Greek government formation, May

A televised interview with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday evening responded to the report in German newspaper Die Welt that described Greece as a “rudderless ship” and accused the government of delaying the implementation of reforms.

“I am an active politician in my country” former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said during an interview with La Razon.

Mr. Samaras lashed out at the government and Prime Minister alexis Tsipras saying “Tsipras destroyed the positive p[perspectives for Greece, which were created by our government during the previous 2.5 years.”

The joint press conference with French President Francois Hollande and Greek Prime Minister was completed shortly after 13:20 following a meeting the two leaders had at Maximos Mansion and the signing of the Greek-French declaration of cooperation.

French President Francois Hollande expressed his full support to the Greek government and praised the brave decision of the Greek people to remain in the euro zone during the first day of his visit to Athens.

Fotis Kouvelis appeared determined to contribute to a “progressive governance” of Greece and talking to Free Sunday newspaper he didn’t rule out an institutional cooperation’ of the United Movement of European Left with, while he criticized the current leadership of Democratic Left.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at 18.00 (local time), as his office said on Wednesday.

According to information, they will discuss the refugee issue and the agreement implementation.

Greece’s Parliament provided a widely expected vote of confidence to the leftist-dominated SYRIZA coalition government shortly before 2 a.m. on Thursday morning. Of the 299 MPs in Greece’s Parliament, 155 voted in favor, 144 against and 1 abstained. The abstention was that of conservative deputy Nikos Dendias, who sent a letter concerning his opinions which did not count towards the voting.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras talked about immigration and economic crisis during his speech at UN General Assembly.

Alexis Tsipras talked about the UN foundation by saying that it has been 70 years since United Nations was established after the most devastating war, noting that UN brought hope for peace.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras talked to The Wall Street Journal about the future goal of Greece which is to return to bond markets soon.

With a fresh mandate from his people after last week's Sunday snap elections, Alexis Tsipras left for the United States on Saturday for a trip that may prove to be very useful for his second time in office.