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PM Tsipras: Implementation of Our Strategic Planning Starts Now

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras referred to a balanced and sustainable technical staff agreement, addressing the Cabinet meeting on Thursday. He noted however, that this (agreement) is part of a framework we are struggling to disengage and in this...

Anti-Austerity Government Celebrates Austerity Measures

Alexis Tsipras and his cabinet always find something to celebrate. From unfinished highways and under-equipped hospitals they inaugurate with aplomb worthy of banana republic dictators, to paltry handouts to pensioners after they had them drained with pension cuts. Oblivious...

Businessman Praises Greek PM Tsipras, Slams Opposition Leader Mitsotakis

Businessman Ivan Savvidis praised Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and likened him to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while slamming main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In an interview to Proto Thema newspaper, the Greek-Russian businessman praised the prime minister for a confrontation...

Tsipras Recognizes Ireland Under "Special Status" Post Brexit

Prime Minister of Ireland Taoiseach Enda Kenny last night ruled out a national vote on Irish unity saying the conditions for a referendum do not currently exist. His comments followed the formal acknowledgement by EU leaders of the possibility for...

Varoufakis: Syriza became a light version of Samaras' policies

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says in his new book that the SYRIZA administration accepted the creditors' memoranda and turned into a light version of Antonis Samaras' policies. The book, written in English, is called "Aduts in the Room"...

Tsipras-Mitsotakis Battle it out in Greek Parliament Over Controversial Bill

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis exchanged harsh words in Greek Parliament on Friday over a controversial bill exempting a certain businessman of fines. The bill amendment appeared in the House at the last minute on...

PM Tsipras Insults Greek People's Intelligence

"When the going gets tough, politicians start lying" would be the appropriate saying for Greek politicians. And that's exactly what Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is doing since he took his seat at the Maximos Mansion. Because, truly, things are...

Opposition Parties React to Tsipras' Interview, 'Out of Touch With Reality' ND Says

The interview of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on ANT1 television on Tuesday evening sparked an immediate, strong reaction from opposition parties. "Mr. Tsipras has been divorced from Greek reality," says the statement issued by New Democracy. "His current interview...

PM Tsipras: Greece Ready to Legislate Reforms Depending on Debt Relief

During an interview with ANT1 television on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined that Greece is willing to legislate the additional reforms demanded by its lenders but implementing them in 2019 and 2020 depends on securing further debt...

New Democracy Accuses Tsipras' Government of Implementing 'Poverty Plan'

"Alexis Tsipras' government implements with cynicism the poverty plan for the Greeks," main opposition New Democracy (ND) said on Tuesday following the release of figures on banking account confiscations. The press office of the main opposition accused the government of...