June 12, 2016
4:54 am

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, shakes hands with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas before their meeting in Athens, December 21, 2015. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece will soon recognize Palestinian state, ruling party says

Delegation of Syriza officials make pledge in meeting with politicians in Ramallah, but offer no time frame

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

November 25, 2015
7:50 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on November 25, 2015. (Haim Zach / GPO)

Greek PM and Netanyahu discuss bringing Israeli gas to Europe

Alexis Tsipras says plans underway for gas summit with Cyprus; Netanyahu asserts a ‘natural affinity between Israelis and Greeks’

By Times of Israel staff

September 21, 2015
12:41 am

Leader of the left-wing Syriza party Alexis Tsipras shakes hands with a supporter as he arrives at the headquarters of his party in Athens, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Fotis Plegas G.)

Syriza wins Greek vote with a projected 35.5%

Conservative New Democracy party comes in second with 28%, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn third with 7.1%

By Elena Becatoros and DEMETRIS NELLAS

September 20, 2015
10:47 am

A young man casts his vote in a polling station in Thessaloniki, on September 20, 2015. Greece's maverick leader Alexis Tsipras was fighting for a second chance to govern the struggling Eurozone nation in a tense election with rival conservatives that is proving too close to call. (AFP/ Sakis Mitrolidis)

Polls open in cliffhanger Greek election

Some 10 million voters to select a new government tasked with implementing the bailout plan Athens adopted last month

By AFP

August 14, 2015
1:30 pm

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a parliamentary session in Athens, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Yannis Liakos)

Greek lawmakers back 3rd bailout after all-night debate

$93 billion rescue package, which requires harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, threatens to split ruling Syriza party

By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros

August 9, 2015
2:52 am

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks during an emergency parliament session in Athens, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Athens in ‘intense’ talks to avoid another loan default

Talks over $94 billion bailout enter final stretch as deadline looms for next debt payment by cash-strapped Greece

By AFP

July 23, 2015
4:48 am

Members of the Communist-affiliated PAME labor union gather during an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek parliament tested by dissent ahead of key reform vote

Latest austerity bill, a prerequisite to obtaining new bailout funds for cash-strapped Athens, faces opposition from within ruling Syriza party

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS

July 16, 2015
3:53 am

Riot police try to avoid petrol bombs during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

Greek lawmakers approve austerity bill despite dissent

Tax hikes and spending cuts fuel anger in ruling party; thousands protest outside parliament in demonstration which devolves into violence

By Elena Becatoros and Derek Gatopoulos

July 12, 2015
2:17 am

A demonstrator waves a Greek flag during an anti-austerity rally in central Athens, Friday, July 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Greece struggling to convince creditors it’s for real

As it seeks a third European bailout in five years, Athens aims to show it can push through dramatic reforms

By Pan Pylas and John-Thor Dahlburg

July 5, 2015
9:40 pm

A motorcyclist with his passenger holding a Greek flag passes in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on July 5, 2015, after early results showed those who rejected further austerity measures in a crucial bailout referendum were poised to win. (AFP/ARIS MESSINIS)

Greeks celebrate after rebuffing Europe over debt deal

After over half of the votes tallied, 61% cast ‘No’ ballot in referendum; PM thanks Greeks for making ‘very brave choice,’ opposition leader resigns

By AP and AFP

February 2, 2015
5:32 pm

Greece's new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arrives for a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Athens, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 (photo credit: Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

New Greek finance minister accused of anti-Semitism

In 2005, Yanis Varoufakis was suspended from Australian radio show for promoting ‘negative stereotypes about Jews’

By Raphael Ahren

January 28, 2015
6:06 am

Greek politician Panos Kammenos (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Politician who said Greek Jews don’t pay taxes tapped as defense chief

Panos Kammenos, head of ultranationalist Independent Greeks, joins Syriza coalition

By JTA

January 28, 2015
5:22 am

Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras greets supporters following victory in the election in Athens, Greece, on January 25, 2015. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

New Greek PM is pro-Palestinian, but envoy to Israel predicts ‘only positive things’

Alexis Tsipras slammed Israeli ‘brutality’ in summer war, but incoming FM said last month Greece could mediate between Israel, Palestinians, Iran