Alexis Tsipras

"Mr. Tsipras should be ashamed," stated New Democracy leader and former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras referring to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' speech to SYRIZA's Central Committee on Saturday. "He accuses me for the European People's Party announcement, the context of which...

Greece may have secured a four-month rescue program extension, however, the country’s chances of making it on its own without needing any help are increasingly lower, as pointed out by Reuters. According to the news agency, this will result in “raising...

Greek ruling party SYRIZA leads by a wide margin over main opposition New Democracy, according to a Metron Analysis opinion poll conducted on behalf of newspaper "Parapolitika," published on Saturday. The poll was conducted right after Greece signed the Eurogroup deal. According to the survey,...

"We are at the start of a great and difficult battle... We are not going to escape from our commitments," stated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaking to SYRIZA's Central Committee on Saturday. He referred to a turbulence in...

The cabinet meeting chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras convened earlier today, focusing on the preparation of the new government’s work as well as on the first bills to be submitted to the Greek Parliament by next week....

Internationally acclaimed Brazilian-Arab cartoonist Carlos Latuff has yet again turned his pen on Greece and the country’s ongoing financial thriller. Today, Latuff portrayed Greece being rather mad with the newly elected leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsirpas. In Latuff’s eyes, Tsipras...

"America has often put discreet pressure on its European allies to avoid a rift with Greece, as much because of geopolitics as economics," says an Economist report. In view of the recent agreement for the extension of Greece's bailout program,...

One of Alexis Tsipras' first moves when he became prime minister was to cut state expenses by selling government vehicles used by politicians and cutting down on personal security for members of parliament. In general, he urged his cabinet...

Mikis Theodorakis criticized the new government of Alexis Tsipras on the new bailout agreement saying that it is a continuation of austerity. The internationally-known composer is an emblematic figure of the Greek Left and had criticized the new government debt...

The 12-hour meeting of the SYRIZA parliamentary group was marked by serious disagreements over the Eurogroup deal on Tuesday that extends the bailout program for another four months. The loudest disagreements came from Minister of Productive Reconstruction Panagiotis Lafazanis and...