Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday won a confidence vote in parliament, just days after the country's governing coalition collapsed. Tsipras received the minimum 151 votes he needed from the parliament for his government to survive. The vote came after a key minister in the Greek government quit last week over the Macedonia name dispute. Macedonia, the nation to the north, renamed itself last week "North Macedonia" to placate the Greek region of Macedonia, which lies to the nation's south. Prime Minister Tsipras said he would put the ratification of the Macedonia name-change agreement on the agenda.
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