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Alexis Tsipras

Europe Shows its Ugly Face to Tsipras and, Consequently, Greece

  Back in the good old days -- just a few weeks ago -- every time the Greek Prime Minister went to Brussels or to a European Union meeting, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would hug him, kiss him, even...

ND Leader Samaras: If Greek Gov't Loses MP Support on Deal, a Transitional Gov't Is Needed

If the Greek government majority does not support the potential agreement between Greece and its creditors whenever it comes to parliament, then a different government formation should be formed, main opposition leader Antonis Samaras told Crash magazine in an...

No White Smoke for Greece in Talks with Creditors, New Proposals to Table at Eurogroup

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras completed yet another fruitless meeting  with the chiefs of the troika of lenders under tremendous pressure to seal an agreement before facing other European Union leaders at a summit later on Thursday in Brussels. There...

Creditors Give Greece Ultimatum and Deadline, All Outcomes Possible

Greece is facing an ultimatum by creditors and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is racing with time as a Eurogroup session is scheduled at 2:00 pm and the two negotiating teams must have reached a staff level agreement by then. Wednesday...

Could Greece’s Debt and Bailout Plan Be Illegal?

By Belén Olmos Giupponi*, University of Stirling As Greece and its international creditors race to agree on a bailout deal, the issue of the legality of Greek debt has been raised. The Greek parliament’s Truth Commission on Public Debt has released...

Eurogroup: No Decision on Greece, Tsipras and Institutions to Meet Again

Another euro area summit failed to seal a deal for Greece. Finance Ministers are gathered in Brussels for the third time in a week, although they have no formal paper to discuss as Greece and creditors have reportedly rejected...

No Results After Tsipras' Meeting with Institutions – Greek Talks to Be Repeated on Thursday

Eurozone Finance Ministers arrived for a Eurogroup meeting on Greece but exited shortly after since talks between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the institutions ended without a conclusive result. Diplomatic sources said the talks will be repeated on Thursday. Tsipras made...

SYRIZA Political Secretariat: Creditors' Proposals are 'Absurd'

The institutions' latest proposals are "absurd" and exceed the limits of Greek society's endurance, the SYRIZA Political Secretariat concluded on Wednesday after a sweeping discussion on the proposals and the next moves for the Greek government and the party. Sources at the meeting...

Mikis Theodorakis Calls on Tsipras to Not Sign Bad Deal

Greek composer and former political figure Mikis Theodorakis calls on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to not follow the way of his predecessors and sign a bad agreement with creditors. The awarded composer gave an interview to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine...

Tsipras: Either They Do Not Want an Agreement or They Serve Special Interests in Greece – Full List of Counterproposals

"Either they do not want an agreement or they serve special interests in Greece," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said to his colleagues, shortly before departing for Brussels. The Greek prime minister was referring to the insistence of the International Monetary...