Tsipras reshapes Greek cabinet in bid to speed up reform
By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised “brighter days” on Saturday after a cabinet reshuffle aimed at speeding up reforms...
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Reshuffle looms as Greek PM, sagging in polls, seeks debt relief
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is considering a cabinet reshuffle to reverse a slump in popularity by sidelining ministers he sees as obstacles to winning...
Greek PM urges lenders to deliver on debt relief, end delays
By George Georgiopoulos and Michele Kambas GREECE signaled on Thursday that it was running out of patience with international lenders sitting on the fence over...
Greek parliament approves austere budget for 2016
By Karolina Tagaris The Greek parliament approved a 2016 budget featuring sharp cuts in spending and some tax increases to satisfy the country’s international lenders...
Striking Greeks take to streets as dissent rumbles over austerity (Updated)
By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Karagiannopoulos Striking Greeks took to the streets on Thursday to protest austerity measures, setting Alexis Tsipras’ government its biggest domestic...
Greece election campaign ends as polls show no clear winner (Updated)
By Michele Kambas and George Georgiopoulos Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday brushed off election polls suggesting his leftist Syriza party might lose to...
Greek Syriza leftists pull slightly ahead of conservatives – poll
Greece’s leftist Syriza party has a 0.6 percentage point lead over the conservative New Democracy party, a Kapa Research poll for To Vima newspaper showed...
Greece’s conservatives edge ahead of Tsipras’ leftist Syriza – Pulse poll
Greece’s conservative New Democracy party received a 27.5 percent support rate, narrowly beating leftist Syriza party’s 27.0 percent, in the latest poll by Pulse for...
Greece’s Syriza to win election but face setback, poll shows (Updated)
By George Georgiopoulos and Angeliki Koutantou Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party after next month’s election but...
Greek far-left leader gives up coalition bid, election near
Greece’s far-left leader on Thursday formally gave up a bid to form a coalition government, allowing the country’s president to finally set a date for...
Greek ruling party edges towards split before bailout vote (Updated)
By George Georgiopoulos and David Stamp Greece’s ruling Syriza party edged towards a formal split on Thursday, hours before rebel leftist lawmakers have promised to...
Tsipras rallies Syriza backing before bailout vote
By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried to rally his leftwing Syriza party on Tuesday ahead of a vote in...
Greece made the wrong choice
By John Lloyd Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has, as Macbeth put it, “strutted and fretted his hour upon the stage”. But he will...
Greek anti-establishment protesters occupy buildings, enter parliament grounds
By Costas Pitas Anti-establishment protesters occupied several public buildings in Greece and briefly entered the grounds of parliament in Athens on Wednesday, calling for the...
Bankrupt magicians have no dignity worth defending
By Loucas Charalambous WHEN GREECE entered the eurozone on January 1, 2001, some analysts were taken by surprise. They all wondered how this country had...
Playing to the gallery
By Hermes Solomon Success can be like a passing cloud; one minute you see it and the next you don’t… Appealing to spectators (readers) for...
Germany condemns Greek cartoon depicting Schaeuble as Nazi
By Alexandra Hudson and Costas Pitas Germany condemned on Friday a cartoon published in a Greek leftist newspaper close to the new ruling party in...
Cypriot government in favour of giving Tsipras time to implement own reforms
By Stelios Orphanides European creditors should give Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras a chance to implement his reform programme which includes scrapping austerity and taxing...
Different delivery, one message to Greece’s new leaders
By Alessandra Galloni and Ingrid Melander In Paris and Rome, it was sugar coated; in Berlin and Frankfurt unequivocal. But the message from European capitals...
Tsipras says Barbaros must leave for talks to resume (Update)
By Jean Christou Greek Prime Minister Alexia Tsipras was quoted on Friday as saying it was important that the Turkish seismic vessel Barbaros leave the...