Former Greek Prime Minister, Costas Simitis dies

Greeks bid farewell to reformist former prime minister Simitis
Greeks bid farewell on Thursday to former prime minister Costas Simitis, a law professor and reformist, who died last week at the age of 88 and was praised for steering Greece into the European Union's single currency in 2001.
Greece Bids Farewell to Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis
Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, renowned for steering Greece into the EU's single currency in 2001, was commemorated in Athens following his passing. Thousands gathered to pay their respects,
Costas Simitis, 2-Time Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 88
Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens.
Costas Simitis, two-term Greek prime minister, dies at 88
Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece credited as the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro, died Jan. 5 at a hospital in Corinth. He was 88. State TV ERT announced the death but did not provide further details.
Greeks pay tribute to former Prime Minister Costas Simitis at his state funeral
Mourners lined the street outside Athens' central cathedral Thursday for the state funeral for former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, the architect of Greece’s membership of the European Union’s common currency,
Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88
Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at 88, state TV ERT reports.
Costas Simitis, 1936–2025: Greece declares four days of national mourning for former prime minister
The funeral for the former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis will be held on Thursday, 9 January, at 12pm at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
Farewell to Greece's Eurozone Architect: Costas Simitis
The state funeral for former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis was held in Athens. Known for bringing Greece into the eurozone and securing the 2004 Olympics, Simitis died at age 88. As a key figure in PASOK,
Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency in 2001, died on Sunday aged 88 at his summer house in the Peloponnese.
Tributes paid after former Greek PM Costas Simitis dies aged 88
Greek Reformist Ex-PM Simitis Dies At 88
Costas Simitis, the reformist prime minister whose governments oversaw Greece's eurozone entry, helped Cyprus join the EU and planned for the Athens 2004 Olympics, died Sunday at the age of 88.
Greece holds state funeral for former PM Costas Simitis
Mourners are lining the street outside Athens’ central cathedral for the state funeral for former Prime Minister Costas ...
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A last farewell to Costas Simitis at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral
Eulogies were delivered by the President of the Republic Sakellaropoulou, PM Mitsotakis, main opposition PASOK leader ...
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Costas Simitis Laid to Rest: A Farewell from Greece’s Leadership
Greece's political leadership gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Athens to honor former Greek Prime Minister, Costas Simitis ...
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Greece Simitis State Funeral
The family of the late Costas Simitis former Prime Minister, his wife Daphne Simitis, left, daughters Fiona, center, and ...
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis: What he will say at Simitis’ funeral – The thread of consensus against the backdrop of the presidential election
Mitsotakis will speak today both out of an institutional obligation to a twice-elected Prime Minister, but also out of a ...