Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias will meet with Secretary of State George Shultz during...
...Greek Orthodox priest first raised the banner of revolution against Ottoman rule, affairs of church and state in Greece have been closely intertwined. Last week in Athens the church, under the leadership of Archbishop Seraphim, again raised its standard, this time against the Socialist government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Black-robed priests joined more than 50,000 supporters outside Parliament, waving crucifixes and chanting, "Hands off the church...
...NATO allies abated, at least temporarily, when the Sismik 1 began seismic tests in Turkish waters. A spokesman in Ankara said that "as long as Greece stays within the six-mile territorial waters limit in its oil research, we will do the same." Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou pronounced his outlook on the squabble as one of "restrained optimism...
Edward P. Seaga '52, prime minister of Jamaica and Benazir Bhutto '73, a top opposition leader in Pakistan, are graduates of the College. And Mexico's President Miguel de la Madrid-Hurtado and Greece's Prime Minister Andreas G. Papandreou earned masters at Harvard...
...Whatever Papandreou's other objectives may be for his second term, they are unlikely to lead him back toward the political center. Says a Greek politician: "After this election, his base is more of a leftist constituency than ever before." As long as Papandreou is in office, in other words, the Western alliance will have to keep a close eye on the gadfly in Athens...