Greek PM Tsipras quits and calls early polls

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on television Thursday that he is resigning and calling for an early election, BBC reports. The election is reportedly scheduled to occur on September 20, but the date has yet to be confirmed. Tsipras is facing a rebellion...

Greece to hold early elections

Reuters reports Greece is likely to hold snaps election on Sept. 20. Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras is attempting to suppress a rebellion in his leftist Syriza party over the new Greek bailout program he is trying to implement.   Read original...

Greece to sell water, energy firms under EU deal

EU Observer reports Greece is planning to sell stakes in ports, railroads, water and sewer services, oil and gas firms, a phone service and the postal service as part of a privatization deal required by the new bailout package. A large portion of Prime Minister Alexis...

As Greek bailout deal passes, Tsipras faces rebellion

The Greek parliament passed Greece’s new 86 billion euro bailout deal on Friday, but the vote indicated leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may no longer have enough support to maintain a ruling coalition. 118 of the MPs in Tsipras’s coalition supported...