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Profile: Alexis Tsipras

Alexis Tsipras rose to political stardom as the crisis in Greece blew apart the bipartisan system that had been in place for decades. Born in 1974

Greece

Greek PM Tsipras resigns, requests 'earliest possible' elections

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has resigned. He has asked the president for the earliest possible election. Government sources say the vote will

Greece

'We will not continue a policy of catastrophe' says new Greek PM

The new Greek government has made it plain it is serious about rolling back austerity set itself on a collision course with European partners

World

Greek novice government defies odds on debt

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Greece

Greece: Syriza PM Tsipras sticks to anti-austerity pledges at first cabinet meeting

He promised ‘radical’ change in Greece and, at his first cabinet meeting since winning Sunday’s election, new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to

Economy

Celebrations as Syriza supporters look to a future without austerity

Jubilation in University Square in central Athens as thousands of Syriza supporters celebrated the landmark win by their anti-bailout party Syriza

Greece

Greek elections: SYRIZA on course to win, but may fall short of majority

The collapse of the coalition government saw Greece go to the polls on Sunday, January 25. Exit polls point to a win, but not an overall majority

Greece

Greece election underway; sets up eurozone showdown

Voting underway in a crucial election that could see the anti-bailout Syriza party in power.

Greece

Greeks go to polls in historic election

Voting is underway in Greece’s historic election, which could bring an anti-bailout party to power. Leftist Syriza has led opinion polls for months

Greece

Greece's Syriza would need 40 percent of vote for overall majority

As Greece’s election draws closer, the New Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras remained behind in most opinion polls. With an economy

Greece

Soup kitchens and start-ups share Greece election anxiety

Out in the open air, in the centre of Athens is a soup kitchen. Here the atmosphere is not one of trust in the future, whatever the result of

Greece

SYRIZA widening lead in Greek elections

The man on track to win the Greek elections, Alexis Tsipras has held his final rallying call ahead of Sunday’s vote. The latest polls show his

Europe News

Expat Greeks frustrated over voting rights

Greece might be readying for another election, but Greeks abroad say they feel excluded from this vote. Electoral rules say that you can only cast

Greece

The mood on the streets as Greece gears up for election day

Left-wing party Syriza, which has vowed to cancel austerity measures and renegotiate an international bailout, is leading polls ahead of Sunday's gene

Greece

Young Greeks who have never had a job ponder Sunday's election

The youth vote in Greece could be crucial to the outcome of the elections on January 25, yet more than half of young people are jobless, many have never worked, and many have lived their whole adult l

Europe News

Greece holds its breath as Syriza tops election polls

Greek voters go to the polls again this Friday after the collapse of the current coalition government with opinions polls pointing to a victory for

World

Greek voters crave education and health rescue

Education and health care are core institutions in any society. Greece has always had problems in these vital areas, the debt crisis only made them

Greece

SYRIZA 'will spearhead a pan-European economic reform effort'

Greece

“There’s still time for New Democracy to win the elections” insists Greek Defence Minister

Greece

Greek elections 2015: Summary of the key issues