Success for the Greek government who passed a budget proposal during a late night parliamentary session Sunday.<br/> <br />The vote was passed by a comfortable margin with 167 of 299 ministers approving the measure.<br/> <br />The budget was part of a pre-cursor required by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund who are loaning the country more than 30 billion euros in aid.<br/> <br />Some government ministers leaving the session said they felt confident the move would help insure that the loan money gets delivered sooner than later.<br/> <br />But not everyone supported the measure. Demonstrators staged protests outside parliament all day.<br/> <br />At one point, a group of protesters tried to block traffic on one of the main thoroughfares... and eventually came to blows with police.<br/> <br />With unemployment at 25% many Greek citizens say budget cuts will only deepen the crisis.<br/> <br />For now, all eyes are on Brussels... Eurozone finance ministers are meeting there later Monday to discuss the loan although no firm date to release the money is expected.
