Greece

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The Political Council of the opposition centrist Potami party reaffirmed on Thursday that its parliamentary deputies will vote according to their consciences when the Prespa Agreement comes before the Greek parliament for ratification. According to the state-run AMNA news agency,...

The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) notified Greece on Wednesday it has completed all the legal conditions required by the Prespa Agreement. A so-called "note verbale" was sent to the Greek foreign ministry stating that it...

Greek police on Wednesday arrested six suspects in several Macedonian cities for illegally placing posters "naming and shaming" lawmakers who will vote for the Prespa Agreement. Two of those arrested will be brought before a Thessaloniki prosecutor, but the other...

As Greek P.M. Alexis Tsipras seeks to extend his mandate through a confidence vote in parliament, some government lawmakers have been targeted for their stance on the Prespa agreement through a campaign of "naming and shaming". Posters with lawmakers' names...

A Greek prosecutor on Saturday ordered an investigation into allegations that lawmakers from the Independent Greeks party (ANEL) received threats telling them not to vote for the ratification of the Prespa agreement. Two news websites alleged that a prominent member...

The future of the Prespa Agreement now rests with the Greek parliament after FYROM's lawmakers took a decisive step to end one of Europe’s most intractable disputes. On Friday, The FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev made an amendment to the...

European Union officials and the NATO Secretary General congratulated FYROM's PM Zoran Zaev for passing an amendment to the constitution to change the country’s name to North Macedonia on Friday. In a joint statement, High Commissioner Federica Mogherini and Commissioner...

22 bishops from all over Macedonia signed a common statement with which they denounce the Agreement between the governments of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), also known as Prespa Agreement. The Bishops say that the Agreement...

The Greek government is satisfied with the constitutional amendments passed in FYROM's parliament on Wednesday, according to government sources quoted by the semi-official Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). AMNA quotes an unnamed Greek official saying that the proposals "observe the letter and spirit of...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his German counterpart Heiko Maas agreed during their meeting in Athens on Thursday that the Prespa Agreement signed by Athens and Skopje was an "historic opportunity" for a solution to the name dispute...