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A little over a week after resigning as Prime Minister of Greece, leader of the Syriza Party Alexis Tsipras urged supporters to give him a clear

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Fresh from success in Sunday’s general election, Greece’s new Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras has chaired his first cabinet meeting – setting out the

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Fresh from success in Sunday’s general election, Greece’s new Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras has chaired his first cabinet meeting – setting out the

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Alexis Tsipras is officially the new Prime Minister of Greece. Left-wing, hardline anti-austerity leader Tsipras is a known atheist. As such, the

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Fresh from his Syriza party’s crushing victory at Sunday’s polls in Greece, left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras has struck a deal to govern with a fellow

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The people of Greece are taking in Syriza’s momentous victory in the snap general election. Both Greek and European markets fell on Monday morning

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