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• Greek leftist Tsipras returns in unexpectedly decisive vote win

  Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory on Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece's battered economy to recovery.

• Greek PM Tspiras faces party revolt over bailout deal

  Greece's leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces a showdown with rebels in his own party on Tuesday furious at his capitulation to German demands for one of the most sweeping austerity packages ever demanded of a euro zone government.

• Five Greek Syriza hardliners say prefer drachma to austerity

  Five hardliners in Greece's ruling Syriza party said on Friday dropping out of the euro zone and a return to the drachma was preferable to a deal with international creditors laced with austerity and without any provision for debt relief.

• Greek officials play down snap election option in debt stand off

  Greek government officials on Saturday played down the possibility of early elections to break an impasse with the country's creditors the day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras dismissed the lenders' latest cash-for-reforms offer.

• Greek government denies finance minister Varoufakis to resign

  Greece's outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is not planning to resign, two Greek government officials said on Friday, denying a report in Germany's Bild newspaper.

• Greek leftists Syriza aim for landmark election win

  Greeks began voting on Sunday in an election expected to bring in a government led by the leftwing party Syriza, which has pledged to take on international lenders and roll back painful austerity measures imposed during years of economic crisis.

• Greece formally dissolves parliament ahead of election

  Greece formally dissolved parliament on Wednesday ahead of a general election on Jan. 25 that has cast its international bailout into doubt and set financial markets on edge just as the euro zone grapples with renewed signs of weakness.