Greek Pm Alexis Tsipras

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  Greek Conservatives Oust PM Alexis Tsipras In Election Landslide

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted defeat Sunday in a general election won handily by the conservative New Democracy party after over four years in opposition, his office said.

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  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Says Will Call Snap Elections After June 2

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday he would call for early polls next month after a drubbing at European and local elections.

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  Greek PM's Words Mean Little To Fire-Stricken Ones Standing On Ashes

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced mounting criticism on Saturday after wildfires that killed at least 88 people plunged Greece into grief just as it was healing from years of painful bailouts.

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  Invest In Greece, You Won't Regret It, Says Greek PM

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged French businesses on Friday to invest in Greece, as it emerges from its debt crisis, and assured them that they would not regret it.

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  Greek PM Tells Erdogan Soldiers Asylum Requests To Be Examined 'Quickly'

  Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan the asylum requests of Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece on Saturday would be examined "quickly," a Greek government official said.

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  Greek PM To Seek EU Summit On Creditor Talks: Sources

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will today ask European Council president Donald Tusk to call an EU summit to help facilitate negotiations with the debt-ridden country's creditors, a government source said.

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  Greek PM Says Readmission Agreement With Turkey Will Help Reduce Migrant Flow

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday that an agreement with Turkey to take back migrants rejected by the European Union would help reduce the "unbearable flow" of people streaming into the continent.

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  Protesting Greek Farmers Meet PM After Month Of Blockades

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and representatives of some protesting farmers failed today to find an immediate solution to a month-long blockade of the country's highways.

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  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Vows To Implement Pension Reform At Anniversary Rally

  Leftwing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, at a rally Sunday to mark a year in power, stood by a vow to overhaul the country's pension system despite fierce opposition.

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  Greek Conservatives Elect New Leader To Challenge PM Alexis Tsipras

  Greek conservatives elected Kyriakos Mitsotakis as their new leader on Sunday, hoping he can revive their fortunes and challenge leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, still popular despite opting for austerity.

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  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Takes on Turkey's Ahmet Davutoglu on Twitter

  A highly unusual online exchange took place on Twitter between the prime ministers of Greece and Turkey late Sunday before the former deleted his tweets - but only from the English version of his account.

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  Greek PM in Turkey to Discuss Migrant Crisis

  Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras held talks today with the Greek orthodox patriarch as he embarked on his first official visit to Turkey set to be devoted to grappling with the huge flow of refugees entering his country from Turkish territory.

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  Greek PM Says Shamed by Europe's Handling of Migrant Crisis

  Greece's prime minister said today he was ashamed to be a member of a European Union he said was passing the buck over the migrant crisis and crying hypocritical tears for the children who have drowned trying to reach the bloc.

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  Greek Parliament Approves Reform Bill Ahead of Bailout Review

  The Greek parliament approved an omnibus bill on Friday cutting pensions, raising the retirement age, increasing punishment for tax evasion and liberalising the energy market ahead of the first review of the country's new bailout later this month.

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  Greek PM Says First Bailout Review Must be Concluded Within November

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told lawmakers early on Thursday that Athens must conclude the first review of its new international bailout within November, to start talks over a debt relief before the end of the year.