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...prime minister, won about 42% of the poll against 38.9% by the rival Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK. The result was as much a personal victory for Karamanlis, who took office four years ago without ever serving a government post, as it was a blow for PASOK leader George Papandreou, whose party was left in disarray after its worst showing in 30 years...
...government in allegations of corruption, however, Karamanlis in August called for elections six months ahead of schedule, hoping to win a fresh mandate. Since then, attempts by his opponents to ride on Greece's wave of discontent have gained little political traction for PASOK, whose mild-mannered leader George Papandreou has failed to lure leftist voters with his thumping criticism and negative campaigning...
...time, the fires became a serious political issue. George Papandreou, leader of the opposition Socialist PASOK party, slammed the government's response as "totally incompetent." Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis - who has declared a state of emergency - fingered arsonists for setting the country ablaze, and several suspects have already been charged. Even if the fires relent before national elections in mid-September, anger over the scale of devastation will likely keep smoldering...
...worst domestic violence since the Socialist government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou took power in 1981. The trouble began during the annual Nov. 17 march commemorating the 1973 student uprising that marked the beginning of the end of the country's seven-year military dictatorship. Thugs in the crowd ran amuck and attacked a police bus. One of the cops shot back, killing a 15-year-old schoolboy. The Athens government quickly charged the policeman with manslaughter. Papandreou, who has been under attack from organized labor for imposing austerity measures, condemned the shooting as a "horrible act of murder...
...fury was directed at Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, who two weeks earlier had introduced an economic austerity plan. With its call for a 15% devaluation of the Greek drachma, wage curbs, new taxes, import controls and cuts in public spending, the plan was designed to ease the country's roughly $6 billion budget deficit, its $3 billion balance of payments deficit and its $14 billion foreign debt. Despite the resulting labor confrontation, the government refuses to give way. Since the real impact of the austerity will not begin to be felt for months, Papandreou will probably win this round. Last...