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Polls open in Greece’s first post-bailout general election

ATHENS, July 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Polls opened in Greece’s first national
election of the post-bailout era Sunday, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras’s Syriza party expected to be ousted by the conservative opposition.

Polling stations opened at 07:00 am (0400 GMT) and will close at 07:00 pm
with 9,903,864 Greeks having the right to vote, according to the Athens News
Agency.

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