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Thursday, August 20, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Greece’s Tsipras announces resignation, calls for snap election
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation on Thursday and called for early elections in the crisis-hit country.
“I will shortly meet with the president of the republic and present my resignation and that of my government,” Tsipras said in a televised address to the nation.
Government sources cited by the official news agency ANA said earlier he had proposed elections on September 20.
–AFP
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