Greek PM Tsipras expected to survive confidence vote on Wednesday

By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to survive a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday after his right-wing coalition partner quit in disagreement over a deal that aims to end a years-long name dispute with Macedonia. The coalition governing Greece for the past four years crumbled on Sunday after Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, head of the Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, left the government, leaving Tsipras short of an outright majority in parliament and raising the possibility of a snap election

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