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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

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...

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...

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...

Opposition Leader Tsipras Says Greece Was Right to Close Borders

Ex-Premier and current leader of the opposition in Greece Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday that the government did the right thing in closing the country's borders to prevent thousands of additional migrants and refugees crossing over from Turkey. Speaking with...

Former PM Tsipras to Join Demo on Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary

Former PM Alexis Tsipras announced that he will join demonstrators on Sunday for the yearly march to the U.S. Embassy marking the 1973 Polytechnic uprising. The leader of leftist SYRIZA is thought to be the first former Greek PM to...

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...

Migrant Crisis Dominates Former Greek PM Tsipras' Meeting with Pope Francis

President of main opposition party SYRIZA and former prime minister Alexis Tsipras had a one-hour meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday. According to SYRIZA sources, Tsipras thanked the Pontiff for his efforts to raise international awareness on...

Former Greek PM Tsipras: 'We Are Still Here, after Four-and-a-Half Years of Struggle, the Struggle to Keep Greece Standing Upright'

"We are still here, after four-and-a-half years of struggle, the struggle to keep Greece standing upright," is how main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras started his speech at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday evening. The former Greek prime...

Novartis Case: Accusations Against Ex PM Tsipras and Ex Minister Papangelopoulos Forwarded to Parliament

Areopagus Supreme Court Prosecutor Vasilis Pliotas forwarded the file of the so-called ''Novartis case'' to the Greek parliament on Friday, after accusations were made against former PM Alexis Tsipras and his Deputy Minister of Justice, Dimitris Papangelopoulos. This is the...

Ex PM Alexis Tsipras Calls For the Creation of a Broad European Progressive Front

The Leader of the Opposition and former PM Alexis Tsipras highlighted the need on Saturday for the creation of a broad progressive front in European politics, from the "left of the left to the progressive center". Speaking at the 45th...

Outgoing Greek Prime Minister Tsipras Hands Over to Mitsotakis

Outgoing premier Alexis Tsipras on Monday handed over power to his successor Kyriakos Mitsotakis who swept to a landslide victory in Sunday's general elections. Speaking earlier outside the presidential Mansion where he was sworn-in, Mitsotakis told journalists the Greek people...

Greek PM Tsipras in Last Ditch Attempt to Avoid Heavy Election Defeat

The Greek election campaign closed on Friday before the Sunday's crucial general election that, according to all recent polls, will bring Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his the center-right New Democracy (ND) party in power. In a last ditch attempt to convince...

Greek Expatriates Blast PM Tsipras for Denying them Right to Vote

A group of expatriate communities across the world, sent an open letter to Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, criticizing him for depriving them of the right to vote in the Greek elections from the country where they live. In a...

10 Reasons Why Tsipras will Lose the Greek Elections

As a politician, Alexis Tsipras climbed too high, too soon. He became the leader of SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) party at an early age in 2008, promoted unexpectedly by departing party chief Alekos Alavanos. He was elected in...