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  Maria Damanaki Information
Maria Damanaki (Greek: Μαρία Δαμανάκη) is a Greek politician, former president of the Synaspismos party of the radical left and currently a state member of the Hellenic Parliament within the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).
Damanaki was arrested and tortured by the regime.
Damanaki found herself disagreeing with many policies of Synaspismos with Konstantopoulos as president, notably the fact that the mainstream of the party and Konstantopoulos himself disfavoured the possibility of cooperation with PASOK, of which she was an ardent advocate.
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  Maria Damanaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Damanaki (Greek: Μαρία Δαμανάκη) is a Greek politician, former president of the Synaspismos party of the radical left and currently a state member of the Hellenic Parliament within the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).
Damanaki was arrested and tortured by the regime.
Damanaki found herself disagreeing with many policies of Synaspismos with Konstantopoulos as president, notably the fact that the mainstream of the party and Konstantopoulos himself disfavoured the possibility of cooperation with PASOK, of which she was an ardent advocate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maria_Damanaki   (600 words)

  
 Maria Damanaki
She was born in the Greek island of Crete in 1952.
Currently, Maria Damanaki is the coordinator of education and culture issues of PASOK.
Maria Damanaki is also the writer of two books "The female face of power" (Το θηλυκό πρόσωπο της εξουσίας) in 1995 and "The return of Politics" (Η επιστροφή της Πολιτικής) in 2001, both in Greek.
www.mlahanas.de /Greece/History/Portraits/MariaDamanaki.html   (593 words)

  
 Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 03-10-09
Damanaki explained that she could not be in a party the leadership of which chose the pre-election period to destroy its domestic rivals both in a moral and political sense.
Maria Damanaki not to participate in the elections, as was pointed out today at the meeting of the party's Political Secretariat, which had called the party's former president to attend.
Damanaki to resign now and not complete her term, as was mentioned in her letter to Coalition President Mr.
www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/mpab/2003/03-10-09.mpab.html   (1395 words)

  
 1991, Jan. 9. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Aleka Papariga, a moderate, was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece, the first woman to hold the post.
Maria Damanaki, who began her career as a student involved in the 1973 polytechnic uprising, was elected president of the Left Alliance coalition.
The televised trial of Papandreou and three other politicians for illegal arms dealings with the Middle East opened on March 11 and dominated the political scene in Greece throughout the year.
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 Antenna: News in English (PM), 98-10-12
The ballots are in, and observers are calling the results of Sunday's municipal elections not just a message of disapproval of the government, but an ultimatum to change its policies.
Accused by Damanaki and other candidates in the campaign of being a do- nothing mayor, he said the vote is recognition by the people of his city of the work that he has carried out over the past four years.
Damanaki, a member of the Left Coalation, congratulated Avaramopoulos on his triumph, but expressed dissatisfaction with the support she had from Pasok.
www.hri.org /news/greek/ant1en/1998/98-10-12.ant1en.html   (1106 words)

  
 Greek Helsinki Monitor
Subject: Maria Damanaki’s Parliamentary Question on Munitions Containing Depleted Uranium in Greece Based on GHM Press Release
(GHM) makes public the question tabled today by the Synaspismos (Coalition) MP Maria Damanaki concerning landmines containing depleted uranium in Greece, the existence of which was disclosed in a GHM press release of 8/1/2001.
These munitions containing depleted uranium appear to be of a different type than what was reported in today’s press as Greece’s reported holdings of 40,000 projectiles containing the same material.
www.greekhelsinki.gr /bhr/english/organizations/ghm/ghm_11_01_01.html   (471 words)

  
 Extended Journey To Final Rest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Orthodox Christian advocates of cremation have seized on the rising costs and repulsive consequences of burial in urging their church to change its position.
Damanaki wants the Orthodox clergy to follow the Vatican, which favors the Christian tradition of burial but stopped opposing cremation in 1963.
Roman Catholic teaching now forbids cremation only when it is meant to show a lack of faith in the body's resurrection.
www.jewish-funerals.org /Greece.htm   (1202 words)

