Macedonia’s FM Nikola Dimitrov wished success to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday and promised commitment in the process of finalizing the Prespa Agreement. “Under the leadership of Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, together with Foreign Minister Kotzias, we shared months of intensive communications, during which we became true friends. In […]
“I want to send a message to our neighbors who these days are focused on their processes to initiate constitutional changes, change of their constitutional name as foreseen in the Prespa Agreement. I encourage them to proceed with determination and courage because there will be no other opportunity. I will say it here once […]
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he was taking over the Foreign Ministry following the resignation of Nikos Kotzias in order to ensure the successful completion of the name agreement with the Republic of Macedonia Speaking to journalists outside Maximos Mansion, Tsipras thanked Kotzias “for his precious contribution all these years in upgrading the country’s […]
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias submitted his resignation Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa Agreement. According to sources, Kotzias was disgruntled over the fact that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to support him against attacks from Kammenos, who is also junior […]
Panos Kammenos’s initiatives during his recent trip to the United States and the turbulence he has caused in the political scene of Greece and inside the government coalition have also been the focus of the Council of Ministers. According to IBNA’s exclusive information, Greece’s premier Alexis Tsipras said at the meeting he had convened the Cabinet due […]
The referendum is not a condition or legal requirement for implementation of the Prespa Agreement, but a choice made by Skopje, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with Greek national TV station ERT following Sunday’s referendum in Macedonia. Kotzias says President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev were elected to the […]
The Greek Parliament has a majority to ratify the Prespa Agreement, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Thursday after a meeting with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. FM Maas visited Macedonia earlier this week as part of his regional tour, where he held talks with top state officials. Maas and Kotzias discussed the Prespa Agreement […]
Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was putting on an act that he was against a solution for name dispute, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias said, reacting to information published by Wikileaks that Macedonian authorities in 2008 accepted a name change. – It is known that Gruevski did not want any solution to the name […]
We cannot change the universal right the neighbours to be called Macedonians, at an individual or unofficial level, but we can call them however we want, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Sunday in an interview with Greek news agency ANA-MPA. “What we have said is that the citizens of this country have the […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Thursday claimed he has received hundreds of threats against himself and his family, and challenged judicial authorities for failing to take action, Kathimerini reports. “I have received 800 letters threatening my life and my family. I have received boxes of dirt soaked in blood and bullets. Where is the […]
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias said that in the EU discussions are taking place between the countries in favor of opening of negotiations with Macedonia by the summer of 2019 and those championing to delay the opening. “Today, we have been discussing the enlargement of the European Union, where there are two different […]
In our opinion, as long as the European Commission started and set a horizon this summer to launch formal negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, we will have to deliver the promise we made, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with EURACTIV.com. FM Kotzias appeals to all sides to understand that there […]
Ministri i jashtëm grek Nikos Koxias ka paralajmëruar se sot do t’i nënshkruajë, dhe nesër në mëngjes do t’i dërgojë letra për BE dhe NATO, se Greqia nuk e kundërshton integrimin evropian dhe euroatlantik të Maqedonisë, që paraqet përmbushjen e pjesës së detyrimeve sipas Marrëveshjes për zgjidhjen e kontestit për emrin. Ministri grek Koxias ka […]
According to the legend, Alexander the Great arrived at Gordium to have his army rested. In the palace there was an anathema to Jupiter a chariot from Gordios, father of Midas of Phrygia. The chariot yoke was tied with a skull bark, and the knot was so entangled that it was impossible to see how it […]
From a million protesters, we’ve gone down to 100,000, and now to 4,000. Greeks have broken stereotypes, Foreign Minister of Greece Nikos Kotzias said Sunday, commenting yesterday’s protests near Prespa. Immediately after the name deal signing, FM Kotzias met with the Regional Governor of Western Macedonia Theodoros Karipidis. Karipidis gave Kotzias a resolution from the […]
Ministri i Punëve të Jashtme i Greqisë, Nikos Kotzias, ka komentuar protestat e djeshme në afërsi të Prespës, duke thënë se grekët po thyejnë stereotipet. Ai shtoi se nga një milionë protestues të cilët ishin kundër marrëveshjes me Maqedoninë, tani janë 4 mijë. Shefi i diplomacisë së Greqisë, menjëherë pas nënshkrimit të marrëveshjes me prefektin […]
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has ordered the declassification of some 30 confidential documents in connection to the name negotiations before reveling them Saturday at a debate in Parliament, Greek media report citing government sources. The information hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. The documents will reportedly shine a light on how former Greek administrations had negotiated, what they […]
Bilateral cooperation, as well as the situation in the Western Balkans, will be the main topics discussed by the foreign ministers of Russia and Greece, Sergey Lavrov and Nikos Kotzias, at their meeting in Moscow scheduled for today. According to a statement issued by the Greek Foreign Ministry, Kotzias, who will travel to Moscow today, […]
Кreu i diplomacisë greke, Nikos Kotzias ka komentuar bisedën telefonike mes dy kryeministrave, Tsipras dhe Zaev. “Sot kemi bërë hapin vendimtar” deklaroi në një intervistë për televizionin grek “Contra”. Ai ka thënë se dy kryeministrat do të bisedojnë sërish për të përfunduar marrëveshjen. Sa i përket perspektivës evropiane dhe euroatlantike të Maqedonisë, Kotzias tha se […]
Kryeministri Zoran Zaev më në fund realizoi telefonatën me homolgun grek Aleksis Tsipras. Siç mëson “Nezavisen Vesnik” telefonata ka filluar në orën 14:00 dhe në të Zaev dhe Cipras kanë biseduar për detajet e fundit të marrëveshjes përfundimtare për çështjen e emrit. Detaje të tjera rreth kësaj telefonate nuk janë bërë publike, vetëm dihet se […]
