Greece Prime Minister

• Greece's New-Found Stability Put to Test as Tsipras on Brink

  Alexis Tsipras to call a confidence vote that could trigger an early election, ending the leftist leader’s four years in power.

• How Europe Is Bracing for Messy Brexit: Dogs, Drones, Do Nothing

  Belgium and the Netherlands leading the way in preparing themselves for Brexit day next March.

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  Greek PM Says Shamed by Europe's Handling of Migrant Crisis

  Greece's prime minister said today he was ashamed to be a member of a European Union he said was passing the buck over the migrant crisis and crying hypocritical tears for the children who have drowned trying to reach the bloc.

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  Greece to Ready Refugee Centres by November as European Union Pledges Help

  Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras said today Athens would upgrade its refugee facilities by November to tackle the growing influx from Syria as the EU pledged 600 extra staff to help.

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  Alexis Tsipras Unveils New Cabinet, Euclid Tsakalotos Gets Finance

  Greece's newly-elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unveiled his new government on Tuesday, giving the crisis-hit country's key finance portfolio to Euclid Tsakalotos and defence to his nationalist coalition ally, the Independent Greeks.

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  Greek PM 'Confident' of Meeting Creditor Demands by Deadline

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday that he was "confident" of meeting an end-of-the-week deadline set by Eurozone leaders to reach a bailout deal or risk leaving the euro.

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  Greek PM Tsipras, Creditors Struggle to Bridge Debt Gaps

  International creditors demanded sweeping changes to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' tax and reform proposals on Wednesday, adding fresh uncertainty to talks aimed at unlocking aid to avert a debt default next week.

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  Alexis Tsipras Flies to Brussels to Try to Bridge Gaps with Greece's Creditor

  Sources close to the negotiations said the creditors had presented counter-proposals to Athens to overcome differences, with euro zone finance ministers due to convene at 1700 GMT to try to approve an agreement.

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  Greek Government to Hold First Talks with European Union Leaders

  Greece's radical new government is to hold its first talks with a foreign dignitary on Thursday, hosting the head of the European parliament a day after announcing moves to roll back austerity measures.

• Greek Prime Minister Uses Paris Attack to Slam Syriza Migration Proposals

  Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras used the deadly Islamist attack on France's Charlie Hebdo magazine in an election campaign speech Wednesday to slam the opposition Syriza party's proposals on immigration.

• Greek Prime Minister caught swearing on camera

  Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Wednesday was caught swearing on camera as he fumbled a long-awaited announcement on tax relief.

• Greek coalition partners talks postponed for a day

  Crucial austerity talks between Greece's coalition party leaders are due to be pushed back until Tuesday.

• World markets wary as Greek talks drag

  In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 0.5 per cent at 5,871.

• Greece poised for further spending cuts

  Greek Prime Minister and other political parties have agreed to further cut spending by 1.5 per cent of GDP

• Interim government will secure debt deal, says Greek PM Papandreou

  Greece's outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou said Wednesday that an agreement had been reached with the opposition on the creation of an interim government that will secure the country's new debt deal.