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  Angela Merkel Presses For Early Start Of EU Refugee Returns To Turkey

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today the European Union must be ready to start returning migrants from Greece to Turkey rapidly to avoid a "pull factor" before the new system takes effect, although EU leaders had set no start date.

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  Greek Conservatives Elect New Leader To Challenge PM Alexis Tsipras

  Greek conservatives elected Kyriakos Mitsotakis as their new leader on Sunday, hoping he can revive their fortunes and challenge leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, still popular despite opting for austerity.

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  Greek Conservative Party to Elect New Leader on November 22

  The Greek opposition conservative New Democracy party, runners-up in the last election, on Thursday said they would elect a new leader on November 22.

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  Alexis Tsipras: on the Cusp of a Second Chance?

  The first radical-left leader to win office in the EU, Alexis Tsipras has steered crisis-hit Greece through seven chaotic months, but his U-turn deal with the country's creditors could prove a challenge to his bid for a comeback on Sunday.

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  Greek Coalition Process Crawls as Election Calls Accelerate

  Greek opposition leaders made zero progress on Sunday as they pressed on with trying to form a new coalition, despite appeals from home and abroad for a rapid move to elections so the country can deal with its simultaneous economic and humanitarian crises.

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  Greek Opposition Party Leader to Get Mandate to Form Government Friday

  Greece's main opposition party leader Vangelis Meimarakis will meet the country's president Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday morning to receive a mandate to form a new government, an official from Meimarakis' New Democracy party said.

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  Greek Ruling Party Heads Toward Split Before Bailout Vote

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party looked set to split after the leader of its far-left faction called on Thursday for a new movement to fight a bailout deal that lawmakers are expected to vote on in the coming hours.

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  On Reform, Europe Asks Greece to Go Where Many Fear to Tread

  Greece's new bail-out deal imposes a stiff dose of budget rigour and market deregulation which critics say few leaders of Western Europe's biggest nations have dared serve their own voters.

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  British Prime Minister David Cameron Pitches New European Deal

  British Prime Minister David Cameron told European Union leaders on Thursday that he needed a new deal to keep Britain as a member, opening a struggle over the bloc's future at a summit preoccupied with keeping Greece from crashing out.

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  Greece Submits Fresh Plan on Eve of EU Emergency Summit

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented new proposals to European leaders today aimed at ending his country's debt crisis, on the eve of a summit that could determine whether Greece crashes out of the eurozone.

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  Greek Government to Hold First Talks with European Union Leaders

  Greece's radical new government is to hold its first talks with a foreign dignitary on Thursday, hosting the head of the European parliament a day after announcing moves to roll back austerity measures.

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  Greece Angered by Threat of Fresh Sanctions on Russia

  Greece's new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras distanced himself on Tuesday from a threat by EU leaders to impose further sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, saying Athens was not consulted about the warning.

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  Alexis Tsipras Sworn In As Greek Prime Minister

  Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on Monday as the Prime Minister of a new hardline, anti-bailout government determined to face down international lenders and end nearly five years of tough economic measures. Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on Monday as the Prime Minister of a new hardline, anti-bailout governmen...

• Greek court orders to reopen state TV, compromise expected soon

  A Greek court has ordered the state broadcaster back on air while it is restructured, allowing squabbling coalition leaders to move towards a compromise that avoids early elections.

• Greece crisis: Leaders to pick new PM after power-sharing deal

  The leaders of Greece's two biggest parties are due to resume talks Monday to agree on who should be the country's new prime minister, after reaching a historic power-sharing deal to push through a massive financial rescue deal and prevent imminent bankruptcy.