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...imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras. I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice. One of the reasons he went to the United States was that it there was a dictatorship in Greece. He was beaten up or tortured and then left. And then again during the dictatorship...
...turn of George, Andreas' eldest son. Papandreou, 57, who was elected Prime Minister last October, has spent most of his first six months in office keeping Greece from bankruptcy and forcing through reforms. In the cavernous, colonnaded rooms of Maximos Mansion, where he met TIME on March 29, the Papandreou legacy seems to hang uneasily on the down-to-earth, softly spoken premier. The Apple laptop on his desk, the Prius in the driveway and the bold modern art next to the leather-bound books are small but telling signs of how he is shaking up the fusty world...
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition made unforeseen gains in the March 28 regional elections, taking four districts from the opposition--including Lazio, which contains Rome--for a total of six of the 13 contested regions. Berlusconi viewed the results of the election, which was considered a test of his popularity, as a mandate to move ahead with several controversial reforms, including an overhaul of the country's justice system and a constitutional change that would allow for direct election of the President, a position separate from that of the Prime Minister...
Poland has launched a week of national mourning, following the devastating plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife as well as several other top-ranking officials. Ninety-six passengers were killed after the aged Russian aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-154, plunged into a forest near the airport in the Russian city of Smolensk. The Polish officials were there to mark the 70th anniversary of a massacre of Polish officers. (Read a 1951 story on the Katyn Forest Massacre...
...limbo, Otunbayeva and the other revolution leaders have tempered their pro-Russia rhetoric, focusing on the consolidation of power at home rather than jumping into foreign policy dilemmas. They've said the U.S. can continue operating its military base for now, and they've pledged to hold elections in six months, although not before rewriting their constitution. But when the new leaders begin to look for aid to finance the reforms they have promised their people, they will be sure to turn to their foreign benefactors - and Russia, for one, has already pledged its unflinching support...