GREECE-ATHENS-GENERAL ELECTION

GREECE-ATHENS-GENERAL ELECTION

(230625) -- ATHENS, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's main opposition party, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, speaks to the media at a polling station in Athens, Greece, June 25, 2023. A second general election was held in Greece on Sunday. (Photo by Marios Lolos/Xinhua)

GREECE-ATHENS-GENERAL ELECTION

GREECE-ATHENS-GENERAL ELECTION

(230625) -- ATHENS, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's main opposition party, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, casts his ballot at a polling station in Athens, Greece, June 25, 2023. A second general election was held in Greece on Sunday. (Photo by Marios Lolos/Xinhua)

GREECE-ATHENS-GENERAL ELECTIONS-VOTE

GREECE-ATHENS-GENERAL ELECTIONS-VOTE

(230521) -- ATHENS, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's main opposition party, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, casts his vote in Athens, Greece, on May 21, 2023. Greeks living in Greece started casting their ballots for the general elections on Sunday. (Photo by Tatiana Bolari/Xinhua)

Greek PM rules out cooperation with socialists after elections

STORY: Greek PM rules out cooperation with socialists after elections DATELINE: May 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his election campaign 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 3. Various of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his election campaign 4. Various shots of Alexis Tsipras, President of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance Party during his election campaign 5. Various shots of Nikos Androulakis, President of PASOK-KINAL (Panhellenic Socialist Movement- Movement for Change) party during his election campaign 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 7. Various file shots of the elections of 2019 in Greece 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 9. various of Greek Parliament from Syntagma square 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 11. Various of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister wit

GREECE-ATHENS-PARLIAMENT-MOTION OF CENSURE

GREECE-ATHENS-PARLIAMENT-MOTION OF CENSURE

(230127) -- ATHENS, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras (Front) addresses the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece, on Jan. 27, 2023. A motion of censure against the Greek government over allegations of extensive wiretapping was outvoted on Friday, Greek national broadcaster ERT has reported. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek largest opposition Syriza party, delivers a speech during a gathering of the party in Athens on Dec. 29, 2014.

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek largest opposition Syriza party, smiles during a gathering of the party in Athens on Dec. 29, 2014.

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek largest opposition Syriza party, raises his fist during a gathering of the party in Athens on Dec. 29, 2014.

Elections in Greece

Elections in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the opposition SYRIZA party, votes in the second round of Greek local elections and European parliamentary elections in Athens, Greece, on May 25, 2014.

Radical Greek leftist leader Tsipras speaks in Athens

Radical Greek leftist leader Tsipras speaks in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's radical leftist party Syriza, delivers a speech at a gathering in Athens on May 22, 2014, as European Union voters cast ballots in European Parliament elections.

Elections in Greece

Elections in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras (R), leader of the radical left SYRIZA party, hugs a supporter after casting his ballot on May 18, 2014, in Athens, Greece, where local government elections were held.

Greek leftist party chief Tsipras at local elections

Greek leftist party chief Tsipras at local elections

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece窶冱 leftwing Syriza party, casts his ballot during the first round of local elections in Greece at a polling station in Athens on May 18, 2014.

Greek radical left leader

Greek radical left leader

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the radical left SYRIZA party, speaks during a rally against the closure of Greek public broadcaster ERT in Athens on June 17, 2013.

General strike in Greece

General strike in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's radical left coalition, is surrounded by reporters in Athens on Nov. 6, 2012. Labor unions began a 48-hour general strike in Greece to protest against austerity measures.

Greek election

Greek election

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, a left-wing group opposing austerity measures for Greece, gives a speech in Athens on June 17, 2012. New Democracy, a conservative party that supports keeping Greece in the eurozone, came first in the day's Greek parliamentary elections, raising the likelihood of a pro-bailout coalition government being formed.

Greece leftist politician Tsipras

Greece leftist politician Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, president of the Synaspismos leftist political party, gives a speech at a rally in Athens on June 14, 2012.

