Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his oration during the parliamentary debate on the 2020 state budget announced an eight percent cut of real estate taxes as of next year. The solidarity contribution will also be reduced.

The budget was passed with 158 votes in the 300-member legislature.

This first draft budget presented by the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis foresees the economy expanding by 2.8 percent on an annual basis, up from a projected 2 percent in 2019, and also includes tax breaks of almost 1.2 billion euros.

In their first one-on-one meeting on Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discussed Greece's economy, with the ECB chief hailing the progress of reforms.

Greece's plan to cut bad loans at Greek lenders by up to 30 billion euros and the country's fiscal targets were discussed in a meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the new president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde in Frankfurt on Tuesday.

Commenting on a staff walkout on the Athens metro that left thousands of commuters stranded and motorists caught up in traffic jams all over the Greek capital on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the "government will not be blackmailed by 21 people who were simply asked to do their jobs."

Along with diplomacy Greece prepares deterrent forces to deal with Turkey's expansionist activity.

New Democracy MP and former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis has proposed that the European Union establish a "special partnership" with Turkey based on the precondition that Ankara accepts the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in The Hague with the aim of reaching a settlement on the issues of continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with Greece.

Tensions in Greek-Turkish relations may influence Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' choice for President of the Republic by selecting a politician, instead of a non-political figure, sources close to the premier have said.
The final choice of candidate is expected to be announced near the end of January 2020.

For Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on January 7 carries added significance given the recent developments with Turkey.

With that meeting, Vucic ended his two-day official visit to Greece.
Vucic and Tsipras cooperated while Tsipras was still at the helm of the Greek government, as part of regional co-operation between Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.