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 […]
Berlin – The new German government firmly backs the European perspective of the Western Balkans, taking into consideration the continuing importance of the EU’s enlargement policy for promoting peace, stability, and cooperation. This is part of the draft coalition agreement between CDU/CSU and SPD, German daily Die Welt reports, pointing out that final details were now being added to the text of […]
Brussels, 11 January 2018 – Europe and the United States should confront Tehran about its ballistic weapons program and its role in Syria’s civil war but a 2015 deal to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb must be preserved, Germany’s foreign minister said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Speaking before a meeting with his counterparts from Iran, […]
If Angela Merkel has shown the European Union one thing over the past dozen years, it is never to underestimate her political skills. The German chancellor returns to the EU summit scene on Friday after missing the last one because she showed a rare domestic flaw by struggling to form a coalition. Even worse, […]
