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It also comes after Greece repaid about 2 billion euros to the global Monetary Fund, clearing all its arrears after missing several payments in June and July.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras got the reforms through with the help of pro-European opposition parties.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is widely expected to reshuffle his Cabinet, following a rebellion within his party over a parliament vote to approve painful austerity measures demanded for new bailout talks to start. A large number of Syriza lawmakers are...

A total of 229 MPs voted in favour, 64 were against, 6 abstained, while one MP was absent, daily Kathimerini informs.

The package of measures, which had to be approved to open talks on a new multibillion euro bailout, was passed with 229 votes and 64 against in the 300-seat chamber.

The Greek parliament has approved tough new austerity measures as part of a new bailout deal.

Germany’s finance minister says the Greek Parliament’s approval of an austerity package is “an important step” but is warning that talks on a final bailout deal will be tough – and that an outright debt cut would be incompatible with Greece keeping...

Following an emotional debate and early-morning vote, the country’s parliament approved a raft of austerity measures that its global creditors had demanded as a first step before negotiating a final rescue deal. A total of 64 MPs voted No and six abstained.

The Greek bill was the first step in meeting requirements for negotiations to start on a desperately needed third global bailout for Greece – a three-year 85 billion euros ($93 billion) package – that will prevent it from crashing out of Europe’s common currency.

Dimitris Vitsas was appointed new alternate defence minister, replacing Costas Isichos, another SYRIZA lawmaker who voted against the agreement. But nearly a fifth of Merkel’s conservatives voted “no” in a blow to the chancellor.

World economy | The Greek parliament has passed new austerity measures amid violent protests on the streets of Athens.

We are certain to encounter problems in the years to come.

Athens shuttered banks and imposed capital controls at the end of last month, bringing the economy to a virtual standstill and forcing Greeks to queue for hours for cash.

The government’s proposal secured an overwhelming 251 votes in Greece’s 300-seat chamber Saturday, even without the backing more than a dozen lawmakers from Tsipras’s Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, party.

The Europeans insisted on the Greek Parliament voting for these tough measures as they say Greece suffers from a huge “trust deficit” and that they need some assurance that the Greeks are honest about implementation.