Greece’s left-wing government saw its majority cut to just six seats in parliament on Thursday following dissent over an austerity vote.

The first 30 refugees to be relocated from Greece have boarded a plane in Athens bound for Luxembourg.

Greece must implement its bailout programme fast to achieve its main aim of regaining access to market financing and escaping international supervision, re-elected leftist prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said.

Greece’s newly re-elected prime minister has pledged to fast-track negotiations with international bailout creditors so the country can be in a position to get some much-needed debt relief.

Alexis Tsipras has received the formal mandate to form a government for the second time this year, after his left-wing Syriza party won Greece’s elections with an unexpectedly wide margin.

Jubilant supporters of Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party cheered, waved party flags and danced Sunday after the party comfortably won Greece’s third national vote this year despite a rebellion within his party over his acceptance of a painful third international bailout.

Exit polls in Greece’s early election show the left-wing Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras likely winning, but falling short of an absolute majority needed to form a government.

Greeks were voting in their third national polls this year, called on to choose who they trust to steer the country into its new international bailout.

Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem urged Greece yesterday to hold elections as soon as possible to avoid delays in implementing a third bailout package.

Greece’s president will ask opposition leaders to form a new government, after a party rebellion over a bailout deal forced Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call early elections next month.

Tsipras resigns but eyes strong return in vote.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said he is stepping down and calling early elections after suffering a rebellion within his left-wing Syriza party over the country’ new bailout programme.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras will call early elections for next month, government officials said, as he tackles a rebellion by hardliners in his governing party who oppose the terms of the country’s new bailout.

Greece and its international lenders reached a multibillion-euro bailout agreement yesterday, potentially saving the country from financial ruin.

Greek firefighters have battled large fires in the south, on the outskirts of Athens and on an island near the capital as flames fed by strong winds forced the evacuation of villages and summer camps.

Greek MPs have voted overwhelmingly to approve a harsh austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors, despite significant dissent from members of prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing party.

People may not like bankers or capitalism, but they like being better-off and won’t vote to be poorer, says Victoria White

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a revolt in his left-wing party and strike calls from workers as he battles to win a parliament vote on a bailout deal to prevent the country’s economy from collapse.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras faces open revolt from some of his own ministers as he seeks support for a bailout deal that, while saving the country from financial collapse, will cause years of pain for Greece.

On the second day following the Greek debt agreement, markets posted further modest gains, but continued to worry whether the €86bn bailout accord will stick in the coming weeks, analysts warned yesterday.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a battle to cling on to his government's majority.

Angela Merkel said: “The most important currency has been lost: that is trust and reliability.”

With eurogroup finance ministers talking tough and still no deal sealed with Greece by yesterday evening, investors are being warned of choppy waters ahead for markets in the coming days.

Alexis Tsipras’s decision to resort to democracy by referendum saw him leaning to the ‘laos’ of the mob and promoting the worst version of Greek politics, writes Bernard-Henri Lévy.

Cutting Greece’s debt is likely to prove the core issue in the negotiations over the next few days with all sides under pressure on the issue.

Greece has lurched into uncharted territory and an uncertain eurozone future after voters overwhelmingly rejected demands by international creditors for more austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s plan to hold a referendum tomorrow on creditors’ demands for austerity has prompted a breakdown in talks with lenders, forced Greece to shut banks, and left its future in the eurozone in doubt.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has vowed to press ahead with his country’s bailout referendum on Sunday.

A breakthrough may be on the cards in the crisis over Greece's future in the Eurozone.

The lack of any 11th-hour breakthrough in talks between Athens and key eurozone leaders meant markets were little riled by the failure of Greece to meet the repayment to the IMF due yesterday.

Greece’s international bailout has expired, and with it any access the country could have to existing financing from its eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund.

Greece has slipped deeper into its financial abyss, with the bailout programme it has relied on for five years set to expire and the country due to become the first developed nation to miss a payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Defiant Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has urged his people to reject terms set by his country’s creditors, insisting a No vote in Sunday’s referendum would strengthen his negotiating hand.

Greek banks will remain shut for an unspecified time and the country is imposing restrictions on bank withdrawals following a recommendation by the Bank of Greece, the country’s prime minister has said.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has announced he will hold a referendum on whether to accept a bailout deal with the country’s creditors.

It is reported Greece has been offered a six-month bailout extension in return for agreeing to more austerity measures.

Greece’s government has defended the billions worth of “harsh” new budget savings it has offered in talks with creditors, as some of the governing party’s own lawmakers spoke out against them.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has presented a new bailout agreement proposal ahead of a crucial emergency eurozone summit.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras is banking on a political deal to save his country with just days to go to prevent default.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says demands by the country’s rescue lenders to slash pensions are “incomprehensible” and warned that a failure in bailout talks would hurt all of Europe.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has called on his fractious Syriza party to rally behind the government as time runs critically short to unlock funding from international lenders and avert a debt default.

The Greek Prime Minister has said his country needs debt relief.

Greece delayed repayment of an IMF loan yesterday and a deputy minister said Athens might call snap elections to break an impasse with lenders that threatens to push the country into bankruptcy and out of the euro.

Greece’s prime minister will meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels to discuss his radical left-led government’s proposal to secure a vital, long-overdue agreement with the country’s bailout lenders.