Syriza

Flamboyant former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis continues to haunt the Syriza-led government with his endless revelations to the media about the existence of Plan X and Tsipras’ lack of political nerve, particularly as the PM himself appears unable...

The first battle in parliament between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and newly elected New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis took place Tuesday evening on the hot issue of security system reforms. "The pension system is not sustainable," said Tsipras. "We are...

Greece’s parliamentary budget office warns in its quarterly report of the appearance of a fiscal gap for 2016, thereby sending shivers down the spine of government officials who are trying to convince badly battered citizens that recovery is on...

"We gave Greek people a breath of dignity," said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressing SYRIZA supporters in celebration of one year in government. The Greek prime minister spoke at a gathering in the Tae Kwon Do Arena in Palaio Faliro...

Two opinion polls published on Saturday show that overall Greeks are pessimistic about the future and don't trust the current government, while not favoring the opposition either. A study conducted by University of Macedonia on behalf of Skai television shows...

“Hope begins today” was the message that the current Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent to the Greek people when his Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party won the national elections held a year ago, on January 25th...

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' trip in Davos is very similar to his disastrous visit to New York last year, where he went to attract American investors to Greece. Instead of investors, he attracted tons of ridicule in...

  Tsipras’ Syriza-led government has done more somersaults since it came to power than an acrobatic gymnastics team in Olympic competition. Take for example its stance on the IMF and the so-called Troika in general. First, Tsipras and his lieutenants promised...

Nepotism, favoritism, and cronyism have become such pervasive phenomena in financially bankrupt and poverty-stricken Greece under the Syriza-led government that EU officials are warning that the new bailout program may be at risk. EU officials have been on the receiving...

Germany and the IMF appear to be unhappy with the Greek government’s pension reform plan, but details are still fuzzy. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had been asked by Greece’s international creditors at the height of the crisis last summer...