Alexis Tsipras

Yanis Varoufakis wrote in an op-ed in Efimerida ton Syntakton on Saturday. The former finance minister called on Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras to adopt a plan originally proposed by Varoufakis while he was still in office. The plan would unilaterally...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday sent a message to Turkey saying that "there are no gray zones in the Aegean" in light of recent Turkish provocations challenging Greece's sea borders. Tsipras was in Malta for the informal EU...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday agreed to accelerate initiatives from all parties involved in order to complete the bailout program review in February, according to Greek government sources. The same sources said that...

A parliamentary debate between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday turned out to be an exchange of accusations. Tsipras dismissed Mitsotakis' call for early elections, accusing him of wanting to avoid the decision of...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone on Wednesday to discuss issues relating to the latter’s visit to Turkey which starts on Thursday. According to Tsipras’ office, the two leaders discussed Cyprus, Europe’s...

A new opinion poll shows that the voting intention rate for New Democracy is 25.8% against 15.6% of SYRIZA, while eight out of ten Greeks give a negative review of the government's performance in the past two years. The survey...

Good bilateral relations between countries can only be established on the basis of mutual respect, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was reported as telling Serbian newspaper “Politika,” in an exclusive interview on Monday, ahead of his official visit to...

Athens is concerned about the recent Turkish provocation in the Aegean and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of her visit to Turkey on February 2. Greek government officials believe that Sundays' appearance of...

"I want to express my pleasure that the EU Mediterranean countries informal Summit proved that the European south has a future," said Greek Prime Minister (PM) Alexis Tsipras, in the joint statements with seven country leaders after the completion...

It was exactly two years ago when Alexis Tsipras became the youngest and first leftist prime minister of Greece, an event that filled the 2.25 million Greeks who voted for him with optimism because of his grandiose promises and...