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Tsipras: Europe not Properly Addressing its 'Excessive Social Deficit'

There is currently an "excessive social deficit" in Europe that is not being adequately addressed, Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, in a press conference after the end of the European Council in Brussels. "We cannot just announce measures, such...

Thrace Mufti Election Issue Causes Greek Government Confusion

The election of the local Mufti by Muslims in Thrace was one of the contentious issues stressed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his recent visit to Athens, and it is turning the Greek government into a confusing...

EU Leaders Still Disagree over Refugee Quotas

European Union leaders met on Thursday in Brussels to discuss the refugee quotas issue, and put an end to the rifts among them. According to Reuters, there was a free discussion over dinner; that continued until the early morning hours,...

Anastasiades – Tsipras Agree Good Preparation for a New Cyprus Conference is Necessary

President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, met on Thursday on the margins of the European Council Summit in Brussels and agreed that a good preparation of a new conference on Cyprus...

Report: 'New Macedonia' the Name Proposed by FYROM, Athens to Agree

"New Macedonia" is the name that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has proposed, and Greece is said to agree, in order to end the decades-long name dispute, according to a Star television report on Wednesday. The report - claiming...

Tsipras: Tusk's Proposal on Refugee Quotas is 'Unfortunate'

The proposal by European Council President Donald Tusk to scrap mandatory quotas on relocating asylum seekers across the European Union, is "unfortunate, untimely and unnecessary", Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with state TV channel ERT3, that...

Angry Demonstrators Jeer Tsipras on the Eve of National Strike (video)

Angry municipal workers jeered the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, as he was leaving his office in Thessaloniki on Wednesday. Earlier, the Greek PM apparently refused to meet a delegation of the workers, mostly staff, whose contracts are about to...

PM Tsipras to Capital Link Forum: Greece Invites Foreign Investments

Greece will have exited the bailout program in the summer of 2018, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a videotaped message to the 19th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum in New York, on Monday. Tsipras said that Greece...

Tsipras: Greece Supports Serbia's EU Bid

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterparts of Bulgaria and Romania have pledged support for Serbia's membership bid in the European Union, saying it would boost stability in the Balkans. Tsipras made the pledge at the 2nd quadrilateral summit between...

Tsipras and Chinese Vice Premier Discuss Trade Cooperation in Athens

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met the visiting Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai on Friday with the two sides vowing to strengthen their cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative. Tsipras congratulated the success of the 19th National Congress of the...