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Alexis Tsipras

Greek PM Tsipras Announces Abolition of €5 Fee to Access Hospitals and Hiring of 4,500 Healthcare Workers

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Health Ministry on April 2, announcing that his SYRIZA-led government will improve public health care in the country through the abolition of a compulsory 5-euro fee for treatment and the hiring of...

Tsipras-Putin Meeting to Focus on Bilateral Cooperation

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to travel to Moscow on April 8 and May 9, according Dmitry Peskov, press spokesman for the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Furthermore, Peskov noted that the Greek Prime Minister’s first journey to Moscow...

April 8-9: Two Crucial Days for Greece

April 8-9 are two crucial days for Greece: On April 8 the Euro Working Group will convene to review the list of proposals sent by the finance ministry and on April 9 Athens has a 448-million-euro payment due to...

Greek Gov't Considers Merging Justice and Citizens' Protection Ministries

The Greek government is considering a merger between the Citizens’ Protection Ministry and the Justice Ministry in order to avoid instances where civil rights and public order conflict with each other. The issue came up after a group of anarchists...

Merkel-Hollande: Greece's Turn to Russia a Sideshow

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande view Greece’s overtures toward Russia as political theater and won’t be drawn into a debate on the matter, says a Bloomberg report. The two country leaders are said to believe that...

Former Greek PM Samaras Says He Would Join Government Alliance to Keep Greece in Eurozone

Former Greek prime minister and now opposition leader Antonis Samaras said he is willing to be part of a national unity government if Greece's stay in the euro zone is at stake. Samaras spoke to Bloomberg on Wednesday from the...

Greek PM Tsipras Ranks 13th in Salary Among European Leaders

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ranks 13th in salary among the 21 heads of state of the European Council, according to a Eurostat survey. The highest-paid top official in Europe is European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, while European Council President...

Opinion Poll: Greeks in Support of SYRIZA Govt But Afraid of Grexit

The newly elected SYRIZA – Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition government has managed to attract the Greek public opinion to its side in the first two months since it took office. According to a new opinion poll conducted by the University...

Alexis Tsipras and the Enemy Within

No one can blame Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not trying hard enough to hold the country from falling off the cliff. Like a captain in a ship hit by the roughest storm, he fights tooth and nail to...

Tsipras: New Page in Greek-Russian Relations

"The ties between Greece and Russia can be upgraded to a new level and Greece can become a bridge between the West and Russia," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told TASS news agency, ahead of his upcoming visit to Moscow...