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Greece
EU Commissioner Avramopoulos Calls Prespa Agreement "Problematic"
The European Union’s Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos characterized the Prespa Agreement as "problematic" in a statement he issued on Wednesday.
The European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship said that "The Prespa Agreement is not balanced, and therefore it is...
Greece
Zaev Delays Crucial Debate to Lobby FYROM MP's
Zoran Zaev held discussions on Thursday with F.Y.R.O.M.'s opposition M.P.'s in hopes of persuading them to vote in favor of his Constitutional amendments. The premier needs at least 80 votes before any changes to the country's constitution can come into...
Diplomacy
Greece 'Ready' to Extend Sovereignty to 12 Miles in the Ionian Sea
Departing Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that Greece is ready to extend its territorial waters. 6 nautical miles has now expanded to 12 in the Ionian Sea, extending Greece's sovereignty westward.
Kotzias said that the move constitutes the "first extension...
Diplomacy
FYROM's Zaev Retracts 'One Macedonia' Comment
In an interview with the MKD portal, the Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, said that ''there is no other Macedonia but ours.''
More specifically, Zaev said: ''The northern part of Greece is Greece, the western...
Diplomacy
FYROM's Opposition to Support Constitutional Changes If Referendum Approved
Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the main opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, speaking with journalists of broadcaster TV21, said that "we will respect the decision," referring to a possible positive outcome in the upcoming...
Diplomacy
If FYROM Rejects Agreement, Another 25 Years May Be Needed to Find a Compromise, Un's Nimetz Warns
Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations Special Representative for the naming dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia expressed his fears that if FYROM rejects the Prespa Agreement either in the Referendum of September 30, or in...
Greece
HRW: Ethnic Discrimination Against Refugees at the Greece – FYROM Border
Members of the Human Rights Watch visited the Greek-FYROM border in Idomeni and reported that the refugees are facing discrimination based on their ethnicity, and inhumane treatment. “Desperate people who are the wrong nationality are being denied the right...
Business
Greek Government Has No Plan as Migrant Gangs Cause Trouble in Greek Capital
The Greek government is yet to make a plan on what to do with the hundreds of migrants and refugees that were sent back to the Greek capital from the Greece - F.Y.R.O.M. borders in Idomeni. In fact, the Greek...
Greece
This Refugee Is Travelling from Syria to Germany with His Wheelchair
Khaldoun is a Syrian refugee from Damascus who came to Greece searching for a better future, a route many of his compatriots chose to finally reach Northern Europe. They have to walk for miles crossing borders to Turkey and then...
Culture
Anonymous: Macedonian Name Dispute (video)
The Anonymous released a video with their view on the the Macedonian Name issue criticizing F.Y.R.O.M. for their stubbornness on using "Macedonia" as their country's name.
After gaining its independence from Yugoslavia 21 years ago, you’d think the people who...