Sunday’s crucial summit on the Greek debt crisis will start when eurozone leaders gather at 4 p.m. local time in Brussels, or 10 a.m. Eastern Time, the EU Council press service said Thursday. That 19-country Euro Summit will be followed by a European Council meeting of all 28 EU members, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. local time, or noon Eastern. Greece has been given until the meetings on Sunday to hash out a bailout deal with its creditors, or face bankruptcy and an exit from the euro.
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