Alexis Tsipras

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis are ready to battle it out in parliament on Monday, over the  controversial arms deal involving Defence Minister Panos Kammenos; who is said to have sold Greek army surplus projectiles...

A tweet on Saturday by PM Alexis Tsipras on the meaning of democracy has caused an uproar in Greece. Attempting to define what democracy is, Tsipras said that is a tool to enforce the will of the many. He also...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he is proud of the living conditions of refugees in mainland Greece, but expressed concern over problems with migrants on the Aegean islands. While in France, Tsipras spoke to Le Figaro newspaper about the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who is visiting France for talks with investors and the French president Emmanuel Macron received an award for political courage. The "Prix du Courage politique" (Political Courage Prize) was presented to Tsipras by the founder...

The Conference of Parliament Presidents on Wednesday announced that a question about Greek arms sales to Saudi Arabia, tabled for Defence Minister Panos Kammenos by main opposition New Democracy, will be discussed in Parliament next Monday. Parliament President Nikos Voutsis...

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said his administration would pass legislation to allow Muslim litigants to opt for a Greek court to resolve family disputes, instead of appealing to Islamic jurists known as muftis. For family law matters, Greek Muslims generally...

Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Strasbourg, where he had meetings with leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), his New Democracy party's political family and gave an interview to EUobserver. Mitsotakis argued that by agreeing a €5-billion economy...

The recent government decision to use its primary budget surplus in order to distribute a “social dividend” comes with yet another class-oriented policy spin. In the three years it has been in power, the SYRIZA-led government has a string...

The leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt have scheduled a two-day political and economic meeting to take place in Nicosia on Monday. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will hold two trilateral meetings...

The small town of Mandra, west of Athens, is in a state of shock following Wednesday’s floods that claimed the lives of at least 16 people. As emergency services continue to search for at least six missing persons, locals express...