-“A constitutional revision first, then signing of a bilateral agreement”, said Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Tuesday in Athens. During a meeting with Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Greek president referred to the country’s open foreign policy issues, including the name dispute. According to Pavlopoulos, the constitutional revision was not a Greek requirement, […]
According to Athens daily newspaper ‘Ta Nea’, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will arrive in Skopje on March 22 for a two-day visit. The article entitled “After a slight delay, Kotzias in Skopje” describes his visit as important as the talks will focus on “the Greek proposals and the corresponding Skopje proposals” for an agreement […]
According to Athens daily newspaper ‘Ta Nea’, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will arrive in Skopje on March 22 for a two-day visit. The article entitled “After a slight delay, Kotzias in Skopje” describes his visit as important as the talks will focus on “the Greek proposals and the corresponding Skopje proposals” for an agreement […]
-“The negotiation process with Greece evolves daily, and with it, the optimism for a solution, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said Monday during a news conference held together with his Polish counterpart Jacek Czaputowicz. Macedonia, he pointed out, is doing all it can to reach a fair compromise that is acceptable to both sides. We are […]
-“The negotiation process with Greece evolves daily, and with it, the optimism for a solution, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said Monday during a news conference held together with his Polish counterpart Jacek Czaputowicz. Macedonia, he pointed out, is doing all it can to reach a fair compromise that is acceptable to both sides. We are […]
“We want to find solutions for the name dispute, but we want a solution which would preserve the dignity and identity of both sides”, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev regarding rumors about possible changes in the Constitution. “The negotiations which are approaching are bringing us closer to a solution. Nonetheless, I don’t think it’s easy. […]
More than half of respondents (57.1%) in the survey conducted for the Greek television “Action 24” believe that the possible solution to the name dispute will be closer to the Macedonian positions, and only 26.9% closer to the Greek “red lines”. To the question: “The solution that will be chosen for the name of Skopje, […]
The head of the Greek diplomacy, Nikos Kotzias is soon expected to visit Skopje as part of the agenda to solve the issue of the name dispute that exists between the two countries. Media in Skopje report that this is a very important visit and Kotzias is expected to arrive in the country through Skopje’s […]
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 […]
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. […]
The European and Euro-Atlantic path of the Republic of Macedonia, the dispute with Athens, the Ohrid Agreement were part of the topics discussed by the President of the Committee on European Affairs, Artan Grubi and French Ambassador Christian Thimonier. Grubi also addressed the efforts to overcome the differences with the name of the Republic of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Macedonian expatriates in Australia on Wednesday protested against changing the constitutional name, and set fire to a photo of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Protesters dressed in patriotic clothing and Macedonian landmarks set fire to the picture, and the video circled on social networks. Similar rallies are held today in New Zealand, the Netherlands, England, Italy, […]
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 […]
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 […]
