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The first round of talks between Greekpolitical party leaders chaired by President Karolos Papoulias onthe formation of a coalition government ended fruitless on Sunday,but the dialogue will continue in the evening, local mediareported. In a final bid to form a national unity administration to leadGreece after the May 6 general elections produced no clear winnersand avoid a second round of polls, Papoulias summoned the leadersof the three top ranking parties in the first round of polls whofailed to reach an agreement over the past week. But once again, no deal was clinched during the meeting betweenconservative New Democracy (ND) party chief Antonis Samaras,Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA head Alexis Tsipras and socialistPASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos. Leaving the Presidential mansion in central Athens, Samaras toldreporters that "deliberations will continue," while Venizelos saidthat he remained "cautiously optimistic" as he addressed a meetingof PASOK members a few minutes later. Papoulias is due to hold one-on-one meetings with the leaders ofthe other four parties that entered the new legislature, startingwith Rightist Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos on Sundayevening and continuing with Greek Communist Party GeneralSecretary. This round of talks will finish with the meetings with NikosMichaloliakos, the leader of the neo-fascist Chryssi Avgi, orGolden Dawn, party that made it for first time in the Greekassembly, and Fotis Kouvelis, chief of the Democratic Left partywhich is regarded as a likely coalition partner in a newadministration. Kouvelis has suggested to form a national unity government with atwo-year term which is aimed to keep Greece in the eurozone andrenegotiate with EU and International Monetary Fund lenders sometough austerity terms of two bailout loans agreements clinchedsince 2010 to avert a Greek bankruptcy. ND and PASOK leaders back the plan, but SYRIZA insists on a clearanti-austerity agenda before joining any coalition. If the last round of talks under the President concludes with nodeal clinched, according to the Greek Constitution, Papoulias willappoint the president of the Supreme Court, Council of State orCourt of Audit as prime minister of a caretaker administration thatwill lead the country to new elections in June. According to the latest opinion survey printed on Sunday in localnewspaper "To Vima" (The Tribune), still no party would winabsolute parliamentary majority to rule the debt-laden country inthe new elections. SYRIZA is expected to top the fresh polls with 20.5% of votes upfrom 17% in the May 6 elections, and ND is forecast to rank secondwith 18.1%, slightly down from the 18.9% it secured last Sunday.All other parties will have reduced percentages, according toprojections. Close to 80% of the 1,007 persons who responded in the surveywished for the formation of any administration that would safeguardGreece's eurozone membership, the survey showed. Related: Greek coalition gov't talks collapse ATHENS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Marathon talks among parliamentaryparties in debt-ridden Greece for the formation of a coalitiongovernment after the May 6 general polls collapsed on Friday, withthe prospect of fresh elections in June seeming more likely, Greekmedia reported. Full story Greek government talks stall, new elections loom ATHENS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A national unity government to leadrecession-hit Greece after the May 6 general elections was stillnot in sight by Friday, as talks amongst party leaders dragged on,raising prospects of a second round of election in June. Antonis Samaras, head of the conservative New Democracy party whichtopped Sunday's polls on Friday briefly expressed hope that acoalition administration could be formed under the mandate ofsocialist PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos whose party rankedthe third in the election. Full story Greek socialist leader in bid to form coalition government ATHENS, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Greek socialist party PASOK leaderEvangelos Venizelos became on Thursday the third party chief infour days to launch a bid to form a coalition administration, afterthe May 6 national elections gave no party a clear parliamentarymajority. Full story Greek left-wing leader fails coalition bid ATHENS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Greek Radical Left SYRIZA leader AlexisTsipras said on Wednesday that he has failed to forge a coalitiongovernment, the second bid since the debt-laden country'sfragmented election. "We cannot form a government of the Left. We will hand back themandate to President Karolos Papoulias Thursday," Tsipras said,passing the task to the third-placed PASOK party, led by EvangelosVenizelos. Full story Greek conservatives fail to form coalition gov't ATHENS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Greek conservative New Democracy (ND)party leader Antonis Samaras said on Monday that he failed to forma national government of the debt-laden country, handing the taskto the leftist Syriza party. Samaras, as chief of the party that ranked first with about 19percent of votes, had received the exploratory mandate fromPresident Karolos Papoulias earlier on Monday afternoon. Full story. 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