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Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to launch a third bailout programme for Greece, Belgian Finance Minister Johan van Overtveldt told Reuters after a meeting of the Eurogroup in Brussels.

Greek lawmakers finally voted through the country's third international bailout today after a bitter all-night debate, hours before European finance ministers were due to meet to approve the deal with Germany digging in its heels.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned today that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".

Greek lawmakers will hold an emergency parliament session today for a crucial vote on ratifying a hurriedly-concluded bailout deal, but Germany - Europe's de facto paymaster - has cast doubt on the agreement.

A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has not raised the possibility of Greece exiting the Eurozone at crisis talks in Brussels discussing aid for Athens, Greek government officials said on Saturday.

Talks on a new Greek bailout are "very difficult" but eurozone finance ministers are still working for a deal, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Saturday after the discussions were halted for the night.

Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told a press conference that Jean-Claude Juncker, Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi and Jeroen Dijsselbloem would discuss the plan in a conference call at 1100 GMT.

The eurozone's poorer former communist nations, having themselves endured painful market reforms and austerity programmes, are taking a hard line on Greece after its people voted to reject bailout terms.

Leaders from Greece and other eurozone countries are looking to see if there is a way to resolve the struggling country's ongoing debt crisis, following a resounding rejection by Greeks of the latest bailout conditions.

The eurozone's poorer former communist nations, having themselves endured painful market reforms and austerity programmes, are taking a hard line on Greece after its people voted to reject bailout terms.

Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said today the results of Greece's resounding 'No' to further austerity measures has brought Europe "no closer to a solution" to Athens' financial situation.

Greece's maverick finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who announced his surprise resignation on today, achieved near-celebrity status with an urban-cool image and visceral attacks on the country's international creditors.

Eurogroup ministers expect fresh reform proposals from the Greek government in talks on Tuesday, a statement said on Monday, a day after Greeks overwhelmingly rejected terms demanded by creditors.

The special meeting comes as Brussels reels with the implications of what the head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 19-country block, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, called a "very regrettable" decision.

Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to launch a third bailout programme for Greece, Belgian Finance Minister Johan van Overtveldt told Reuters after a meeting of the Eurogroup in Brussels.

Greek lawmakers finally voted through the country's third international bailout today after a bitter all-night debate, hours before European finance ministers were due to meet to approve the deal with Germany digging in its heels.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned today that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".

Greek lawmakers will hold an emergency parliament session today for a crucial vote on ratifying a hurriedly-concluded bailout deal, but Germany - Europe's de facto paymaster - has cast doubt on the agreement.

A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has not raised the possibility of Greece exiting the Eurozone at crisis talks in Brussels discussing aid for Athens, Greek government officials said on Saturday.

Talks on a new Greek bailout are "very difficult" but eurozone finance ministers are still working for a deal, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Saturday after the discussions were halted for the night.

Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told a press conference that Jean-Claude Juncker, Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi and Jeroen Dijsselbloem would discuss the plan in a conference call at 1100 GMT.

The eurozone's poorer former communist nations, having themselves endured painful market reforms and austerity programmes, are taking a hard line on Greece after its people voted to reject bailout terms.

Leaders from Greece and other eurozone countries are looking to see if there is a way to resolve the struggling country's ongoing debt crisis, following a resounding rejection by Greeks of the latest bailout conditions.

The eurozone's poorer former communist nations, having themselves endured painful market reforms and austerity programmes, are taking a hard line on Greece after its people voted to reject bailout terms.

Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said today the results of Greece's resounding 'No' to further austerity measures has brought Europe "no closer to a solution" to Athens' financial situation.

Greece's maverick finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who announced his surprise resignation on today, achieved near-celebrity status with an urban-cool image and visceral attacks on the country's international creditors.

Eurogroup ministers expect fresh reform proposals from the Greek government in talks on Tuesday, a statement said on Monday, a day after Greeks overwhelmingly rejected terms demanded by creditors.

The special meeting comes as Brussels reels with the implications of what the head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 19-country block, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, called a "very regrettable" decision.