  
 Today's Home News
In comments on the improved offer of €25 per share, Damanaki again claimed that the government was planning to pressure the social insurance funds and other state-sector entities owning substantial shares in Emporiki to accept the deal agreed with Credit Agricole.
The managements of the funds are managing the money of the insured and have a full obligation to respect their interests," Damanaki said.
Following the meeting with Emporiki's staff union, Damanaki said the government was rushing into the sale without any previous financial study or assessment of the gains for the insurance funds and without solving the problems of the bank's own insurance fund.
www.ana.gr /anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=4493151&maindocimg=1144975&service=10   (246 words)

  
 Yugoslav Daily Survey
BELGRADE, Feb 13 (Tanjug) - Greek MP Maria Damanaki conferred Wednesday with Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica who has signed the Olympic Truce Declaration in response to Greece's initiative for securing peace during Olympic Games, the Greek embassy in Belgrade said.
Damanaki underscored the importance of Kostunica's adherence to the Declaration as this demonstrates that the Balkan region is not only a source of unrest, but that Balkan countries can and do work for peace and a better future of the entire region.
Damanaki pointed to Yugoslavia's great interest in the Olympic Games in Athens and underscored the need for peace during the games so that athletes and visitors from northern Europe can cross Yugoslavia in order to reach Greece, the embassy statement says.
www.mfa.gov.yu /Bilteni/Engleski/b140202_e.html   (2094 words)

  
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The Coalition's President, Maria Damanaki, said Macedonia must now add a geographical term to its existing name and promise to guarantee the present borders between the countries, and relinquish any future territorial claims.
Damanaki said that both countries should establish friendly ties.
This more moderate stand on the Macedonian issue has largely been ignore in Greece because of the current climate of nationalism or "hyperpatriotism." The Leftists together with the Greek Communists hold 19 seats in parliament.
www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/news/101-200/132.2   (1708 words)

  
 ::: access2democracy :::
But most importantly it helped us inform a lot of people about our work and vision and share with them fruitful thoughts and ideas.
From left to right: Vicky Kokkinopoulou, George Papandreou, Vassilis Goulandris, Vasilis Koulolias, Maria Damanaki, Philippos Savvidis
The event itself was very successful and we received many positive remarks not only from the participants and the audience the same day, but also from the press - Greek and international- the following days (e.g.
www.access2democracy.org /a2d/content/en/news/newsletter/Online_Newsletter_WCIT_se.aspx   (520 words)

  
  
On April 24, 2003, the Commander of the Aspropyrgos Police Station informed the SOKADRE that he was unaware of any such action by officers under his command.
19148, dated April 24, 2003, to the question posed by the Greek Member of Parliament Ms Maria Damanaki concerning the lack of public facilities in the Romani settlement of Aspropyrgos.
This document makes clear that the Greek government is aware of the gravity of the situation of Roma in Aspropyrgos and has proposed solutions to ensure that Roma have access to adequate standard of living.
www.ihf-hr.org /viewbinary/viewhtml.php?doc_id=3324   (961 words)

  
 news.ert.gr - Politics - Reshuffle in PASOK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The reason was the need to fill-in empty positions created by the participation of many party members as candidates in the Municipal and Prefectural elections, as well as the need of reorganising responsibilities in the party’s top bodies.
Many new figures assumed sectors of the Parliamentary Group’s steering body, while responsibilities changed for Evangelos Venizelos, Theodoros Pagalos, Maria Damanaki and Milena Apostolaki.
Anna Damanaki was appointed head of Social Affairs and Evi Christofilopoulou as coordinator, while Sylvana Rapti for and Rodoula Zisi were appointed heads of Health and Transport respectively.
news.ert.gr /en/newsDetails.asp?id=18761   (858 words)

  
 GreeceNow: The pre-election shuffle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Yet, it is widely believed that the new recruits were a direct response to evidence that PASOK is losing votes to ND: recent polls indicate that 12.7% of those who voted for the Socialists in 2000 say they will vote for the conservatives, while only 2.7% of ND voters are headed for PASOK.
Careful not to offend its traditional supporters, PASOK also ushered in two turncoats from the left side of the political spectrum, Maria Damanaki and Mimis Androulakis.
The high-profile contest between New Democracy and PASOK has come at the expense of smaller parties.
www1.greece.gr /POLITICS/InternalAffairs/thepreelectionshuffle-2.stm   (1139 words)

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