The name issue to be closed according to the model of the friendship treaty with Bulgaria, with a consensus reached by the two governments, followed by a ratification in the assemblies of the two countries, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti proposes in Sunday’s interview with Greece’s newspaper Kathimerini. There is no better time than now to […]
Settlement of the name issue would bring greater stability to the Western Balkans, says Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO and current US envoy for the conflict in the Ukraine. “Of course I hope to see progress on the name issue. It will be in the interest of both countries. I believe that there […]
Davos – Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, welcomed Wednesday’s meeting between Prime Minister of Macedonia and Greece Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, assessing it as very good news. The meeting shows courage, vision and statesmanship. Solving this long-standing issue will be good for the countries, the region and Europe, Hahn […]
The leader of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) Joseph Daul hailed the “window of opportunity” to resolve a long-standing name dispute between Greece and Macedonia, saying he hopes for concrete results. “I hope that a mutually acceptable solution will be found and we welcome this window of opportunity that could lead to concrete results,” […]
Macedonia and Greece will increase the level of the name negotiation process. The future process will be attended by the foreign ministers of both countries, under the auspices of the United Nations. This was announced by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today, after the first direct meeting with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, which lasted for […]
The incumbent Greek administration will be seeking a solution to the name dispute regardless of the political price it has to pay, provided that the other party is also demonstrating preparedness to solve it, because it takes two to tango, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos told Greek MPs, MIA reported. He accused the […]
Thousands of people, carrying banners with messages ‘Macedonia was, will be Greek’; ‘The name is our soul’, took Sunday to the streets Thessaloniki to ‘defend the name’, MIA reports. Hardline clerics, far-right leaders and Greek diaspora groups have called for the protest against the use of term ‘Macedonia’ in any solution to Athens-Skopje name dispute. […]
Under the title ‘If there is an opportunity for a solution, it would be a national stupidity not to make good use of it’ Sunday’s edition of the Greek newspaper Ethnos conveys an interview of Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras related to Athens-Skopje name dispute, MIA reports from Athens. ‘The solution would mean a mutually […]
‘Macedonia is Greece’ – reads a billboard hanged over a stage in downtown Thessaloniki where a long-announced protest against the use of term ‘Macedonia’ in any solution to Athens-Skopje name dispute is set to commence at 14:00h local time. The police have tightened the security measures for the protest, as well as the counter-protest of […]
Greek media keep offering extensive, detailed reports on the latest developments related to Athens-Skopje name dispute, MIA reports from the capital of Greece. The front pages of Sunday’s editions present analyses of the latest round of name negotiations in New York, upcoming meeting of the Macedonian, Greek Prime Ministers, Zoran Zaev and Alexisi Tsipras respectively, […]
Moscow, 15 January 2018 – The intensified Macedonia’s name talks is linked to the desire of the United States to bring this country into NATO, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday during his annual press conference in Moscow. Lavrov said that efforts have been in long-standing twilight sleep for number of years and US decided to […]
Athens, 15 January 2018 – UN mediator in the name dispute between the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Greece Matthew Nimetz in the interview with the Greek state television ERT said that there is no new name proposal and he will table proposals, which were discussed in the past at the new meeting, scheduled for […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – Panos Kammenos, the leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), has proposed holding a referendum on the name dispute, MIA reports from Athens. “The Greek people will have to decide on the unprecedented, in the history of man, [decision to] cede their history and civilization to another people,” Kammenos said in […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – A poll has showed that 68 percent of Greeks are against including term ‘Macedonia’ in the name, MIA reports from Athens. A Marc poll for Greek newspaper Proto Thema shows that only 23.6 percent of respondents agree over the inclusion of term ‘Macedonia’ in a compound name. According to the results, 63.8 […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – Georgios Katrougalos, Greece’s Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said the possible name solution should not be a tool for irredentism, MIA reports from Athens. “We are negotiating a name that will make a clear distinction between the historical Greek Macedonia and the country which capital is Skopje, a name that will […]
Skopje/Thessaloniki 11 January 2018 – The Macedonian, Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, expect for UN mediator Matthew Nimetz to offer an initial framework that will make substantial progress in surpassing Skopje-Athens differences over the name. Dimitrov and Kotzias discussed Thursday in Thessaloniki on the methodology, approach of the two countries and the […]
‘A mini-ministerial meeting’, convened by Premier Alexis Tsipras in Athens, has ended after little over two hours with ministers Nikos Kotzias and Panos Kammenos retaining their well-known, firm positions, MIA reports from the Greek capital. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias left the meeting to speak with members of the media giving optimistic statements. He said that […]
The conflict in Greece between the government and the opposition on the name issue is continuing. Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, who is a leader of junior ruling coalition member ‘Independent Greeks’ (ANEL), reaffirmed Wednesday his opposition to a possibility for the name dispute solution to include the term ‘Macedonia’. In a press conference , […]
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, at a session held on Thursday, discussed the decision of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Church to accept the request of the ‘schismatic Church of Macedonia’ to assume the role of mother-church, reports Greek orthodox website romfea.gr. “The Sacred Holy Synod expresses its concern about the […]
The leaders of Greece and Turkey have publicly aired their grievances in a tense news conference as a two-day visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got off to a rocky start, The Associated Press reports. The Greek government had expressed hopes the visit, the first to Greece by a Turkish president in […]
