The government's omnibus development draft bill passed in principle in the Greek parliament late on Thursday night, supported by ruling New Democracy's and Greek Solution's combined 165 votes in a total of 287 MPs voting.

The omnibus bill for prior actions needed to complete the first review of the Greek programme and the disbursement of the final 2.8-billion-euro sub-tranche of loans to Greece was passed by the relevant Parliamentary committees on Monday.

The omnibus bill on the prior actions for the conclusion of the first programme review was tabled in the Parliament late on Wednesday.