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Monday, 27 May 2019 00:26

Greek PM Tsipras declares snap general election after Europarliament, local govt defeat

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras late Sunday evening said he will declare snap elections for next month, in June, hours after his hard left SYRIZA party suffered a convincing defeat at the hands of center-right New Democracy (ND) party in the European Parliament and local government elections.ΥΓΗ ΕΦ

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Handelsblatt: Tsipras govt may face 'sanctions' by European creditors over abruptly announced relief measures

Handelsblatt on Wednesday cited "heightened opposition" on the part of institutional creditors to an abruptly announced "relief" package by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last week, less than a month before his poll-trailing SYRIZA party faces its first elections since September 2015.

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Tsipras leaves open possibility of snap elections in case of European Parliament loss

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday morning indirectly cited the possibility of a snap election, essentially for the first time during his more than four-year tenure - during an appearance on a morning news program on the state broadcaster.

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