SYRIZA president Alexis Tsipras attempted to dampen things down within the party as a feud has been raging inside the party over statements made By deputy and popular author Petros Tatsopoulos.

A motion for a vote of censure/confidence in the government was tabled by SYRIZA in parliament, on the occasion of police intervention to clear the compound of public broadcaster ERT of occupying former employees.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is in Austin, Texas on Monday November 4, to participate as a guest speaker in a two-day conference being held by the LBJ School of Public Affairs of The University of Texas at Austin, on the subject of "Can the Eurozone be saved".