Alexis Tsipras

The leader of Plefsi Eleftherias says that Kotzias’ resignation reveals a government that conducts foreign policy in a dangerous, incoherent manner that harms Greece

Already, within the government one sees other clashes, related to the priorities of economic and social policy, as well as to the particular electoral strategies of government cadres.

Kotzias declared that the government spokesman is hiding the truth about the reasons for his resignation, and he called upon the prime minister to make public the nine-page resignation letter that he submitted to him on 16 October.

It is by now obvious that the only thing that concerns Mr. Tsipras is to extend as much as possible his stay in power. That is why he had no dilemma in choosing between Kotzias and Kammenos when they clashed openly at the cabinet meeting.

It is historically unprecedented for a prime minister to call upon his ministers to vow not to topple the government, in this case over the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias at a cabinet meeting today unleashed a vitriolic attack against Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, after the latter trashed the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement at an official meeting with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Washington, where he proposed his own Plan B, in lieu of FYROM’s Nato membership, with Balkan alliances that […]

SYRIZA ministers have said that, even without Kammenos, the government can muster an absolute majority both for ratification of the Prespa Agreement, and for a possible no-confidence motion by main opposition New Democracy.

The Left was once in the frontline in the defence of democratic values, and was the first to go to battle, with personal sacrifices in confronting all manner of autarchic thinking and practices. Now that it is in power, the cadres that manage that power not only demean their ideas in order to keep their offices.

Defence Minister Panos Kammenos assumed the mantle of foreign minister and presented his own plan for a Balkan alliance, supported by creating new American bases in Greece.

In an exclusive interview with Ta Nea, FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expresses the conviction that political problems are solved by implementing a new policy, and not by changing borders.

The defence minister is a walking time bomb. In the face of his personal political impasse,he is ready at any given moment to raise tensions, and create turbulence, in order to negotiate his political salvation.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries had been injured following accusations of Russian intervention in Greek domestic affairs, and the consequent expulsion of a pair of diplomats by each side.

'The agreement deals a huge economic blow to businesses and products in northern Greece. It raises issues of competition and certification which produce mutual suspicion, and finally turns into an obstacle to inter-state and commercial relations.'

Tsipras underlined that he accepted the Global Hope Coalition award for Greece's stance on the refugee crisis on behalf of the Greek people, and that it is they who deserve the recognition and praise.

Despite the mixed signals from creditors, which Tsakalotos recognised, he said that, “We have the fiscal space not to cut pensions [as of 1 January, 2019] and not lower the tax-free threshold [as of 1 January 2020].

At the meeting, there were indications of a gradual normalisation of the two countries’ relations, as Erdogan invited Tsipras to Istanbul for talks.

As long as the government walks the tightrope between electoral handouts and ensuring economic stability, there is a growing danger that the country will face a new impasse.

The Independent Greeks party's approach to the FYROM naming agreement has resulted in the party’s complete collapse in opinion polls (with about 1.5 percent).

You feed the public with an alleged “clean hands” approach, even as you are setting up new vested interests

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will travel to New York on 23 September, where he will hold a series of high-level bilateral and multilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. A key focus of the trip will be to lure prospective investment in talks with major institutional investors. In that context, working breakfasts […]