Athens: Greece held a funeral on Thursday in Athens for former Prime Minister Costas Simitis who passed away on Sunday at the age of 88. Thousands of people including Greece's political leaders ...

Costas Simitis, a Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004 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) — 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 ...

Costas Simitis, a Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004 and the architect of the country's joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at 88, state TV ERT reports.

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.

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.. Mr. Simitis was ...