Farewell for now

Greek Prime Minister Alexīs Tsipras announced one-off measures to ease the burden on pensioners and island residents. Tsipras said the government will distribute a total of 617 million €uros this Christmas to some 1.6 million low-income pensioners. In a nationally televised address, Tsipras said the cash will come from a larger-than-expected surplus in Greece’s primary budget, which excludes the cost of servicing the country’s crippling debt.

Alexīs Tsipras (@atsipras)

Before flyng to Cuba to attend Fidel Castro’s funeral, Alexīs Tsipras issued a tweet to pay tribute to his comrade: “Goodbye Comandante. Until the peoples’ eternal victory”.

Boys like you

Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbin)

Equality before the law

Nearly 200 of 300-seat parliament vote in favour of legislation despite opposition from religious groups and rightwing political parties Greece has enacted a human rights bill which allows civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples, despite opposition from political parties and the powerful Orthodox Church.

“Regardless of gender or sexual orientation, all people should have legal right to join their lives together in partnership”, Alexīs Tsipras tweeted. Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Alexīs Tsipras (@tsipras_eu)

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Athens, Greece: The prime minister, Alexīs Tsipras, is congratulated by lawmakers after he survived a no-confidence vote. Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images.

Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem

• Agnese Ananasso, Elezioni Grecia, Tsipras: stasera il giuramento, domani il nuovo governo, R.it, 21 settembre 2015

Greek Superstar Alexīs Tsipras jubilates
Photo: AFP

Zeus

ATENE – Alexīs Tsipras, ingegnere civile e politico di professione, 42 anni, ha vinto ancora una volta la partita a poker e il suo vecchio ministro delle Finanze, Yanis Varoufakis, studioso di teorie dei giochi all’Università del Texas, ha perso la scommessa di vederlo capitolare nelle urne dopo aver fatto marcia indietro con i creditori. [Read more].

• Vittorio Da Rold, Alexīs vince a sinistra, Il Sole 24 ORE, 20 settembre 2015

Alexīs Tsipras
Foto: Daily Mail

Nothing but a Heartbeat

Greek leftist leader Alexīs Tsipras has won the general election, picking up between 33 and 35 percent of the vote, the latest estimates showed Sunday. [Read more].

• AFP, Tsipras wins Greek vote by clear 33-35 percent: exit poll, Yahoo News, September 20, 2015

Alexīs Tsipras

Alexīs Tsipras (@tsipras_eu)

Tertium non datur

• Angela Mauro, Elezioni Grecia. Soccorso rosso per Alexīs Tsipras ad Atene: domani con lui sul palco anche Pablo Iglesias di Podemos, L’Huffington Post, September 17, 2015

Alexīs Tsipras & Pablo Manuel Iglesias Turrión
Photo: AGF

Alexīs Tsipras (@tsipras_eu)

Mission: Impossible II

Alexīs Tsipras (@tsipras_eu)

Alexīs Tsipras
Photo: THETOC (TIMES OF CHANGE)

БРИКС (BRICS)

• WSI, Russia chiede a Grecia di far parte di banca Brics, Wall Street Italia, 12 maggio 2015

Alexīs Tsipras
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Le téléphone pleure

• Grecia, Juncker rifiuta nuovo incontro con Tsipras e si nega al telefono, Il Sole 24 ORE, 7 giugno 2015

Alexis’ Eroica

Non sono tanto simpatici, forse, Jeroen Dijs­sel­bloem, Jean-Claude Junc­ker, Christine Lagarde e Mario Draghi, i rappresentanti dei “creditori” che cercano di far mandar giù alla Grecia una nuova massiccia dose dell’amarissima medicina dell’austerità. [Read more].

• Roberto Giovannini, Alexīs Tsipras è un osso duro, Internazionale, 6 giugno 2015

Alexīs Tsipras

МОПР (MOPR)

• Jack Moore, Greek PM turns to Putin amid IMF payment delay and internal Syriza divisions, Newsweek, June 5, 2015

Alexīs Tsipras

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Not Afraid

Alexīs Tsipras strikes a defiant note as he addresses the Greek parliament on Friday. Tsipras says the Greek government cannot in any way agree to “absurd” proposals that continue austerity, and asks Europe not to humiliate Greece. [Read more].

• Alexīs Tsipras defiant as he addresses Greek parliament – video, The Guardian, June 5, 2015

Απόλλων (Apollo)

• Beda Romano, Grecia verso l’accordo, ma Tsipras è ancora combattivo. A breve nuovo incontro con Juncker e Dijsselbloem, Il Sole 24 ORE, 4 giugno 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexīs Tsipras is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ahead of a meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 3, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Francois Lenoir.

Φειδιππίδης (Pheidippides)

• Grecia, Alexis Tsipras da Jean Claude Juncker per sbloccare la trattativa. Hollande: “Siamo a poche ore dall’accordo”, L’Huffington Post, 3 giugno 2015

Alexīs Tsipras
Photo: The Economic Times

Don Quichotte

• Pro-Kurdish HDP officially invites Greece’s PM Tsipras to election rally, Today’s Zaman, May 11, 2015

• Tsipras‘ Spiel mit dem Feuer, Basische Zeitung, May 11, 2015

The World As I See It

• A. Makris, Greek PM Tsipras in St. Petersburg on 18-20 June, GreekReporter.com, May 11, 2015

• Tim Worstall, Tsipras’ Greek Dilemma; Default Or Betray His Electorate, Forbes, May 10, 2015

χωριάτικη σαλάτα (Greek salad)

Alexīs Tsipras meets Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in Moscow
Photo: (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Tsipras rompe il fronte europeo del gas aprendo la strada alla partecipazione della Grecia a una pipeline russo-turca dopo lo stop al progetto South Stream. [Read more].

Il greco ha incontrato il presidente russo: come temuto dalla Germania, parte il pressing della Grecia contro le sanzioni Ue nei confronti della Russia. Il Cremlino: “Abbiamo radici spirituali comuni. Il nostro è un rapporto speciale, ma non sarà cavallo di Troia per l’Ue”. [Read more].

• Vittorio Da Rold, Tsipras–Putin, asse nell’energia: Grecia pronta a diventare il nuovo hub del gas russo, Il Sole 24 ORE, 8 aprile 2015
• Tsipras cerca la sponda di Putin: “Basta sanzioni alla Russia”, R.it, 8 aprile 2015

猩紅色

Il Sole 24 ORE, 11 febbraio 2015

Alexīs Tsipras