ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at age 88, state TV ERT reported.

Excavations are ongoing. Greece has declared four days of national mourning following the death of former Prime Minister Costas Simitis. Simitis, who led the country from 1996 to 2004, is remembered ...

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Over 16,000 students in Greece have faced expulsions for using mobile phones in the classroom, following the country's strict policy on phone use in schools. Education Minister Kyriakos Pierakakis ...

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At his 2025 State of the City address, delivered on Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Greater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas laid out plans for future investment ...