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Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88

Costas Simitis, former Prime Minister of Greece, has died at age 88, according to state TV ERT.
Simitis was taken to a hospital in Corinth early Sunday morning, unconscious and without a pulse, as reported by Greek media.
The government has declared a four-day period of official mourning following his death.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed sadness and respect, stating, 'I bid farewell to Costas Simitis with sadness and respect.

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Le Monde

Former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, who helped Greece join the eurozone, is dead

Co-founder of PASOK, then Head of Government of Greece from 1996 to 2004, Costas Simitis allowed his country to join the monetary union and to modernise itself. He died on January 5 at the age of 88.

2 months ago·Paris, France

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The Washington Post

Costas Simitis, two-term Greek prime minister, dies at 88

He was credited as the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro.

Former PM Costas Simitis who got Greece into Eurozone died at 88

Most hailed him a “modernist” and “reformist” who brought the country inline with EU standards. The post Former PM Costas Simitis who got Greece into Eurozone died at 88 appeared first on Euractiv.

2 months ago·Brussels, Belgium

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Liberation

Greece: death of former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, symbol of a reformist and pro-European left

Aged 88, this former socialist leader remains associated with Greece's entry into the eurozone and its attempts to modernise the economy, as well as with the Greek left, nearly ten years before a historic crisis.

2 months ago·Paris, France

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Business Live

Former Greek premier Simitis dies aged 88

Prime minister ushered the country into the EU’s single currency in 2001

2 months ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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El Pais

Died Costas Simitis, former Greek Prime Minister, age 88

The former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, who led the socialist government between 1996 and 2004 led the country to the euro zone, has died this Sunday at the age of 88, according to public television of the country, ERT. The government of the conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis decreed four days of national mourning for the death of the Europeanist Simitis, who died in his holiday residence in the small coastal town of Agioi Theodorou, locat…

2 months ago·Spain

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