Greece debt crisis: Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader

Greece's top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month.

   President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms Thanou after efforts to form a coalition failed. Last week, Alex Tsipras resigned as prime minister to seek a new mandate for office.

   Ms Thanou, 65, becomes Greece's first female prime minister. Elections are expected to be scheduled for 20 or 27 September. Ms Thanou's appointment ends a week of fruitless negotiations as opposition party leaders tried unsuccessfully to form a government.

Πηγή: bbc.com