Alexis Tsipras
Greece
Former PM Tsipras to Join Demo on Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary
Former PM Alexis Tsipras announced that he will join demonstrators on Sunday for the yearly march to the U.S. Embassy marking the 1973 Polytechnic uprising.
The leader of leftist SYRIZA is thought to be the first former Greek PM to...
Greece
Outraged Air Passenger Berates Former PM Tsipras Over Macedonia (video)
A Greek lawyer launched a verbal attack against former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the Macedonia issue during a flight from Brussels to Athens on Thursday.
In a video uploaded on Facebook, Georgia Bitakou, who was among the organizers of...
Greece
Greek PM Mitsotakis to Meet With Opposition Leaders Ahead of Crucial Diaspora Vote Bill
The office of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has contacted the leaders of each parliamentary party in order to arrange face-to-face meetings this week to discuss the specifics of the upcoming bill regarding the Greek Diaspora vote.
The Greek government has...
Diplomacy
Migrant Crisis Dominates Former Greek PM Tsipras' Meeting with Pope Francis
President of main opposition party SYRIZA and former prime minister Alexis Tsipras had a one-hour meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday.
According to SYRIZA sources, Tsipras thanked the Pontiff for his efforts to raise international awareness on...
Greece
Novartis Case: Ruling ND Party to Propose Investigative Committee for Ex-Minister Papangelopoulos
Stavros Kalafatis, the secretary of the ruling New Democracy (ND) Party, announced on Wednesday afternoon that ND will propose to the House the creation of a special Parliamentary Committee for the preliminary examination of the accusations against Dimitris Papangelopoulos,...
Greece
Former Greek PM Tsipras: 'We Are Still Here, after Four-and-a-Half Years of Struggle, the Struggle to Keep Greece Standing Upright'
"We are still here, after four-and-a-half years of struggle, the struggle to keep Greece standing upright," is how main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras started his speech at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday evening.
The former Greek prime...
Crime
Novartis Case: Accusations Against Ex PM Tsipras and Ex Minister Papangelopoulos Forwarded to Parliament
Areopagus Supreme Court Prosecutor Vasilis Pliotas forwarded the file of the so-called ''Novartis case'' to the Greek parliament on Friday, after accusations were made against former PM Alexis Tsipras and his Deputy Minister of Justice, Dimitris Papangelopoulos.
This is the...
Greece
Ex PM Alexis Tsipras Calls For the Creation of a Broad European Progressive Front
The Leader of the Opposition and former PM Alexis Tsipras highlighted the need on Saturday for the creation of a broad progressive front in European politics, from the "left of the left to the progressive center".
Speaking at the 45th...
Greece
Greek Parliament Votes for Bill Abolishing University Asylum
The Greek Parliament voted in favor of a bill on Thursday which addresses the abolition of university asylum laws.
The proposed legislation, brought up for discussion by the new conservative government, also addresses a series of other issues, including changes to...
Greece
How Greece's Political Landscape Changes After the Election
July 8, 2019 finds Greece turning the page, as the political landscape changed radically after the results of Sunday's election. Greece leaves four and a half years of leftist rule behind. The Alexis Tsipras government promised change and the end...