Greece

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...

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 Greek government is expected on Thursday night to secure ratification for the Prespa accord signed between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Although a wide range of Greek political parties, from the far-right Golden Dawn to...

In a telegraph to the President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov, on the occasion of the celebrations for the Country's Independence, Donald Trump said that Greece's neighbor has many reasons to celebrate this year. Trump added...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The parliamentary vote on the Prespa Agreement has now been postponed until Friday afternoon, the speaker of the Greek Parliament announced on Thursday. According to the decision taken by the council of the president and the deputy presidents of the Greek Parliament,...

The Parliamentary debate on the Prespa Agreement began on Wednesday morning, with the final vote projected to take place late Thursday night. As the state-run AMNA news agency reports, the vote is expected to be taken after midnight, in the early...

The council of the Greek parliament’s president decided on Monday that debate on the  Prespa Agreement will last for four days, beginning on Monday. The decision articulates that the Agreement will be discussed for two days before the parliament's Standing Committee for...

Thousands of people descended from every corner of Greece and began gathering at Athens’ Syntagma Square in the early hours of Sunday to participate in a demonstration against the Prespa Agreement. Hundreds of buses were chartered to bring citizens from across...

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis in an open letter published by the Greek daily Ta Nea on Saturday calls on Greek Parliamentarians to vote against the Prespa Agreement. Theodorakis calls on all 300 members of the Parliament not to support ''this...