Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

It's not every day you get to sit down with a living legend of European politics. Felipe Gonzalez, prime minister of Spain for four consecutive terms (1982-96), was in the Greek capital last week to receive the City of Athens Democracy Award in the context of the annual Athens Democracy Forum. Before the ceremony, Kathimerini had the opportunity to interview him on a wide range of topics.

Former parliamentary speaker Zoe Constantopoulou, who broke away from SYRIZA in 2015 and formed her own far-left party, is taking legal action against President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras for purportedly not seeking war reparations from Germany.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday the country was emerging from crisis after eurozone finance ministers threw a new credit lifeline and offered more detail on possible debt relief.

Greece's main opposition New Democracy party has widened its lead over ruling SYRIZA, according to a poll by Pulse for news website Action24.

The survey indicates that support for the conservatives stands at 30 percent against 17 percent for the leftists.

Greece's armed forces on Wednesday declared three days of mourning on the orders of Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over a helicopter crash earlier in the day that killed four army officers and injured one.

The Huey UH-1H went down north of the town of Elassona in northern Greece during what officials said was a routine border patrol flight.

Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu continued his provocative statements against Greek official after the attack against the President of Greece, ProkopIS Pavlopoulos. This time the top Turkish diplomat targeted Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos calling him a “racist” and a “spoilt brat”.

The decision reached by Greece's main opposition New Democracy party to just vote present in a parliamentary vote provoked by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Thursday was the right one.

It is ludicrous for consensus to be sought only when this serves the communication strategy of the coalition SYRIZA-Independent Greeks administration.

In a meeting with Syriza parliamentarians Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras acknowledged the frustration and disappointment of society as reflected in the latest polls, but strenuously ruled out early elections, leveling criticism against New Democracy opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Greece was the last bastion of stability in a region facing multiple crises and it was time for lenders and Germany to keep their promises regarding the country's debt, so that a positive signal is transmitted to markets and investors, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras told France 24 in a televised interview on Friday.

The Greek government on Thursday said no contact had been made between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and former US President Bill Clinton in the early days following the bailout referendum last year.