Updated - Slovakia rejects the EU's revamped bailout fund, another vote expected

The eurozone was thrown into fresh uncertainty tonight as Slovakia's lawmakers   rejected a revamp of the eurozone's EFSF rescue fund in a crunch vote that also toppled the country's centre-right government which had staked its future on the motion.

Only 55 of 124 lawmakers present in the Chamber voted in favour, while nine were against and 60 did not vote, effectively blocking the fund and toppling the four-party coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Iveta Radicova.

Slovakia was the last country to vote on the ratification of the EFSF, with all the other eurozone countries having approved the draft - Malta being the last to do so yesterday. Unanimity is needed for the draft to come into effect.

The country's leaders said earlier they would try to pass the EFSF revamp in a repeated vote with support from the opposition, but no date has been fixed for that vote yet.

"What we are deciding on today is the good name of Slovakia, reliability, where it will belong... or if we exclude ourselves from the community of the successful," Prime Minister Iveta Radicova said ahead of the vote.

"I beg you, trust this government... the interests and reliability of Slovakia are the most valuable things I know, I have, I offer," she added, her voice trembling with emotion.

After the vote in parliament, Slovakia's leftist opposition Smer-SD said it was ready to team up with the outgoing government to vote in favour of the eurozone EFSF rescue fund in exchange for a snap election.

"Smer is ready to back the EFSF in exchange for a deal on snap election," Smer lawmaker Jan Pociatek said shortly after the centre-right coalition failed to push the EFSF through parliament, adding a repeat vote could take place this week.