Karolos Papoulias
Greek people have given everything, says president
Oct 28, 2012 14:28 EDT
Greek President Carolos Papoulias said Sunday the nation's people have given all they have to drag the country out of its crippling economic crisis, and voiced hope it would end soon.
Strike to shut down Greece as EU leaders meet
Oct 18, 2012 02:49 EDT
Greece braced for a crippling general strike against austerity on Thursday, as EU leaders were to tackle the eurozone's ongoing economic crisis at a summit.
Karadzic opens Srebrenica defence before UN judges
Oct 15, 2012 23:11 EDT
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic opens his defence before the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes court Tuesday, hoping to convince judges of his innocence in a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives.
Merkel tells Greece to stay the course
Oct 09, 2012 14:42 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Tuesday that the "tough path" of painful spending cuts will pay off, as tens of thousands protested in a show of anger against her visit to the eurozone's most indebted nation.
Anger as Merkel tells Greece to stay the course
Oct 09, 2012 11:40 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Tuesday that the "tough path" of painful spending cuts will pay off, as tens of thousands of protesters massed in the capital in a show of anger against her visit to the eurozone's most indebted nation.
Merkel faces Greek anger over austerity
Oct 09, 2012 09:45 EDT
Police fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse protesters attempting to storm a barricade near parliament as tens of thousands of Greeks massed in Athens in a show of anger against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Merkel confronts Greek anger over austerity
Oct 09, 2012 08:56 EDT
Tens of thousands of Greek protesters massed in Athens on Tuesday in a show of anger against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who flew in to the eurozone's most indebted nation on her first visit since the debt crisis erupted almost three years ago.
German chancellor Merkel on highwire Greek visit
Oct 09, 2012 03:10 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Greece on Tuesday to support its embattled government amid planned new anti-austerity protests, her first visit here since the economic crisis erupted more than two years ago.
German chancellor Merkel on highwire Greek visit
Oct 08, 2012 22:51 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Greece on Tuesday to support its embattled government amid planned new anti-austerity protests, her first visit since the economic crisis erupted more than two years ago.
Greek govt yet to finalise spending cuts
Aug 07, 2012 11:08 EDT
Greece's coalition government has yet to agree on its much-anticipated 11.5 billion euros spending cuts programme for 2013 and 2014, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said in Athens on Tuesday.
Greece to ask EU payback for 'sacrifices'
Jun 28, 2012 03:51 EDT
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will ask EU partners on Thursday to "respond to sacrifices" by recession-hit Greeks, and seek changes to the conditions of a second EU-IMF bailout, a report said.
Outspoken Greek professor gets eurozone's hardest job
Jun 26, 2012 13:27 EDT
A tough-minded Greek economics professor stepped up on Tuesday to the hardest job in the eurozone -- finance minister of a nation in upheaval that appears constantly on the verge of bankruptcy.
European stocks drop at open on Greece concerns
May 14, 2012 05:15 EDT
European stock markets fell in opening trade on Monday, rattled by ongoing political uncertainty in Greece.
Want German lessons in Athens? Join the queue
Feb 23, 2012 07:15 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - Ruediger Bolz has 350 students coming through the doors of his German language institute in central Athens each day - 20 percent up on a year go.
No sense in splitting Greek aid package: German finance minister
Feb 18, 2012 19:25 EST
BERLIN (Reuters) - It would make no sense to split the second bailout programme for Greece, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying by the weekly Tagesspiegel am Sonntag.
Greece battles to salvage bailout package
Feb 08, 2012 06:55 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's leaders battled to salvage a 130-billion-euro ($170 billion) EU/IMF bailout on Wednesday, rejecting criticism of their commitment to a punishing austerity package despite staunch opposition to it among voters.
Greece says has cleared hurdles to bailout
Feb 08, 2012 06:55 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek party leaders have met the final two demands set by the country's international lenders to seal a bailout, paving the way for a deal and an agreement to ease its debt burden to be announced on Monday, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said.
Greece seeks Monday bailout deal, EU questions remain
Feb 08, 2012 06:55 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expressed hope it can secure its second EU/IMF bailout in as many years and a deal on easing its debt burden next week, but its euro zone peers made clear the months of increasingly ill-tempered argument are not quite over yet.
Greece battles mistrust to target bailout deal
Feb 08, 2012 06:55 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expressed hope it was within days of finally securing a 130-billion-euro EU/IMF bailout to ease its debt crisis but markets reacted skeptically on Thursday as acrimony grew between Athens and euro zone partners led by Germany.
Greece, battling for bailout, finds extra budget savings
Feb 08, 2012 06:55 EST
ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Greece said on Thursday it had found extra budget savings demanded by its international lenders, suggesting a new rescue package is within reach even though acrimony simmered between Athens and its European partners.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Karolos Papoulias Κάρολος Παπούλιας | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou |
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| Preceded by | Costis Stephanopoulos |
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| In office 26 July 1985 – 2 July 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Charalambopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
| In office 13 October 1993 – 2 January 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Michalis Papakonstantinou |
| Succeeded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
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| Born | 4 June 1929 Ioannina, Greece |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spouse(s) | May Papoulia |
| Children | Fani, Vicky and Anna |
| Residence | Presidential Palace (Official) |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University of Cologne |
| Profession | Jurist |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
| Website | Presidency of the Hellenic Republic |
