Early elections ahead as Greek parliament fails to elect president

Greece's parliament has failed to elect a new president for the country in a third and final round of voting, forcing an early general elections.

Stavros Dimas, former European commisioner and the coalition government's candidate for the post, fell short of the 180 votes of parliament's 300 seats needed to win.

The government now has ten days to dissolve parliament and declare early elections in a move that some fear could endanger the debt-ridden country's international bailout.