GREEK DEBT CRISIS

Greek leaders on Saturday sought an explanation from the International Monetary Fund after a WikiLeaks release about the country's financial crisis.

More than 41,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece, their plans to travel north blocked by border shutdowns throughout the Balkans.

The International Monetary Fund wants Greece to introduce additional spending cuts worth $2.75 billion before signing off on a third bailout.

The lenders will start a review Monday of the progress Greece has made in implementing economic reforms it pledged under a massive bailout deal finalized last year.

"There was an agreement on all the milestones ... whatever was required," Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said early Tuesday. The deal would unlock $12.8 billion in aid to the cash-strapped nation.

Police fired tear gas at protesters throwing gasoline bombs Thursday during a nationwide strike following the acceptance of a third bailout.

The Greek state-owned bailout fund will supply at least $11 billion in aid to the country's four largest banks through purchase of convertible bonds and shares.

Although the banks are currently being kept afloat by access to money through the eurozone monetary system, there is a rush to get recapitalization completed.

A new Greek parliament was sworn in on Saturday, and the debt-racked eurozone country faces immensely unpopular measures to free up more aid.

Many Greeks aren't happy with the flood of refugees arriving on their shores, but some are using the new arrivals to their advantage.

This election victory may have been more important than Syriza's first, but party leaders are under no illusions that Greece's problems will be resolved swiftly.

The New Democracy party leader Vangelis Meimarakis has acknowledged defeat in the country's snap parliamentary elections Sunday.

Alexis Tsipras, who led Greece through bitter bailout talks with the country's creditors, stepped down last month.

Political parties trying to form a new government have made no progress.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has provided an irreverent and frank take on Greece's debt crisis.

Greece is set to face its fifth national election in six years after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned Thursday, just after finalizing a bailout deal.

The move comes after Greece narrowly escaped an exit from the 19-member eurozone in July following months of uncertainty.

Greece repaid $3.7 billion to the ECB after receiving $14.5 billion from the European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone’s bailout fund.

The move will provide Greece sorely needed funds just ahead of a deadline to repay the European Central Bank.

The $1.37 billion deal, involving 14 regional airports, comes ahead of a German vote Wednesday on a third bailout package for Greece.