Left has to ‘step up,’ says opposition chief

Speaking during a "fireside chat" at the Delphi Economic Forum on its opening day Wednesday, Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras noted that the big challenge for the country as it heads to general elections next month is "not whether we will remain in Europe, but whether we will become Europe, whether we will become a normal European country."

"The country is looking increasingly like a totalitarian regime of the former Eastern block than a European state," the SYRIZA leader said, accusing governing New Democracy of being a "brotherless party," which appears "not so much unwilling as an unable" to cooperate with others.

'An investor knows all too well that Greece has a justice system under which they may have to wait 10 years to get a judgment. That is a major problem'

Calling on voters to give SYRIZA a "strong mandate to form a...