Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency in 2001, died on Sunday (Jan 5) aged 88 at his summer house in the Peloponnese. Simitis, a law ...

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. Simitis was taken to a ...