Alexis Tsipras
Greece
Varoufakis: Tsipras’ Mixed Messages Over Appointing Me as Finance Minister
Yanis Varoufakis launched a counter-attack against Alexis Tsipras and the SYRIZA government through a letter published on the Guardian website on Monday.
The former finance minister was responding to an interview on the same paper by Alexis Tsipras who acknowledged...
Economy
Greek PM Tsipras: 'I Have Made Big Mistakes'
"I have made mistakes... big mistakes," said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, implying the choice of Yanis Varoufakis as finance minister, after the latter's revelations of private talks he had with key cabinet members in July 2015.
In an exclusive...
Australia
Greek Australians Seek Closer Ties With Greece
The desire to forge even stronger bonds with Greece was the message that a Greek Australian delegation sent during its visit to Athens.
President of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) Bill Papastergiadis, who led the delegation, proposed a series...
Greece
Greek Former Minister: Russia Could Offer Aid in Case of Grexit
Russia would offer Greece cash in advance for a gas pipeline in case the country was forced to leave the euro zone in the summer of 2015, said former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis.
Lafazanis told Vima FM that in the...
Greece
Tsipras to Varoufakis: Let's Take the €16 Bln of the European Central Bank
"What? There are 16 billion euros in cash scattered here and there, and we do not use them to load ATMs and make them work as normal?" Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told then finance minister Yanis Varoufakis in...
Greece
Varoufakis Exposes Tsipras' Plans, While Still in Opposition
"The first thing I will do as prime minister is to demand Stοurnaras' resignation. If need be, I will drag him screaming from the central bank," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said about Bank of Greece Governor Yiannis Stournaras in...
Greece
European Commission Chief Juncker Calls Tsipras Expressing Solidarity for Kos Earthquake
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday telephoned Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and expressed his condolences for the victims of the earthquake that struck Kos in the early hours of the morning, as well as the Commission's support for...
Cyprus
Tsipras: We are Seeking a Fair Solution to the Cyprus Issue
We are seeking a fair solution to the Cyprus issue, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday in a meeting with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European...
Greece
Greek Government Sees 'End of the Tunnel' for Austerity
At a cabinet meeting, held behind closed doors on Wednesday, ministers agreed on the main legislative initiatives to be implemented in the next few weeks, but there was no word when the government plans to test the waters in...
Greece
Leftist Government in Greece See Those Who Put Them in Power, Turn Against Them
If a picture speaks a thousand words, the picture of the two former Syriza ministers escaping the wrath of the crowd speaks about a million, or a few billion, if one thinks about the billions of Greece's debt.
The picture...