Alexis Tsipras

The difference between New Democracy and SYRIZA is widening in opinion polls, as the conservative party is ahead by 15 percentage points on intention to vote. The study was conducted November 3-4 by the Public Opinion and Market Research Unit...

The move by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to cleanse his cabinet of hard-left ministers has prompted a surge in market confidence, with bonds soaring to three-month highs on Monday morning, The Guardian says. After the reshuffle, in which Tsipras got...

"People's every day life is our top priority," stated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday, addressing his new cabinet after Friday's reshuffle. Tsipras gave the signal for the completion of the second bailout program review saying that the aim...

The Alexis Tsipras cabinet reshuffle served several purposes and it was an effort to send several messages, but mainly it was to get rid of a lot of hard leftists who were living contradictions between SYRIZA ideology and government...

Greece's new, expanded cabinet as decided by Friday's government reshuffle was sworn in before President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday at 1:00 pm at the Presidential Mansion. Speaking to reporters after the ceremony, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signaled he would...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had announced a government reshuffle for quite some time, however, speculation mounted on Friday with the long-awaited shake-up expected all day. The announcement was finally made at 10 p.m. on Friday by Olga Gerovasili. The...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated the good prospects for the Greece-Russia cooperation in the energy sector during his meeting in Athens with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday morning. Lavrov also referred to problems existing in bilateral trade and the...

Greece has defied the European Union and the United States by blocking EU sanctions on Iranian bank Saderat that the U.S. accuses of financing terrorism, says a Wall Street Journal report. According to the report, Athens' action marked the first...

"Mr. Filis is a troubled man. He is inconsistent in his relations and in his words. He says one thing in the morning, and another in the evening," said Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece about Education...

The latest opinion poll by Public Issue shows the main opposition conservative New Democracy (ND) party striding ahead of the ruling Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party by 24 units. If an election was called today ND would receive 42...