alexis tsipras

Greece Wildfire: Three Days of Mourning as 79 Died and Dozens Are Missing

Greek rescuers are searching for dozens of people missing after the deadly wildfires near Athens. Up to now, at least…

6 years ago

Macedonia and Greece Sign Agreement to End Name Dispute

Macedonia and Greece have signed an agreement settling a 27-year-long dispute over Macedonia's name. Under the agreement, the country known…

6 years ago

Barack Obama Addresses Concerns About Donald Trump Presidency

President Barack Obama is seeking to assure United States allies that President-elect Donald Trump will honor the country's international alliances…

8 years ago

IMF Responds to Greece over Wikileaks Report

The International Monetary Fund has dismissed reports that it is trying to push Greece towards default as "simply nonsense". "The…

9 years ago

Greece Strike Disrupts Athens Public Services and Transportation

Greek unions are staging their first general strike against austerity since Alexis Tsipras's left-wing Syriza government came to power in…

9 years ago

Greece Snap Election Results: Alexis Tsipras Celebrates Syriza Victory

Greece former PM Alexis Tsipras has hailed a "victory of the people" after his left-wing Syriza party won the country's…

9 years ago

Greece Snap Elections 2015: Tight Race Between Syriza and New Democracy

Greeks return to polls as voting has begun in the country's snap general election. Opinion polls indicate a tight race…

9 years ago

Vassiliki Thanou Becomes Greece’s First Female Prime Minister

Vassiliki Thanou, Greece's top Supreme Court judge, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. Greece’s…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Crisis: Far-left Rebels in Ruling Syriza Party Break Away to Form New Party

Syriza rebels will form a new party trying to govern Greece, local media reports. Former Prime Minister and left-wing Syriza…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Crisis: German Parliament Approves Third Bailout Deal

German parliament has voted by a large majority to approve a third bailout deal for Greece. In total 453 members…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Deal: Parliament Approves Draft Terms for €85 Billion Bailout

The Greek parliament has approved the draft details a third bailout in five years after talks that lasted through the…

9 years ago

Greece Parliament Passes Second Set of Bailout Reforms

Greece’s parliament has passed a second set of reforms, meaning that negotiations on an €86 billion European Union bailout can…

9 years ago

Greek Banks Reopen After Three Weeks of Closures

Banks in Greece are reopening after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt. Greece reached…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout: German Parliament to Vote on €86 Billion Bailout Deal

German parliament is debating a motion on whether to allow negotiations on Greece's €86 billion bailout deal. Opening the debate,…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout: Eurogroup Begins Talks on Emergency Funding

Hours after Greece’s parliament passed tough reforms required for a third bailout deal, the eurozone ministers have met to discuss…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Talks: Eurozone Leaders Reach Agreement on Third Bailout

Greece will receive a third bailout after marathon talks in Brussels where eurozone leaders have reached the agreement. EU chairman…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Talks: Eurogroup to Decide on Grexit

Eurogroup is due to resume talks in Brussels on a bailout deal for Greece. Nine hours of talks on July…

9 years ago

Yanis Varoufakis Resigns as Greece’s Finance Minister

Greece’s chief bailout negotiator Euclid Tsakalotos has replaced the country’s outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned on July 6.…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Referendum: Greeks Vote Whether to Accept Creditor Terms

Greeks are voting in a controversial referendum on whether to accept the terms of an international bailout. Polling stations opened…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Referendum: Tens of Thousands Attend Rival Rallies over Bailout Vote

Rival rallies have been held in the Greek capital ahead of a crucial debt referendum on July 5. PM Alexis…

9 years ago

Greece Default: Alexis Tsipras Offers New Concessions to Eurozone Partners

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has made a defiant speech as cash withdrawal limits begin to bite for bank customers. Alexis…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Referendum Controversial Question

The question which will be put to Greek voters on July 5 will not be as simple as whether they…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Referendum: PM Alexis Tsipras Asks Greeks to Vote No

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has urged population to reject international creditors' demands in a snap referendum on the country's…

9 years ago

Grexit: EU Leaders Warn Greek People over Bailout Referendum

EU leaders have warned Greek people that rejecting international creditors' proposals in the bailout referendum called for Sunday, July 5,…

9 years ago

Greece Default: Banks Remained Closed as Capital Controls Will Be Imposed

Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras has announced that the Greek banks are to remain closed and capital controls will be imposed.…

9 years ago