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PASOK Releases "CD" with the Lies of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras ahead of his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday.
In the party's Twitter account they have uploaded an "album" of soundbites including six "tracks" of famous pledges Tsipras made but failed to deliver. The album is...
Greece
Watch Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Spin a Ball [pics + video]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was a top-rate volleyball player before he started showing an interest in student politics. A leg injury, however, caused him to nip his budding career in the bud. Nonetheless, he can still use a...
Economy
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Appeals to European Socialist Values for an End to Crisis
The days when Alexis Tsipras pretended to be a radical communist are long over. As Prime Minister of Greece, Tsipras has gotten rid of the fiery rhetoric of the past, which was immersed in radical, anti-capitalist discourse, and has...
Greece
'Iran Is Key Player for Stability and Peace in Mideast,' Says Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said that the purpose of his two day visit to Iran is to strengthen relations between the Islamic Republic and Greece, but also made it known that he hopes that Greece can play...
Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Reorganize SYRIZA
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is planning on substantially reorganizing SYRIZA, in order to help the party fulfill its role in the new political landscape that emerged after the elections of January and September, 2015. He announced his intention...
Greece
New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to be Sworn in Monday
Alexis Tsipras won Sunday's elections and is to be sworn in as the country's prime minister on Monday afternoon. He has already announced that he will form a coalition government with Independent Greeks (ANEL).
Tsipras stated that the electoral result...
Greece
Alexis Tsipras Inaugurated as Greek Prime Minister for the Second Time in Eight Months
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras swore a political oath on Monday evening, to become Greece's Prime Minister just 30 days after abdicating his post.
Tsipras was sworn in as prime minister in a short ceremony at the Presidential Palace.
Earlier in the day Tsipras...
Economy
Will Alexis Tsipras Be Greece's Prime Minister After Bailout Agreement?
The harsh reforms required in order for Greece to reach a new bailout agreement generated scenarios about the future of the Greek government and even the future of Alexis Tsipras in the prime minister's seat.
What is certain is that...
Greece
Alexis Tsipras: Who is Greece's New Prime Minister?
Over the last week and in the days to come Alexis Tsipras, the new Prime Minister of Greece, is and will be, the most talked-about European politician. He named his second son Orpheas-Ernesto after his hero Che Guevara, he...
Greece
Greece’s Main Opposition Leader Alexis Tsipras is COVID-19 Positive
Chief of Greece's main opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, tested positive for COVID-19, after a preventive molecular test
Diplomacy
Former Greek PM Tsipras, Zaev Receive Hessian Peace Prize for Prespa Agreement
The Hessian Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded jointly to the former Prime Minister of Greece, main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, it was announced on Monday.
The decision was...
Greece
Greek Opposition Leader Tsipras Calls for Clarification on Turkish Threat
Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to officially brief the Greek nation and the political party leaders on the latest developments concerning Turkey, while accusing him of acting...
Diplomacy
Ex-Premier Tsipras Slams Turkey's Erdogan, Declares Greeks Are United as One
Following the escalation of Turkish provocations on Wednesday, Greece's main Opposition SYRIZA party and its leader, Alexis Tsipras, issued two separate statements with stark warnings against Ankara and its behavior.
''The latest incidents constitute an unprecedented and dangerous escalation,'' Tsipras...
Diplomacy
Greek Prime Minister Briefs Opposition Leaders on US Visit
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday briefed political party leaders on this week's visit to the US and his meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.
Mitsotakis stressed the need for national unity in view of developments on...
Greece
Outraged Air Passenger Berates Former PM Tsipras Over Macedonia (video)
A Greek lawyer launched a verbal attack against former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the Macedonia issue during a flight from Brussels to Athens on Thursday.
In a video uploaded on Facebook, Georgia Bitakou, who was among the organizers of...