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Economy
Candidate for European Commission Presidency Timmermans Visits Greece
Frans Timmermans, the European Socialists' lead candidate (Spitzenkandidat) for the presidency of the European Commission has been in Athens since Sunday, attending the Movement for Change (KINAL) party conference and meeting with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.
Speaking at the KINAL...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Urges Progressives To Fight Against Far-Right in EU Elections
Speaking at Athens' Kivotos Theatre on Monday evening, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged all progressive political forces to fight against the far-right and neo-liberalism in the upcoming European elections in May.
During an event where Tsipras exchanged views with...
Economy
Greece Raises Minimum Wage to €650, Nixes Sub-Minimum for Under-25s
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Monday that the nation will raise its minimum wage to €650 ($745) per month, and his government will abolish the ''sub-minimum'' wage which has been paid to those under the age of 25.
Tsipras declared...
Greece
Macedonia and the Practice of Democracy in Greece
My deepest respect goes to the Greek people who expressed their determination last Sunday to stand up against heinous political decisions. Tens of thousands of Greeks took part in the Syntagma Square demonstration, the largest such protest ever held...
Greece
Prespa Agreement Parliamentary Vote Expected on Thursday Night
The Parliamentary debate on the Prespa Agreement began on Wednesday morning, with the final vote projected to take place late Thursday night.
As the state-run AMNA news agency reports, the vote is expected to be taken after midnight, in the early...
Greece
Parliamentary Confidence Vote Debate Opens With Heated Words
The confidence vote procedure requested last week by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began on Tuesday morning in the Greek parliament.
The first hours of the discussion featured a heated debate between the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition's...
Greece
Greek PM Vows Confidence Vote if Coalition Breaks Up
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed on Wednesday that if SYRIZA's coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) leave the government over the Prespa agreement, he would seek a confidence vote in Parliament. SYRIZA would then need the support of 151...
Greece
Coalition's Future at Stake With Tsipras/Kammenos Meeting
The Greek prime minister and president of the ruling left-wing SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras, will meet the defense Minister and president of the co-governing right-wing ANEL party, Panos Kammenos, on Friday. The talks will be held in a last-minute...
Greece
Tsipras States Greek Recovery Now Beginning
"2019 will be a landmark year for Greece," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday while visiting Samothraki island, where he attended Epiphany Day celebrations at the church of Panagia Kamariotissa and was made an honorary citizen.
Tsipras said that...
Greece
Children Sing Christmas Carols to Greek Politicians
Alexis Tsipras
Following a longstanding tradition, children from schools all over Athens sang Christmas carols to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his wife Betty Baziana at the Maximos mansion on Monday morning, Christmas Eve day.
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Tsipras sat with the children at...