He was sworn-in in a civil ceremony without the Church or any clergy present. I’m still unsure about this guy — as happy as I am about a SYRIZA victory — but this was a cool and definitive statement. The Church of Greece needs to know its place — in church.
Alexis Tsipras is sworn-in. Photograph: Simela Pantzartzi/EPA (click)
Don’t understand the need to form a coalition with a member of a far-right, anti-immigrant party to gain majority in parliament. Wasn’t there some docile old communist they could’ve taken out of the moth-balls? But I guess strange bed-fellows is something we have to live with.
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Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal 
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