Alexis Tsipras
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, protesters throw a petrol bomb at riot police during a student rally against campus policing, in Athens. Faced with a surge in coronavirus infections and a wave of violent anti-government demonstrations, Greece’s center-right prime minister accused political opponents Friday March 12, 2021, of exploiting lockdown fatigue. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Greece: "Lockdown fatigue" blamed for fueling mass protests

By Derek Gatopoulos Mar. 12, 2021 05:19 PM EST

This image provided from Cyprus' press and information office, Greece's Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seen during a press conference after a meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Mitsotakis is in Cyprus for one-day official visit. (Stavros Ioannides, PIO via AP)
Greek PM accused of flouting lockdown rules

Feb. 08, 2021 08:42 AM EST

A nurse holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the COVID-19, at the Attikon University Hospital in Athens, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for a continent confronting its worst health care crisis in a century. (Kostas Tsironis/Pool via AP)
In Greece, ‘vaccination selfies’ anger unions, opposition

Dec. 30, 2020 09:44 AM EST

A worker places Christmas balls on shelves inside a shop , in central Athens, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Despite a significant drop in cases over the past week, authorities have extended the countrywide lockdown to Dec. 14, but have allowed certain shops, including those selling Christmas-related merchandise, to open from Monday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In Greece, political spat over lockdown turns personal

By Derek Gatopoulos Dec. 07, 2020 07:41 AM EST

Riot police walk next a water cannon vehicle kin central Omonoia square central Athens, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Police have detained several people and fired tear gas during scuffles in Athens as hundreds of protesters defied a ban on gatherings of more than three people to mark the anniversary of the crushing of a 1973 student uprising against the military junta then ruling Greece. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Police fire tear gas to break up banned gatherings in Greece

By Elena Becatoros Nov. 17, 2020 05:48 AM EST

A pedestrian wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 walks in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Greece has been experiencing a resurgence of the virus, with the number of new daily cases, most in the Greek capital, often topping 400, and both deaths and the number of those in intensive care units rising. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece: Insolvency overhaul during pandemic triggers spat

Oct. 23, 2020 09:50 AM EDT

A reflection of a man riding an electric vehicle is pictured in a displayed mirror in the Old Bazaar in Skopje, North Macedonia on Thursday, July 16, 2020. The pro-Western SDSM party in North Macedonia is poised to try to form a coalition government following a narrow election victory. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
North Macedonia: Complex coalition talks to follow election

By Konstantin Testorides Jul. 16, 2020 03:24 AM EDT

Riot police try to avoid patrol bombs thrown by protesters outside the Greek Parliament during a demonstration against new protest law in Athens, on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Violence has broken out in Athens during a mass demonstration against plans to curb public protests. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Violence erupts at rally in Greece against new protest law

By Derek Gatopoulos Jul. 09, 2020 05:41 PM EDT