Mr Tsipras
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Debate begins as Greek debt relief talks open
- Economy
- May 10, 2016, 01:00
Euro zone finance ministers opened discussions on debt relief for Greece on Monday, but pushed forward a final decision until later this month as Gree(...)

Syriza party members describe new deal as ‘humiliating’
- Europe
- July 14, 2015, 01:01
A far-left faction in Greece’s ruling Syriza party denounced the bailout deal as a “humiliation” as the leadership fought to contain a ripple of defe(...)

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras faces an uphill struggle to prevent a rebellion in the Syriza party if he accepts a deadline by Wednesday to adopt(...)

Mood in Berlin is Titanic as Angela Merkel’s CDU turns 70
- Europe
- June 30, 2015, 01:00
As Germany’s political leaders gathered yesterday to celebrate the 70th birthday party of Angela Merkel’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the(...)

Merkel holds crisis meetings on looming Athens default
- Europe
- June 29, 2015, 01:00
Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold emergency meetings today with German political party leaders, and parliamentarians of her Christian Democratic Unio(...)

Schäuble says Greece default, euro exit looks inevitable
- Europe
- June 28, 2015, 11:37
German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble - looking like he’d aged a decade in a week - summed up the latest twist in the Greek crisis on the evening (...)

Syriza accuses creditors of endangering efforts to avoid a default
- Economy
- June 25, 2015, 01:00
Greece’s ruling Syriza party has rounded on the country’s international lenders, accusing them of jeopardising efforts to avert a Greek default by (...)

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that a deal on the Greek crisis is needed within the coming days but he played down the possibility of a definitive agre(...)

Why Greece should choose euro zone exit rather than dependence
- Opinion
- June 16, 2015, 04:40
The narrative of the euro zone crisis, the epicentre of which is Greece, has been airbrushed. Germany’s insistence that the 2012 bailout programme is (...)

Alexis Tsipras in Brussels for talks on Greek reforms
- Economy
- June 3, 2015, 21:01
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras arrived in Brussels on Wednesday night for talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in a bid(...)