Alexis Tsipras

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras launched a scathing attack against the opposition and the "old political system" in Greek Parliament. Tsipras chose the strategy "the best defense is to attack" as his administration is mired in problems stemming from the austerity...

Economic recovery in Greece seems elusive, despite the optimistic forecasts of the country's government and foreign creditors, a Wall Street Journal report says. The International Monetary Fund, through the head of its team in Greece, recently said that the Greek...

Education Minister Nikos Filis on Monday took back his accusations against the Church of Greece for its role during the German occupation and the dictatorship. The changes in religion classes in Greek schools have generated a squabble between Filis and...

European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Monday that Greece has had to go through tougher austerity than would otherwise have been required because of the populist stance of the left-wing SYRIZA government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. "Populism...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his close aides and members of cabinet discussed the current review of Greece's program during a meeting on Monday. Government sources discussed the review and noted that the omnibus bill of outstanding prior actions...

Greece's Education Minister Nikos Filis said that he is not backing down on his decision to change religious study courses in Greek schools because he has the support of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The changes in religion courses are becoming...

According to sources, creditors and Greek officials have reached an agreement regarding the composition of a new privatization fund. Reaching an agreement regarding the fund is a crucial element and condition in releasing the next loan tranche worth some 2.8 billions...

"Our goal is to stop irregular migration. So we will be accepting a few hundred refugees on a monthly basis," German Chancellor Angela Merkel made this commitment to Greece and Italy, according to German newspaper Die Welt. According to the report, Merkel...

Two new opinion polls confirm that conservative New Democracy is presently more popular than leftist SYRIZA and that Alexis Tsipras' popularity is waning. The first survey by the Opinion Poll company, conducted on behalf of Eleftheros Typos newspaper shows that...

Former SYRIZA minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and Alexis Tsipras' mentor Alekos Alavanos are to join forces in a new anti-euro, anti-austerity party. After leaving the ruling party in July 2015, Lafazanis along with other SYRIZA defectors formed Popular Unity, an anti-EU...