Vassiliki Thanou becomes first woman in nearly 200 years of modern-era Greece to control government, as she heads caretaker governmentGreece edged closer to snap elections on Thursday with the appointment of a supreme court judge at the head of a caretaker government following the resignation of Alexis Tsipras last week. The induction of Vassiliki Thanou as Athens’ first female premier came after abortive efforts to form a coalition by opposition leaders, paving the way for polls in Greece on 20 September. The campaign, already showing all the signs of being explosive, formally begins with the swearing-in of the interim cabinet on Friday. Continue reading...
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