Alexis Tsipras

Greece's economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) report released on Tuesday. Gross domestic product declined 0.4 percent in the October-November period, compared to the previous quarter. However, it grew 0.3 percent in...

Meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday, Greece's main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the New Democracy party's firm position that Greece belongs in the "inner core" of Europe and the Eurozone. In statements after the meeting, Mitsotakis said that...

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici is scheduled to visit Athens on Wednesday to aid in bailout program review talks between Greece and creditors. The European official is expected to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and...

Greece is fulfilling its obligations in managing migration and now it is time for EU member-states to show solidarity and accelerate the rate of relocation, EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Friday after a meeting with Greek...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday said that "those who play games" and speak of "a euro zone of two speeds, of splits and divisions, must know that they are playing with fire." The Greek prime minister was referring...

New Democracy criticized the government and Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis for missing a EuroWorking Group (EWG) meeting on Thursday to speak at an event at LSE in London. "While the second review is at a crucial point after...

A new nationwide survey published on Wednesday shows New Democracy 11.8 percentage points ahead of SYRIZA in voting intention, with ND gathering 28.6% of citizens preferences and SYRIZA 16.8%. The poll was conducted by RASS using a sample of 1,504...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday told reporters that uncertainty will end regarding the stalled negotiations over the bailout program review. As the International Monetary Fund Board of Directors meets later on Monday, the Greek PM held a meeting...

By Thimios Tzallas The fate of Greece’s ‘Blairites’ provides a bitter lesson for centre-left parties across Europe, argues Thimios Tzallas. It is very often argued that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund got it wrong with the Greek crisis. They overestimated...

The prime minister's stopover in Paris on the way back from Lisbon was not a "holiday" but mainly focused on finding solutions for Greece's debt and efforts to promote foreign investment, government sources said, in reply to main opposition New...