Greece leftist politician Tsipras

Greece leftist politician Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, president of the Synaspismos leftist political party, exchanges greetings with a supporter near Athens on June 8, 2012.

Greek coalition bid

Greek coalition bid

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greek leftist party Syriza, arrives at the office of Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens on May 13, 2012. The president held a series of meetings with Greek political leaders in a bid to broker the formation of a coalition government.

SYRIZA leader Tsipras

SYRIZA leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras (2nd from L), leader of Greece's radical left coalition SYRIZA, walks out of Greek President Karolos Papoulias' office after their meeting in Athens on May 8, 2012.

Greek prime minister in Beijing

Greek prime minister in Beijing

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (2nd from R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd from L) hold a meeting in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 4, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Greek prime minister in Beijing

Greek prime minister in Beijing

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talk during a signing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 4, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Greek prime minister in Beijing

Greek prime minister in Beijing

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a ceremony welcoming Tsipras to China, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 4, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsipras returns to power as left-wing Syriza wins Greek election

Tsipras returns to power as left-wing Syriza wins Greek election

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who leads the ruling Syriza party, makes a stump speech in Athens on Sept. 18, 2015, ahead of the country's general election on Sept. 20. The left-wing party won the largest number of seats in parliament in the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsipras returns to power as left-wing Syriza wins Greek election

Tsipras returns to power as left-wing Syriza wins Greek election

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who leads the ruling Syriza party, smiles during the party's election campaign rally in Athens on Sept. 13, 2015, ahead of the country's general election on Sept. 20. The left-wing party won the largest number of seats in parliament in the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Greek election campaign

Greek election campaign

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who leads the ruling Syriza party, makes a stump speech in Athens on the night of Sept. 18, 2015, ahead of the country's general election on Sept. 20. The leftist party and the major opposition New Democracy party remain neck-and-neck in public opinion polls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Polls project close contest in Greek election

Polls project close contest in Greek election

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C), who leads the ruling Syriza party, smiles alongside supporters at a party campaign rally in Athens on Sept. 13, 2015, ahead of the country's general election on Sept. 20. The leftist party and the major opposition New Democracy party remain neck-and-neck in public opinion polls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Polls project close contest in Greek election

Polls project close contest in Greek election

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who leads the ruling Syriza party, addresses supporters at a party campaign rally in Athens on Sept. 13, 2015, ahead of the country's general election on Sept. 20. The leftist party and the major opposition New Democracy party remain neck-and-neck in public opinion polls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Referendum in Greece

Referendum in Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets the press after casting his vote at a polling station in Athens on July 5, 2015. In a referendum, Greek citizens voted to decide whether the country should accept or reject the austerity terms required for continued international aid. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Leaders of Greek, Spanish far-left parties wave to supporters

Leaders of Greek, Spanish far-left parties wave to supporters

Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, and Pablo Iglesias, secretary general of Spain's leftwing Podemos Party, put their arms on each other's shoulders during the Greek party's convention in Athens on Jan. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Syriza leader Tsipras speaks before general election

Syriza leader Tsipras speaks before general election

Alexis Tsipras, opposition leader and head of Greece's left-wing Syriza party, delivers a speech in Athens on Jan. 22, 2015. The anti-austerity party won the nation's Jan. 25 general election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

SYRIZA leader Tsipras

SYRIZA leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras (2nd from L), leader of Greece's radical left coalition SYRIZA, walks out of Greek President Karolos Papoulias' office after their meeting in Athens on May 8, 2012. (Kyodo)

Greek coalition bid

Greek coalition bid

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greek leftist party Syriza, arrives at the office of Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens on May 13, 2012. The president held a series of meetings with Greek political leaders in a bid to broker the formation of a coalition government. (Kyodo)

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek largest opposition Syriza party, smiles during a gathering of the party in Athens on Dec. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

Greek opposition leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek largest opposition Syriza party, raises his fist during a gathering of the party in Athens on Dec. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)

Greek election

Greek election

Greece's outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks at a press conference in Athens on July 7, 2019, after his left-wing Syriza party lost to the center-right New Democracy party in parliamentary elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo