Alexis Tsipras

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, on Wednesday, announced a bill that will set limits to the jurisdiction of Islamic Sharia law in the region of Western Thrace. The Sharia law is in effect in Western Thrace where the largest Muslim minority...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras declared three days of National Mourning following the flooding tragedy in western Attica that claimed the lives of at least 14 people. "We are currently mourning the deaths of 14 people and we hope that the...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' recent statements announcing the distribution of one-off welfare benefits totaling 1.4 billion euros are not in contradiction with what has been agreed on, the European Commission said on Tuesday. Asked to comment on the prime minister's...

The Greek government will distribute one-off welfare benefits totaling 1.4 billion euros, which was made possible by the economy's outperformance, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday. “For a second year, we are in a position to distribute a social...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras invited the Arab world to take advantage of the important investment opportunities currently offered by Greece; while addressing the 2nd Euro-Arab Summit that took place on Thursday and that will continue on Friday at the...

The government is fighting to restore stability in the economy and to take the country out of supervision, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday during his speech at SYRIZA's parliamentary group. Tsipras said the government's efforts are directed towards...

The revelations made by the so-called Paradise Papers, a trove of 13.4 million files leaked by 96 media around the world through the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), confirm the "unfair, irrational, tragic reality of our world", Prime...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received on Saturday the 11-year-old Afghan boy Amir and his mother at the Maximos Mansion. The prime minister in a symbolic gesture gave Amir a Greek flag. The boy had been chosen by lot to be his...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on Friday with the mother of an 11-year-old Afghan boy whose house was pelted with stones by unknown assailants early this morning. The boy had been chosen by lot to be his school's flag-bearer in...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy Chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis exchanged strong words on Friday, after the latter accused the government of being responsible for the escalating lawlessness in Greek cities, and universities, in particular. The main opposition leader said that...