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Diplomacy
Former Greek PM Tsipras, Zaev Receive Hessian Peace Prize for Prespa Agreement
The Hessian Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded jointly to the former Prime Minister of Greece, main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, it was announced on Monday.
The decision was...
Diplomacy
Greece Warns North Macedonia it Must Adhere to Prespa Agreement
The Greek government will “continue to closely monitor” North Macedonia's full adherence to its obligations according to the Prespa Agreement, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday.
Charging North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with “once again taking advantage of...
Diplomacy
North Macedonia PM Zaev Warns EU's Stance Puts Prespa Agreement in Danger
The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, warned on Monday that the Prespa Agreement could be in danger due to the EU's decision not to begin accession negotiations with the Balkan Republic.
"There is a link between the implementation...
Diplomacy
Nationalist Opposition in North Macedonia Challenges Prespa Agreement
The stalemate over North Macedonia's accession to the European Union due to the French veto has reignited nationalist sentiments there, with the main opposition party threatening to challenge the name deal with Greece signed in June of 2018.
A senior member...
Diplomacy
What the Future Holds for the Prespa Agreement After North Macedonia's Political Turmoil
The recent resignation announcement from the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev and his promise to hold a snap election, has raised questions about the fate of the Prespa Agreement.
Last year's compromise between Athens and Skopje that led...
Diplomacy
Greek PM Vows to Respect Prespa Deal in Meeting With North Macedonian Counterpart
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,...
Greece
Greek People Haven't Forgotten Controversial Prespa Agreement of One Year Ago
One year ago, the government of Alexis Tsipras, with the support of Panos Kammenos, signed the controversial Prespa agreement, giving the small Balkan country north of Greece the name "North Macedonia" despite the strenuous objections of the vast majority of Greek people.
"The agreement...
Cyprus
Russian Ambassador to Greece Claims ''Prespa Agreement Destabilizes Balkans''
Andrey Maslov, the Russian Ambassador to Greece, claimed in an interview on Wednesday that the Prespa Agreement destabilizes the Balkans.
Speaking with Greece's ERT1 channel of the public broadcasting network, the Ambassador declared that North Macedonia had been pushed into...
Business
Businesses With Macedonian Names and Brands Concerned About Prespa
More than four thousand Greek businesses which have the terms "Macedonia" or "Macedonians" either in their brand names or in their descriptions, are now concerned about what the future might bring.
According to Greece’s Kathimerini newspaper, 182 total businesses in Greece have brand...
Greece
Greek Politics in Turmoil After Prespa Agreement
When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to push the Prespa Agreement through the House by "borrowing" lawmakers from other parties, the repercussions end up turning parliamentary rules upside down.
Small parties were dismantled, others struggled to keep the minimum...
Cyprus
President Anastasiades Congratulates Tsipras on Prespa Accord
President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades congratulated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over last week's ratification of the Prespa Agreement before their meeting in Nicosia on Wednesday.
Anastasiades said that the Greek prime minister showed courage and boldness...
Diplomacy
Tsipras Calls Opponents of Prespa Deal "Extreme Right Populists"(video)
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was caught on camera on Tuesday telling EU leaders that the tens of thousands of Greek citizens who demonstrated in Athens against the name deal with FYROM were "extreme right populists".
His inflammatory comments angered...
Diplomacy
NATO, EU Hail Greek Approval of Prespa Name Deal
Top political officials from around the world hailed the Greek Parliament's ratification of the Prespa Agreement on Friday. The ratification in effect settles the "Macedonia" name dispute between FYROM and Greece and paves the way for the Balkan country to...
Greece
Greek Parliament Approves Prespa Accord
Greek lawmakers approved the Prespa Accord after a heated debate on Friday, ending a decades-old dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
153 M.P.'s out of 300 voted in favor the agreement. There were 146 who voted against,...
Greece
Anti-Prespa Protesters Spray-Paint Slogan at US Ambassador's Residence
Protesters opposed to the Prespa accord with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia spray-painted a slogan outside the residence of U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt in Athens on Thursday night.
The group wrote: “Macedonia, Greek land.”
Police rounded up some thirty suspects...