SYRIZA president Alexis Tsipras is being touted as the favorite child of the European Left by French newspaper Le Monde, adding that he is often invited by his French and German counterparts.

"A huge political, economic, and defense scandal," was how SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras characterized the contracts for the purchase of six German-designed Type-214 submarines by Greece.

SYRIZA president Alexis Tsipras launched a scathing attack against the govwernment over its education policies, after meting with the board of the union of primary school teachers DOE.