One of the vice-presidents of the Greek Parliament and MP from the Independent Greeks, Dimitris Kammenos, thinks that a solution to the name dispute will not be reached. – I think that as it goes, there is not much room. There will be no solution. These people cannot change things that we consider necessary and […]
Border police in Macedonia have arrested three Albanian nationals in possession of 40 kg of marijuana, as they were trying to smuggle the drugs into Greece. According to police, the three Albanians, the identity of whom has not been made public, were caught near the village of Lazec. “The drugs were found in two large bags […]
The best way to reach a solution in the Macedonian issue is to finish the 1995 Interim Accord with an international agreement with a bold force, according to European Parliament vice-president and head of the SYRIZA group, Dimitris Papadimoulis. In a statement on radio 247, he mentions the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 between Greece and Turkey, as an example. […]
The perspectives for seriously resolving the name dispute are rapidly decreasing, Greece’s former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis said, in an interview with the Real Fm radio station, the Greek government had a real chance to solve the problem, but with the way it operated the issue, now leads to an impasse. – I want to […]
Any change in the legal system of Macedonia does not mean a lasting guarantee for Greece, because everything that is changing can turn back, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today, responding to a journalist question about the demands from Athens to change the Constitution as a guarantee for a possible solution to the name dispute. […]
It is certain that the constitutional name should be changed in order for the erga omnes condition to be valid, Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in a television debate on the Greek state television ERT. – For the complex name erga omnes, for overall use, in any case, a precondition is a constitutional review, […]
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 […]
“We are Macedonia: a new protest in Skopje”, “No to contacts with Athens, thousands of protesters in Skopje said”, “FYROM: Gathering in Skopje Against Changing the Name of the Country”, “New Protest for the Name Macedonia”, ” in Skopje against the change of the name “,” A big protest in Skopje with the slogan: We […]
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva told today’s event for cooperation to conduct financial investigations with the Embassy of the Netherlands that they are investigating crimes in several European countries. I hope to find out where the money is flowing and whether they are in Macedonia,” Janeva said and pointed out that they are investigating financial […]
The protest for defending the state name, organized by the movement “Our name is our right”, began at Skopje square “Macedonia” in Skopje. At the gathering will be expressed dissatisfaction with, as they say from the movement, policies that jeopardize the national interests of the Macedonian people. The protest is held on the same day […]
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, after returning from the Western Balkans tour, told EuroNews that the European Union is not putting pressure on Macedonia and Greece to resolve the name dispute. – Pressure is not an instrument we should use. We encourage Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to find a solution themselves […]
The United States is interested in the success of the diplomatic activities between Skopje and Athens to resolve the name issue. This is the attitude of the US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, at the Economic Forum in Delphi, Greece, where former Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis was very skeptical. She said she is afraid […]
Road signs with the “Friendship” inscription are now on the Corridor 10 highway. Road company teams have raised new billboards after the government’s decision to name this road as Friendship in the name of good friendship with Greece. These tables will be placed across the highway formerly called “Alexander the Great” from the Tabanovce border with Serbia […]
If there is mood in the current government in Skopje, we should use that, said former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in a conversation with Greek journalists following parliamentary hearings, the online edition of the newspaper To Vima reported. According to the Greek news agency ANA-MPA, he emphasized that the solution will certainly include the […]
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev did not say that our country is ready for minor changes in the name in the Constitution, the government’s cabinet said, reacting to parts of his interview with the Reuters agency undertaken, as noted by some of the Macedonian media. “The Cabinet of the President of the Government categorically claims […]
Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, spokesman of the Greek government, said Tuesday that Greece’s stance and preconditions were clear, while the neighboring country was the one that needed to demonstrate willingness for an agreement, otherwise there would be no solution. “We have said what the preconditions are to reach an agreement. Thus, if our neighbors are willing to […]
Greek opposition party New Democracy says the name dispute should be a package solution, not a partial one. MP and former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis has also criticized the Greek government over the way it is conducting the negotiations, MIA reports from Athens. “The Tsipras government has launched the negotiations without knowing the aim. We […]
The request for the neighboring country to amend its constitution is a firm negotiating stance of Greece’s government, spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos says in an interview with the radio ‘Real FM’. Tzanakopoulos once again notifies his country’s stances related to settling the Athens-Skopje name dispute, MIA reports from the Greek capital. Greece stands for a complex […]
Athens prefers that the new name is in Macedonian language, without translation and as one word, reads Greek daily “Ta Nea” in Monday’s analysis of the draft-treaty that Greece will present to Macedonia, MIA reports from Athens. The paper claims that Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias handed over the 20-page document to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says in an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel he expects a solution over the name issue, claims it is not necessary to change the constitution and a possible agreement can be guaranteed by an international treaty, while adding that a name without translation is unacceptable. PM Zaev says he cannot […]
