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Challenging Task Ahead For Alexis Tsipras After Poll Victory: Greek Media
Greek Prime Minister-elect Alexis Tsipras has reaffirmed his dominance on the political landscape, but now faces the challenging task of building consensus in a fractious society traumatised by years of austerity, local media said today.
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Leaders to Watch in The Greek Election
Two main contenders, three possible kingmakers and a late-night TV personality are the people to watch in Greece's snap elections on September 20, the fifth in six years.
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'We Will Win' Says Tsipras as Greece Vote Goes Down to Wire
Alexis Tsipras wound up his campaign to be re-elected Greek prime minister by declaring his victory would strike a blow for Europe's left, as final polls on Friday gave him a slim lead.
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Former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Plays Down Fears of Fractured Result in Greek Election
Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played down fears on Sunday that a snap election in two weeks would produce a fractured result, saying there were enough undecided voters to produce a clear winner on the day.
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Greek Leftists Put on Brave Face as Poll Shows Conservatives Pulling Ahead
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party said on Thursday it remained confident of winning an outright victory in a Sept. 20 election despite an opinion poll that showed its main conservative rival edging ahead.
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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Resigns to Pave Way For Snap Election
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece's creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.
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Greece Warns of Referendum Ahead of Debt Deal Meeting
Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis upped the stakes sharply ahead of tomorrow's crucial Eurogroup meeting in Brussels by raising the prospect of new Greek elections or even a referendum on any debt deal.
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Germans in Shock as New Greek Leader Starts With a Bang
In his first act as Prime Minister on Monday, Alexis Tsipras visited the war memorial in Kaisariani where 200 Greek resistance fighters were slaughtered by the Nazis in 1944.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Expects Greece to Keep Commitments: Spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the new Greek government to uphold its commitments to international creditors, her spokesman said today after the electoral triumph of Greece's anti-austerity leftists.
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Polls to 'Determine Whether Greece Stays in Europe': Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said today that a snap election planned for next month would determine whether the country remains part of the eurozone or not.
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Greek conservative head Antonio Samaras sworn in as Prime Minister
Greek conservative party head Antonis Samaras was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday at the helm of a three-party coalition that will uphold the country's international bailout commitments.
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Greeks vote for the second time in a cliffhanger euro election
Elections are supposed to determine the will of the people, to set a nation on a new course with a government that enjoys the mandate of the majority. In splintered Greece, the vote on Sunday is shaping up as a challenge to this time-honored rule of democracy.
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Greek president in last-ditch coalition effort
Greece's president will meet with political party leaders on Sunday in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another general election. Karolos Papoulias took the step on Saturday after socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos officially gave up the mandate to form a coalition government after three rounds of negotia...
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Greek govt talks fail, country closer to new vote
Deeply divided over the value of austerity measures, Greece's wrangling politicians have failed to form a new coalition government, leaving only one more meeting with the country's president before new elections are scheduled for June.
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Challenging Task Ahead For Alexis Tsipras After Poll Victory: Greek Media
Greek Prime Minister-elect Alexis Tsipras has reaffirmed his dominance on the political landscape, but now faces the challenging task of building consensus in a fractious society traumatised by years of austerity, local media said today.
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Leaders to Watch in The Greek Election
Two main contenders, three possible kingmakers and a late-night TV personality are the people to watch in Greece's snap elections on September 20, the fifth in six years.
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'We Will Win' Says Tsipras as Greece Vote Goes Down to Wire
Alexis Tsipras wound up his campaign to be re-elected Greek prime minister by declaring his victory would strike a blow for Europe's left, as final polls on Friday gave him a slim lead.
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Former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Plays Down Fears of Fractured Result in Greek Election
Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played down fears on Sunday that a snap election in two weeks would produce a fractured result, saying there were enough undecided voters to produce a clear winner on the day.
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Greek Leftists Put on Brave Face as Poll Shows Conservatives Pulling Ahead
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party said on Thursday it remained confident of winning an outright victory in a Sept. 20 election despite an opinion poll that showed its main conservative rival edging ahead.
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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Resigns to Pave Way For Snap Election
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece's creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.
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Greece Warns of Referendum Ahead of Debt Deal Meeting
Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis upped the stakes sharply ahead of tomorrow's crucial Eurogroup meeting in Brussels by raising the prospect of new Greek elections or even a referendum on any debt deal.
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Germans in Shock as New Greek Leader Starts With a Bang
In his first act as Prime Minister on Monday, Alexis Tsipras visited the war memorial in Kaisariani where 200 Greek resistance fighters were slaughtered by the Nazis in 1944.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Expects Greece to Keep Commitments: Spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the new Greek government to uphold its commitments to international creditors, her spokesman said today after the electoral triumph of Greece's anti-austerity leftists.
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Polls to 'Determine Whether Greece Stays in Europe': Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said today that a snap election planned for next month would determine whether the country remains part of the eurozone or not.
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Greek conservative head Antonio Samaras sworn in as Prime Minister
Greek conservative party head Antonis Samaras was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday at the helm of a three-party coalition that will uphold the country's international bailout commitments.
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Greeks vote for the second time in a cliffhanger euro election
Elections are supposed to determine the will of the people, to set a nation on a new course with a government that enjoys the mandate of the majority. In splintered Greece, the vote on Sunday is shaping up as a challenge to this time-honored rule of democracy.
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Greek president in last-ditch coalition effort
Greece's president will meet with political party leaders on Sunday in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another general election. Karolos Papoulias took the step on Saturday after socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos officially gave up the mandate to form a coalition government after three rounds of negotia...
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Greek govt talks fail, country closer to new vote
Deeply divided over the value of austerity measures, Greece's wrangling politicians have failed to form a new coalition government, leaving only one more meeting with the country's president before new elections are scheduled for June.
