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Greek Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos in hospital | Greek Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos in hospital |
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Greece's new Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos has been rushed to hospital, reportedly after fainting. | Greece's new Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos has been rushed to hospital, reportedly after fainting. |
Mr Rapanos, who is chairman of Greece's national bank, was due to be sworn in to the new post in the debt-laden country later on Friday. | Mr Rapanos, who is chairman of Greece's national bank, was due to be sworn in to the new post in the debt-laden country later on Friday. |
The news follows an announcement earlier in the day that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras needs an emergency eye operation. | The news follows an announcement earlier in the day that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras needs an emergency eye operation. |
He has been forced to cancel his first parliamentary meeting as a result. | He has been forced to cancel his first parliamentary meeting as a result. |
According to a government spokesperson, a routine eye operation on Friday morning revealed damage to Mr Samaras's retina. | According to a government spokesperson, a routine eye operation on Friday morning revealed damage to Mr Samaras's retina. |
He is due to go into hospital for an operation on Saturday, which means he will not be able to attend the Greece v Germany Euro 2012 game or hold his first parliamentary meeting. | He is due to go into hospital for an operation on Saturday, which means he will not be able to attend the Greece v Germany Euro 2012 game or hold his first parliamentary meeting. |
Mr Rapanos, 65, is thought to be undergoing tests after fainting on Friday afternoon, local media said, but no further details have been released on his condition. | Mr Rapanos, 65, is thought to be undergoing tests after fainting on Friday afternoon, local media said, but no further details have been released on his condition. |
He had been due to be sworn in to his new post on Friday evening, after the ceremony was delayed to allow outgoing finance minister Giorgis Zanias to represent Greece at a Eurozone finance ministers' meeting in Luxembourg. | |
Mr Samaras became Greece's fourth prime minister in eight months at a brief ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens on Wednesday. | |
His conservative New Democracy party won 129 seats in Greece's 300-seat parliament in Sunday's elections. |
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