With 153 “yes”, the Greek parliament voted for the accession of North Macedonia to NATO, after a meeting that was marked by the confrontation of Alexis Tsipras with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the final unraveling of the parliamentary group of ANEL. In particular, the admission protocol was approved by the majority that had been formed in […]
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won the confidence vote from parliament on Wednesday, which will pave the way for the parliament to ratify the agreement he and PM Zoran Zaev reached last year to end a long dispute over the name of the Republic of Macedonia. Tsipras clinched the support of 151 lawmakers in the 300 […]
Greek Prime Minister is turning to the MPs to ask for a vote of confidence after the withdrawal of the President of Independent Greeks and former Defence Minister Panos Kamenos from the government on Sunday. Alexis Tsipras will open the discussion on the vote of confidence that begins tomorrow morning in Athens and ends with […]
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of the junior Independence Greek (ANEL) coalition partner in government, announced Sunday that his party is withdrawing from the government due to its opposition to the Prespa Agreement. The announcement came after his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. After the leader of the Independence Greek Party (ANEL) Panos […]
Greece’s government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos has expressed his confidence that the SYRIZA-led administration will secure the 151 votes it needs to adopt the name agreement signed between Athens and Skopje on June 17th, 2018. On Wednesday in a radio interview with News 24/7 , Tzanakopoulos said that in the event that the junior coalition Independent Greeks […]
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 […]
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos, who is also defense minister, Monday dined together at the Hellenic Armed Forces Officers’ Club in Athens amid efforts to smooth over tensions in the government concerning the Prespa name deal which is to be discussed in Skopje’s Parliament Tuesday ahead of a vote. Government […]
Being the government’s coalition partner, I was obliged to present an alternative proposal, which Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is aware of, but does not approve it, says Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos regarding his plan B on inter-state agreements as an alternative to the Prespa Agreement that was presented at meetings with U.S. officials during […]
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has proposed that countries in the region should sign security agreements to solve regional problems and ensure regional stability. Following his recent meeting with U. S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Washington, Kammenos told the press that the United States, by putting trust in the Greek army, government and […]
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his government will survive the ratification of the Macedonia name-change deal even if junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) decided to quit the coalition. “I think my government will survive, but I don’t know if my coalition will survive, but this is […]
Newly-elected SYRIZA central committee secretary Panos Skourletis says it is not probable that junior coalition partner Independent Greeks and leader Panos Kammenos will change their view on the Prespa Agreement, but this should not undermine the Greek government coalition. In an interview with ANA-MPA, Skourletis says that Independent Greeks leader Kammenos would bear “great political responsibility” […]
The leader of Greece’s junior coalition party, Panos Kammenos, reiterated on Tuesday his MPs would not support a name deal with the Republic of Macedonia if it comes to parliament for a vote. “If this agreement reaches the point of coming to Greece’s Parliament we don’t have the popular mandate to continue to stay in […]
Name issue was one of the topics discussed at the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos held Tuesday in Prime Minister’s palace in Athens. Kammenos after the meeting told that the position of Independent Greeks (ANEL) opposing the use of term Macedonia is unchanged adding that the […]
