Flickr/Sascha Kohlmann. Some rights reserved.The Tsipras-Putin meeting captivated the interest of the European media and dominated the attention of the Greek press. This piece briefly summarises the attitudes of Greek newspapers towards the outcome of the meeting and its wider implications.
Of particular importance is to discern the extent to which the coverage of the meeting resonates with the major trends in Greece’s political landscape. A further objective is to assess the degree to which the general mood in the Greek press can be regarded as ‘pro-Russian’ or not. Due to the limitations in space, this article concentrates on selected newspapers that reflect the dominant trends across the Greek party-spectrum.
