The volatile premier is about to quit in a risky bid to regain control of his leftist party and avert financial meltdown – again – in the crippled country.
Long-suffering Greeks will be called back to the ballot box next month – just seven months after they voted in Tsipras's had-left Syriza party and six weeks after the country held a poll on a new bailout.
Tsipras is due to address the nation shortly.
MORE TO FOLLOW
Comments