Alexis Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will decide the time of snap elections after a meeting with key advisers at 2:00 pm on Thursday. Tsipras wants to resolve the rift within his party after almost a third of SYRIZA lawmakers voted against the bailout...

In a letter to European Parliament President Martin Schulz, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras requested on Wednesday the addition of the European Parliament in the regular review process of the country’s loan agreement. "I am sending you this letter to request the direct and...

As scenarios of snap elections abound, Greece's Constitution requires that the current government resigns and a transitional Prime Minister is appointed. According to the law, that person should be the Supreme Court President. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has not decided yet...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras congratulated Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis on Wednesday on his efforts to protect the environment following the latter’s decision to temporarily suspend the license of Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold, arguing...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras postponed for next week his decision to ask parliament for a vote of confidence or go for snap elections immediately. In both cases elections are unavoidable since the prime minister has "lost" almost one third...

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras criticized the Greek government harshly for having accused his then-government of “selling out” on the issue of privatizations by trying to sell some of Greece's regional airports, when current premier Alexis Tsipras is now...

With about 1,000 refugees and illegal migrants entering Greece each day, the Greek government celebrates the establishment of a 500-capacity facility and calls it a model of hospitality. According to UNHCR figures, 21,000 refugees from Syria and migrants from Africa...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is considering closing down the Greek Parliament plenary in order for the new reform bills to be voted during the parliamentary summer sessions, according to sources from the Maximos Mansion. By closing down the House...

Greek main opposition New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of using talk of national elections as a tactic to resolve an internal party problem, saying it could jeopardize Greece’s road to stability. "He is thinking, 'I...

Glenn Kim, the Korean financial adviser to Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, was also adviser to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, according to German newspaper Die Welt. Kim was also present on Tsipras' side the night of July 12 in...