Update: Monday Jul 9, 2012

> COALITION GOVERNMENT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

ND-PASOK-DIMAR coalition government received a vote of confidence just after midnight on Sunday, picking up 179 out of 300 MPs. ND’s 129 MPs, PASOK’s 33 and Democratic Left’s 17 MPs supported the coalition government…

> DEBATE

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attempted to fight back late yesterday night, after the government came under heavy fire from all sides of parliamentary opposition, protothema.gr writes…

> PROGRAMMATIC STATEMENTS

Upon reading the programmatic statements, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras outlined a series of government policy steps…

> FINANCE MINISTER

Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras during his Parliament speech argued that the bailout agreement should not be blamed as it was the outcome of the crisis in Greece…

> TAXATION

Deputy Minister of Finance, George Mavraganis announced a tax reform package, including the assessment of exemptions based on income and social criteria as well as the filing of income statements on a given date without extensions…

> BARROSO IN THE MIDDLE EAST

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso made a statement with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during his visit in Ramallah yesterday. Barroso said…

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