Greece

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev  on Tuesday in New York that although he did not agree with the Prespa Agreement, Greece is obliged to honor it. Meeting his counterpart for the first time,...

Panos Kammenos commented on Sunday that the name deal granting FYROM permission to call itself “North Macedonia” is the "last straw" for his party. Kammenos stated that thus far, “We cooperated to save the country,” speaking of the ANEL party's...

Over 4,000 Greek businesses using the description "Macedonian" for their products must register them with the competent European and international agencies before the Prespa agreement on the FYROM name comes into effect. Business owners must register their products' origin so...

Former chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff Frangoulis Frangos made a public petition for a referendum on the Prespa agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Frangos, who was the key speaker at the first Thessaloniki rally against...

Thousands of flag-waving Greeks protested on Monday at the historic town of Vergina against the Prespes deal between Greece and FYROM on the naming dispute. Despite earlier warnings that the rally would be cancelled due to bad weather, people from...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has said he and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras are concerned that the name agreement the two leaders signed might not be implemented. Zaev gave an interview to Greece's public television ERT...

The Greek defense minister and leader of the Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos has criticized the 'Macedonia' agreement and pledged to obstruct its approval on Tuesday. Kammenos, a nationalist politician and head of the junior partner in the SYRIZA-led government, said...

Greek police used tear gas on Sunday against demonstrators opposing the "Macedonia" name deal in central Athens. A group of around 30 demonstrators threw rocks and flares against the police in Syntagma square, opposite the Greek parliament, after the end...

Dozens of demonstrators have booed and jeered a government minister over the 'North Macedonia' deal during a solemn wreath-laying ceremony in the northern town of Serres. Protesters booed, shouted “traitor” and demanded that Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis and a local SYRIZA lawmaker...

FYROM's president has fulfilled his threat to not sign off on a deal with neighboring Greece for his country to change its name to 'North Macedonia.' Gjorge Ivanov's decision will delay but not derail the deal that FYROM's parliament has...

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has launched a stinging attack against the SYRIZA-led government over the 'North Macedonia' agreement signed last week, calling it "national humiliation". In an article, Theodorakis says the decision to sign the deal has enraged the Greek people....

A small group of protesters heckled Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the 'North Macedonia' agreement as he was leaving a meeting with entrepreneurs in London on Monday. Following the meeting at the Hellenic Centre, some taunted him in Greek...

Officials and lawmakers of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks governing coalition have been on the receiving end of angry protests by Greeks who view the recently-signed 'Macedonia' deal with FYROM as treason. There is anger over the government’s acceptance that its neighbor...

Lawmakers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Wednesday ratified the name deal with Greece in a first-step vote which was boycotted by the country's main opposition party. The necessary legislation was passed by 69-0 in the 120-seat...

Following the Greece/FYROM deal, commercial names, trademarks and brand names referring to 'Macedonia' must be exclusively Greek, a leading businessman has said. The head of the Union of Hellenic Chambers and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Konstantinos Michalos, said 'Macedonian'...