Greece’s new three-party coalition government won a late-night vote of confidence in parliament, ending a period of uncertainty that led to two elections in less than two months.

Greece’s newly installed caretaker prime minister began talks with party leaders ahead of this week’s EU summit that’s expected to focus on ways of kick-starting economic growth across the continent.

Senior judge Panagiotis Pikramenos was named Greece’s caretaker prime minister today, and new elections will be held on June 17, according to reports on state TV.

Greece’s president will meet political party leaders today in a last-chance effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another general election.

Efforts to form a coalition have failed, Greece’s socialist leader and former finance minister said last night.

Efforts to form a coalition government have failed, Greece’s socialist leader and former finance minister said tonight.

Greece’s wrangling politicians were locked in last-ditch efforts today to form a coalition government, with chances of a deal appearing slim.

Hopes have risen slightly that Greece can end its post-electoral deadlock without having to hold new elections, as international partners warned that Athens must stick to its austerity programme or abandon the euro.

Greek power-sharing talks entered a third and final round today, as parties in the crisis-hit country struggled to hammer out a coalition deal after general elections produced no outright winner.

Leftist leader Alexis Tsipras gave up his attempt to form a government yesterday, pushing Greece closer to its second election in a few weeks, after voter rejection of an EU/IMF bailout plunged the country into crisis.

A left-wing party opposed to the terms of Greece’s bailout agreements is trying to form a government after a general election stalemate.

Greece sank deeper into a political and financial morass as initial efforts to form a new coalition government failed, a day after angry voters punished parties backing the country’s international bailout.

The leader of the runner-up party in Greece’s national election, the Radical Left Coalition’s Alexis Tsipras, has rejected a coalition with the winning conservative party.

Greece faces weeks of financial turmoil after voters angry at crippling income cuts punished mainstream politicians, let a far-right extremist group into Parliament and gave no party enough votes to govern alone.

Greece faces days, possibly weeks, of political instability after voters angry at crippling income cuts punished mainstream politicians.

Greeks angered by a vicious and protracted financial crisis punished their two main parties in national elections Sunday, with exit polls projecting them both haemorrhaging support and no party gaining enough votes to form a government.

An exit poll commissioned by Greek media shows three parties are vying for the top spot in the country’s critical parliamentary elections, with no definitive front-runner and none gaining enough votes to form a government.