Greece

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed on Wednesday the ambitious investment by German automaker to the island of Astypalaia a "vote of confidence in Greece." Volkswagen, in cooperation with Greece, announced it will launch an innovative project to bring climate-neutral mobility...

Procedures for a vote of confidence in the government were set in motion on Sunday following an announcement by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that he will seek to renew Parliament's mandate so that his government can complete its term...

Travel industry giant TUI on Monday sent a message of confidence in Greece and the Greek tourist product, while presenting its winter program to German journalists in Hania, Crete. Despite the crisis being played out in the country and the...

Nearly six in 10 Greeks give the government a "vote of confidence" according to the findings of an ALCO poll unveiled on Tuesday, on the website topontiki.gr Replying to a question "Would you personally give the Greek government a vote...

Yet another historic event occurred tonight in the Greek Parliament, where the SYRIZA-led coalition government, the first leftist government in the history of Greece, secured its first parliamentary vote of confidence after the January 25 snap elections. The newly...

The three-day parliamentary debate ended tonight with the majority of MPs voting in favor of the Greek coalition government. 155 MPs voted "yes," 131 voted "no" and 2 voted "present." As the parliamentary debate over the vote of confidence began, internal divisions within...

The Greek parliament has started a three-day debate on a vote of confidence motion proposed by the government in a bid to rally the support of its own legislators. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' conservative-led coalition, which is halfway through its...

It is nothing but ironic that the once-mighty conservative New Democracy party celebrated its 40th anniversary amidst a whirlwind of public disaffection, internal arguments, a second-place running in the polls and an electorate spiraling to less than 20% of all Greeks. Meanwhile, the ruling...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras plans to request a vote of confidence on Monday, prompting a three-day debate which is likely to commence on Wednesday. The Prime Minister's decision – supported by government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos – was announced...

The outcome of the Samaras - Venizelos meeting concluded in the mutual decision of the government to request a vote of confidence next Monday. This was decided by the two leaders in order to give an end to rumors about...

A new poll carried out by Greek Statistical Service MRB Hellas for Greek news-portal newsit.gr reveals that the Greek people have faith in the judicial system and want to stay in the eurozone. The results of the poll indicate that...

Parliament will hold a vote of confidence in Greece's new transition government at noon on Wednesday, after a three-day debate of new prime minister Lucas Papademos' policy statement. will present his policy statement on Monday afternoon, at 7:00 p.m. in...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won a vote of confidence in Parliament on Monday night, two weeks after the national elections which were held on July 7. Mitsotakis' government received 158 votes from a total of 300 cast, allowing it...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived a vote of confidence in Parliament on Friday, less than three weeks before the crucial European and local elections scheduled for May 26. 153 MP's voted in favor of the government in a vote...

Following a meeting between the Speakers of the House in the Greek Parliament, the debate regarding a confidence vote in the government will begin on Wednesday. It was also announced on Monday that the final vote will be held...