Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias was in North Macedonia today on his first visit, in order to actively support the country’s European prospects. Amid uncertainty caused by the French “veto” in North Macedonia’s and Albania’s accession negotiations, Nikos Dendias will be welcomed by President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, while he […]
Since yesterday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been walking in the former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ footsteps regarding the Prespa Agreement. Following his meeting with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, whom he addressed as dear Zoran, speaking at the Thessaloniki Summit 2019 Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the normalization of the two countries’ relations and its European […]
I want to believe that Europe will soon realize the mistake it made with North Macedonia and I want to believe that it will soon change the decision, says SYRIZA leader and former Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras in an interview with Flash TV. “I believe the decision was wrong and historically incorrect, but […]
Date for starting accession negotiations with North Macedonia or the EU will undermine its own credibility – was the common message of all participants at the Economist Western Balkans Summit held in Skopje yesterday. There was a general belief that there was little room for a negative response this time, but German politician and longtime […]
The Prespa Agreement is a win of diplomacy over nationalism, opportunity for closer cooperation between the two countries, contribution to peace and stability in the region, something the European Union also stands for, Greece’s former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told The Economist Western Balkans Summit in Skopje, noting that North Macedonia demonstrated it is a […]
The Prespa Agreement deserves all the support from the two countries, concluded North Macedonia’s PM Zoran Zaev and Greece’s ex-premier Alexis Tsipras, who is in Skopje for Tuesday’s Western Balkans Summit, organized by The Economist. At a cordial meeting, the two officials discussed the benefits of the Prespa Agreement, the government said on Monday. “The […]
SYRIZA President Alexis Tsipras travels to Skopje on Monday, September 30, to attend a conference organized by the Economist magazine: “Western Balkans Summit – Enhancing the momentum for European integration”. In particular, according to an announcement by SYRIZA, on Monday afternoon at 18.00, Alexis Tsipras will meet with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran […]
Following New Democracy’s election victory and the assumption of power by Kyriakos Mitsotakis in July, the out-of-door narrative of the new government was delimited. Firstly, we inform Europeans of the government’s plan and then we go on to gain Greece’s lost credibility. From a semantic point of view, Paris and Berlin, as the dominant capitals […]
A three-day parliamentary debate of the newly-elected New Democracy government’s policy program for the next four years got underway in Greek parliament on Saturday. The debate will culminate in a vote of confidence in the Kyriacos Mitsotakis administration on Monday night. Addressing MPs for the first time as premier, Kyriacos Mitsotakis outlined his conservative government’s […]
A day later, the footage from Halkidiki, where the storm on Wednesday night took seven lives, look apocalyptic, and these recordings are maybe the best proof of the dreadful events that devastated the region. Snapped trees, ruined cars, torn down rooftops, broken glass everywhere, all kinds of objects scattered along the coast and in the […]
The victory of New Democracy party in yesterday’s parliamentary elections held in Greece was the focus of political debate in North Macedonia. What will the country’s new PM, Mitsotakis, do about the Prespa Agreement signed between Tsipras and Zaev, a deal which put an end to a long lasting dispute between Athens and Skopje? Former […]
“Many German citizens have personal relations with people from the Western Balkans, many people from the Western Balkans live in Germany and represent a bridge between the countries. The people of these countries are our neighbors and their perspective is to join the EU while meeting all criteria,” Chancellor Merkel told Sunday’s video-podcast regarding this […]
In an interview with ERT3, Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras says the delay of North Macedonia’s accession negotiations is owed to the German Bundestag’s impossibility to give the green light “because of the summer break”. “The delay of North Macedonia’s accession negotiations is not a result of the country’s failure to implement reforms, but mainly because of […]
Two more opinion polls published over the weekend showed Greece’s main opposition party well on course to score a landslide general election victory over ruling SYRIZA on 7 July. Following the publication of surveys by Pulse and Alco polls which put conservative New Democracy in an 8 to 9.2 point lead over Alexis Tsipras’s left-wing […]
“Republic of Macedonia” or “Republic of North Macedonia”. People are still divided over this on the first anniversary of the signing of the Prespa Agreement. Most people believe that the best option is for the country to move forward and secure a better future. This is also the opinion of Violeta S from Skopje, who […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed his intention to call an early general election, after the end of the second round of Greek local elections next Sunday. Ruling SYRIZA suffered humiliating defeats in all three election battles on Sunday, European, regional and municipal. With over 30 percent of votes counted in the early hours of […]
The election results on Sunday may open the door for national elections, as the Greek prime minister said in his last interview before the crucial battle, this morning on public television. “On Sunday we do not vote for a government, but it is not an unimportant vote,” said Alexis Tsipras, pointing out that in these […]
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras never initiated negotiations to former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski that he could reject. With this claim yesterday Gruevski responded to Tsipras’ interview with the Financial Times, in which he says he had tried to initiate a discussion on the name issue in the time when former PM of North Macedonia, […]
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says in an interview with The Financial Times that he had tried to initiate a discussion on the name issue in the time when former PM of North Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, was in power.| “Gruevski was a guy who never wanted to negotiate. I remember that I went to Berlin. […]
In an interview with Alpha TV on Monday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras predicted that the upcoming European elections will be closer to call than recent opinion polls suggest. The Greek premier added that SYRIZA will win the general elections that will follow in October. Tsipras launched yet another attack against main opposition party leader […]
