http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kostas_KaramanlisFind stories, videos, and photos about Kostas Karamanlis from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:03:07 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/10/04/greece.elections/tztop.karamanlis.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kostas_Karamanlis14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Kostas Karamanlis from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/04/greece.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/04/greece.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreece's opposition Socialist party on Sunday defeated the incumbent center-right government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, as Socialist leader George Papandreou promised to chart a new course for an economic comeback.Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/03/greece.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/03/greece.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek voters will go to the polls to elect a new government two years early, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced Thursday.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/22/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/22/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek firefighters planned to continue to work through the night to contain dozens of wildfires, including a massive blaze outside Athens, authorities said.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/24/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/24/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe capital of Greece appeared safe from wildfires that have raged for days, firefighters said Monday, but they remained on standby in anticipation of flare-ups caused by strong winds.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/23/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/23/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTextFirefighters spent a third day battling a spate of blazes on the suburbs around the Greek capital Sunday amid gale-force winds that whipped on the fires.Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/18/greece.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/18/greece.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis Wednesday condemned as "reprehensible" an attack on a private television station.Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/07/greece.government.reshuffle/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/07/greece.government.reshuffle/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis carried out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet Wednesday as his party struggles to retain its razor-thin control of parliament amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/05/greece.riot.police.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/05/greece.riot.police.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen fired automatic weapons at Greek riot police in Athens Monday, seriously injuring a policeman in an attack police said looked like the work of one of the country's leading Marxist militant groups.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/22/greece.protests.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/22/greece.protests.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreece passed a belt-tightening budget Monday, despite weeks of nationwide protests over the economy and jobs enflamed by the fatal shooting of a teenager by police earlier this month.Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:59:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/08/explainer.greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/08/explainer.greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTextYouths have rioted on the streets of Athens and other Greek cities for the past three days. Stores and cars have been torched, barricades erected and rioters have fought running battles with police.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/10/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/10/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Greek government was struggling to bring violent protests under control Wednesday, five days after they were sparked by the police killing of a teenager.Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:56:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTextProtesters clashed with riot police and 10,000 people marched on parliament in Greece as a 15-year-old boy killed by police was buried Tuesday.Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:05:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853346,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853346,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Greek minister resigned Thursday after being accused of involvement in a burgeoning scandal involving a state land swap with a powerful Orthodox monastery that has undermined the government's popularityThu, 23 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/19/greece.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/19/greece.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextRoutine activity ground to a halt on Wednesday as protesters from all walks of life staged a general strike over proposed changes to Greece's pension program.Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/23/turkey.greece/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/23/turkey.greece/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis makes an historic trip to Turkey on Wednesday, the first official visit by a high-level Greek official in nearly 50 years, in a bid to "advance the normalization of relations," a Greek official said.Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:40:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662743,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662743,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics"Compassionate conservative" Kostas Karamanlis narrowly won reelection, but his shrunken majority could leave his party vulnerableTue, 18 Sep 2007 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661972,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661972,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPolitical fires are still burning brightly ahead of this weekend's electionsFri, 14 Sep 2007 15:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/03/greece.floods.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/03/greece.floods.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A massive cleanup, reconstruction and anti-flood effort was being launched Monday for fire-stricken parts of southern Greece as one fire front continued to burn while others abated, officials said.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/01/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/01/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextEuropean Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso toured fire-damaged southern Greece by helicopter Saturday and promised aid for areas where 64 people died and an estimated 469,000 acres of mostly forest and farmland were destroyed.Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/30/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/30/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter a week of battling raging wildfires that cut off villages, killed 64 people and burned nearly 500,000 acres of land, Greek fire department officials said Thursday that just one major blaze remained to bring under control.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/29/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/29/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of Greek fire victims crowded into banks to receive up to $17,732 in aid promised by the government, which has been accused of mishandling the disaster.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith wildfires raging across the countryside, Greece's government says it has enlisted intelligence and counterterrorism agents to foil what it sees as a deliberate plan by arsonists to destroy Greek forests.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:39:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656766,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656766,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Prime Minister's suggestion of sabotage has roiled a country already reeling from the destructive wildfiresTue, 28 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/27/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/27/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextFirefighters rushed helicopters and buses Monday to evacuate more than two dozen villages threatened by towering walls of flames that had killed 63 people while ravaging swaths of forest and farmland in Greece's worst wildfire disaster in memory.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/26/greece.arson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/26/greece.arson/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek officials have arrested and charged two individuals in connection with the fires that have scorched southern Greece, razing dozens of villages and killing at least 51 people, Fire Brigade Officer Nikos Tsogas said Sunday. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/26/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/26/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, killing dozens of people, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, an official said Sunday.Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/25/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/25/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTextFires in southern Greece that have razed dozens of villages and killed at least 44 people may have been deliberately set ahead of next month's national elections, the prime minister suggested Saturday. Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/08/25/greece.league.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/08/25/greece.league.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe start of the Greek season has been postponed following the deadly fires that have engulfed much of the southern Peleponnese peninsula.Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/29/greece.britain/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/29/greece.britain/index.htmlEmboldened by the return of two ancient artifacts claimed to have been spirited from Greek soil a decade ago, Greece's Prime Minister has lashed out at the British Museum, saying its grounds for refusing to relinquish possession of Greece's most famous antiquities, the Parthenon Marbles, were "feeble."Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/11/11/euro.greece/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/11/11/euro.greece/index.htmlGreece will make a solo bid to stage the 2012 European championship, their sports minister has said.Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/07/02/euro.greece/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/07/02/euro.greece/index.htmlGreek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will lead an army of around 6,000 fans to Portugal to support their side in Sunday's Euro 2004 final against the host nation.Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/10/athens.roof/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/10/athens.roof/index.htmlOrganizers of this summer's Olympic Games in Athens have breathed a sigh of relief after the main stadium's roof began its long-awaited slide into position.Mon, 10 May 2004 17:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/17/riddell.olympics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/17/riddell.olympics/index.htmlIt's almost standard practice for the president of the International Olympic Committee to close each games by praising them as the "best ever."Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/08/greece.votes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/08/greece.votes/index.htmlGreece's next prime minister has pledged to make this summer's Olympic Games in Athens "the best and safest ever held."Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/07/greece.votes1030/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/07/greece.votes1030/index.htmlGreeks have been voting in crucial parliamentary elections predicted to be a cliffhanger between the long-governing Socialists and the conservatives.Sun, 07 Mar 2004 17:30:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/07/greece.votes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/07/greece.votes/index.htmlGreece's conservatives have reclaimed power after 10 years following a convincing win by Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy Party in the nation's general elections.Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/05/greece.cands/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/05/greece.cands/index.htmlThese are the two main contenders to be the new Greek Prime Minister in elections Sunday:Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/05/greece.oakley/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/05/greece.oakley/index.htmlIn this weekend's Greek general election, voters are being asked to choose between two very familiar political names. CNN's European Political Editor Robin Oakley reports.Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:05:00 EST