28.01.2019
Minimum wage rises to 650 euros monthly, Tsipras defends Prespes
The hike comes into effect in February, and 24 benefits linked to the minimum wage will also increase by extension.
Alexis Tsipras
28.01.2019
Editorial: Fellow travelers
The Tsipras government along with those of Austria and Italy are the only ones who have lent support to the Maduro regime.
25.01.2019
Tsipras hails new era as Parliament ratifies Prespa Agreement
There were 153 yeas, 146 nays, and one MP who declared himself present. The 145 MPs of ruling SYRIZA were joined by eight independent MPs and some from smaller parties.
22.01.2019
In battle against Prespa Agreement, New Democracy avoids no confidence motion
Top New Democracy cadres have decided against tabling a no confidence motion against the government over its handling of the Prespa Agreement...
20.01.2019
Editorial: The sole path
Access to the markets is not prohibitive for normal economies. No normal economy has been saddled with the straight-jacket of huge primary surpluses.
17.01.2019
Tsipras wins confidence vote, Prespa Accord ratification now
In his speech, Potami MP Yorgos Amyras in parliament declared “You will find the single vote needed in tonight’s confidence vote, but you willl not find 151 votes [to ratify] the Prespa Agreement.”
16.01.2019
Mr. Tsipras’ stratagem
Mr. Tsipras is the second pole of the political system, opposite Mr. Mitsotakis. Moreover, no one can doubt that the other smaller parties on both the right and left will be crushed in the heightened polarisation.
15.01.2019
Tsipras, Mitsotakis cross swords in confidence vote on economy, political ethics, FYROM
Tsipras also accused New Democracy of tolerating the attacks and death threats issued by ND cadres and sent to MPs who plan to support the government.
14.01.2019
Editorial: Countdown
The PM engaged in petty partisan bargaining with his former coalition partner in the hope of ensuring his own interests.
13.01.2019
Kammenos leaves cabinet, Tsipras scampers for parliamentary majority
Kammenos has been replaced by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
13.01.2019
Ruling coalition collapses, Tsipras seeks confidence vote
Kammenos has been replaced as defence minister by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
12.01.2019
Editorial: Opportunism
The climate that the PM and his junior coalition partner have cultivated is a far cry from political stability.
11.01.2019
Editorial: Cycles
The party of the prime minister, SYRIZA, was among the political forces that exploited the indignation citizens and indeed fueled it.
10.01.2019
Merkel praises Tsipras for Prespa Accord, stresses continued reforms
'This is not the end of reforms but rather the beginning. The problems have not entirely been transcended,' Merkel said.
10.01.2019
Editorial: Throwing in the towel
Yesterday it became clear that the prime minister has definitively lost the ability to call the shots with inititiatives on the political stage.
10.01.2019
Parliamentary majority hangs in the balance, snap election possible
At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority
09.01.2019
Mitsotakis declares Tsipras, SYRIZA a threat to democracy
'The dark face of the Tsipras administration casts a heavy shadow on our democracy because when the judiciary is used as a tool for political prosecution democracy is imperiled'.
03.01.2019
Editorial: Preconditions
Minority governments can function effectively in countries in which there is a climate of consensus and in which political culture is not betrayed by divisive rhetoric.
