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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey The government appears satisfied with the result of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s first diplomatic tour in the US even though the Greek side did not elicit from the US president a public denouncement of Turkey's actions in the Eastern Mediterranean that Athens views as breaches of its sovereign rights.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had the opportunity on Tuesday to fill US President Donald Trump in on Greece’s economic recovery, while also gauging the level of support Athens can expect from Washington in the former’s escalating dispute with Turkey.
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, just days after Greece, Cyprus and Israel signed the EastMed pipeline accord, a project that has been strongly backed by Washington.
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ND mulls next tax cuts as it prepares to unveil new electoral law The year ends with the government considering how it will use any available fiscal space in 2020 to reduce taxes further.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020 The year ends with Greece being hit by a cold snap and high winds, but with the government planning to get 2020 off to a smooth and convincing start.
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ND moves ahead with bill on street protests amid ideological clash with SYRIZA The government is planning to make a bill introducing a stricter legal framework for street demonstrations one of its first political acts of the new year.
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims Wednesday night’s vote on the 2020 budget, which saw the economic plan approved by just the 158 New Democracy MPs, was dominated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announcing further tax cuts for 2020.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote Wednesday night’s budget vote is likely to wrap up the conservative government’s economic business for the year, although there is some speculation that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis might try to squeeze in some more handouts before 2019 is over.
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences Diplomatic issues are expected to continue to be at the top of the government’s agenda this week after it wrapped up on Friday the latest tax legislation and announced the details of this year’s social dividend.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Scrutiny of govt, PM prompts deputy minister to quit The government lost its first member on Thursday although the resignation was somewhat obscured by the focus on foreign policy issues after the meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the sidelines of the NATO summit in the UK on Wednesday.