European Council President Donald Tusk will meet Tuesday afternoon with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras to discuss on preparation of EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia. According to diplomatic sources in Brussels, Tusk and Tsipras will discuss the name dispute and the progress in the negotiations. “EU does not expect the name dispute to be resolved this […]
Following talks between Greek and Macedonian Foreign Ministers over the weekend, negotiations are proceeding based on three documents: one submitted by each of the ministers and one by the office of United Nation mediator Matthew Nimetz, Greek daily Kathimerini reads. A flurry of diplomacy is under way amid reports of a new push to resolve […]
Asked if he would meet with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on May 17 to come up the final name solution, Zaev said the upcoming meeting was not one of the scheduled, long-awaited ones. The meeting, he said, is to happen on the margins of the EU Summit, which all EU PMs will attend along with […]
Conveying the statement of the UN mediator in Athens-Skopje name negotiations, Matthew Nimetz, Greek media reported Sunday that now the solution to the matter is in the hands of Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras. ‘Tsipras-Zaev meeting: New window for Solution’; ‘Skopje issue: The Baton in the PMs’ Hands; ‘Sounio revives ambitions for settling […]
Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will met in Sofia on May 17, UN mediator on Skopje-Athens name talks said Saturdayafter the new round of negotiations in Sounio near Athens with the foreign ministers of both countries. ‘I can characterize today’s meeting as rather serious and frequently tense. We have worked hard and […]
Marrëveshje përfundimtare për zgjedhjen e “problemit të Maqedonisë” pritet në takimin midis kryeministrave të Maqedonisë dhe të Greqisë, Zoran Zaev dhe Aleksis Cipras, i planifikuar më 17 maj në margjinat e Samitit VE-Ballkani Perëndimor në Sofje. Takimit i paraprin javë intensive të negociatave, në suaza të së cilës pritet të hapen çështjet kontestuese, para se […]
A meeting between Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras is planned in Sofia on May 17, unless something unpredictable happens, according to Greek web-portal News247. Diplomatic sources told News247 that despite existing difficulties, important progress has been achieved in majority of the topics within the negotiations, despite the main differences over the name use. According to the […]
The name issue should be solved by you, I am not in charge of giving ideas or guidelines, but I will underscore the urgency that characterizes the name row settlement, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said in an address in the Parliament of Greece. “Mr. President, I will say something before the MPs […]
Për herë të parë Greqia me kaq vendosmëri përpiqet që ta zgjidh çështjen e emrit Maqedoni – Greqi dhe të gjejë një zgjidhje të pranueshme për të dyja palët, kështu është shprehur sot kryeministri i Greqisë, Aleksis Cipras pas takimit me kryetarin e Komisionit të Evropës, Zhan Klod Junker, njofton Portalb.mk. “Duke u përpjekur e […]
“We shouldn’t miss the chance to solve this issue. The Zoran Zaev-led government has opened a window of opportunity. There are difficulties, which in fact have left the row unsolved for 25 years. It is in our national interest to find a solution to the name issue,” the Vice President of the European Parliament said in […]
Close associates of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are contemplating on a larger majority vote of 180 MPs instead of a simple majority of 151 regarding the possible name agreement in the parliament, MIA reports from Athens citing Greek media. “If there is an agreement on the FYROM name, the PM’s associates are discussing to […]
Kryeministri grek Alexis Tsipras është shprehur i gatshëm të zgjidhë të gjitha mosmarrëveshjet me Shqipërinë, pa cenuar interesat kombëtare të Greqisë. Kryeministri Alexis Tsipras foli sot në mbledhjen e kabinetit. Duke iu kthyer çështjeve të politikës së jashtme, kryeministri tha se vendi duhet të gjejë një mënyrë për të zgjidhur dallimet me Shqipërinë e Maqedoninë […]
Greek media reports over a fresh meeting between Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias on April 12 have been confirmed by Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis. In an interview with state-run TV station ERT following his meeting with FM Kotzias, Theodorakis says a new meeting would be held next Thursday. “I have […]
Ministri i Punëve të Jashtme të Greqisë, Nikos Koxias, dje e ka informuar kryeministrin e Greqisë, Nikos Koxias për vizitën në Maqedoni, njofton Portalb.mk. Mediat greke njoftojnë se Athina vlerëson se bisedimet kanë kaluar në klimë të mirë, është arritur zhvillim, megjithatë edhe më tej ngelen dallimet në lidhje me Kushtetutën e Maqedonisë, pasi që […]
Name issue was one of the topics discussed at the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos held Tuesday in Prime Minister’s palace in Athens. Kammenos after the meeting told that the position of Independent Greeks (ANEL) opposing the use of term Macedonia is unchanged adding that the […]
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Monday morning announced that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with his junior coalition partner, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, on Tuesday, as press speculation continued to swirl in the Greek capital over “clouds” in the relationship between the two “strange bedfellows” coalition party leaders. Spokesman Tzanakopoulos added that the […]
In three chapters, according to the Greek “Kathimerini”, the agreement between Skopje and Athens was reached on the name, scope and acronyms. The newspaper comments that the negotiations are turning into an unsolvable puzzle despite the initial increased optimism from Athens. The Greek government, as Kathimerini writes, now faces the opposition New Democracy, which seeks […]
The name dispute between Macedonia and Greece needs to be settled, but there is nothing positive if pressure is being exerted, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a joint news conference in Berlin with Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. “The name dispute between Macedonia and Greece should be settled, any pressure in the negotiations has no […]
Germany isn’t wading in to settle the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski said Wednesday commenting today’s visit of PM Zoran Zaev to Berlin, where he is scheduled to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Yesterday, she had a phone conversation with Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras ahead of their meeting in Brussels on […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a phone conversation with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss several issues, including the name dispute, Tsipras’ office said Tuesday. “The two leaders discussed developments relating to the negotiations on the FYROM name issue, provocative Turkish activity in the Aegean, and Turkey’s relations with the European Union,” read a […]
