Alexis Tsipras

ATHENS – Accused of being the man who could push Greece out of the Eurozone and into chaos and collapse, Coalition of the Radical Left leader Alexis Tsipras, a front-runner in the June 17 elections, is trying to persuade...

ATHENS – With their parties in a virtual deadlock for first place in the June 17 elections that could decide Greece’s fate, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras has challenged Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) head Alexis Tsipras to...

ATHENS - From 1947-57 it was Sen. Joseph “Better Dead than Red,” McCarthy who put the fear of having no God into Americans with his political witch hunt trying to root out Communists – or suspected Communists – from...

Greek poll front-runner Alexis Tsipras, buoyed by a groundswell of opposition to EU-IMF imposed austerity measures, says forcing his country out of the eurozone would sink the region as a whole. The problems in Greece were those of Europe, Tsipras...

ATHENS – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office is denying a report that she recommended to Greek President Karolos Papoulias that Greece should hold a referendum on whether to stay in the Eurozone. Late last year, she blasted then Prime...

An extensive report by the New York Times compares SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras to the new “pied piper” coming to the rescue of Greece after the May 6 election outcome that ranked his party the second major political power...

Two weeks after the May 6 elections, leader of left-wing SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras continues to be the favorite personality of international press. That doesn’t mean that the remarks are always positive; most of the time, they are negative. ”The man...

ATHENS – Even as a new Parliament briefly met and dissolved, Greece’s political parties were taking shots at each other ahead of a second round of elections on June 17 that could decide whether the country stays in the...

The head of Greece's radical left party—throwing down a gauntlet that could increase tensions between Greece and its frustrated European creditors—said he sees little chance Europe will cut off funding to the country but that if it does, Athens...

The British magazine The Economist published an article about the Greek crisis, showing a 20-Euro-note burning by the flame of an Olympic torchbearer. Titled "The Greek Run," the article reports on "the ugly term for what may soon become an...