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Prosecutor Orders Probe Following Kotzias Lawsuit

Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou has ordered an investigation following a lawsuit filed by former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias for defamation and dissemination of false news against him. Kotzias resigned last month after a rift with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos...

Former Greek FM Kotzias: FYROM Name Deal will Halt Turkish Influence in Balkans

The Prespa agreement signed with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will bring stability to the Balkans and curb Turkey's influence in the region, said former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday. These remarks were delivered in Crete as...

Casual-mannered Comment by Greece's Former FM Kotzias Draws Criticism from Opposition

Following the casual-mannered announcement by Greece's former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Saturday that Greece is ready to extend its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles, the country's main opposition party sounded off against the...

Greek PM Tsipras Refuses to Publicize Kotzias Resignation Letter

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated on Friday his refusal to publicize the content of the resignation letter left in his office by former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, who vacated his post on Wednesday. Kotzias has asserted that the Tsipras...

Former FM Kotzias Challenges Greek Government to Publish Resignation Letter

Former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday after an angry exchange with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, has challenged the government to publish his lengthy resignation letter. “They should publish my letter of resignation," said Kotzias. "In its nine...

State Department thanks departing Greek FM Kotzias

The U.S. State Department thanked departing Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias for the Prespa agreement and for his role in improving Greece-U.S. relations. These comments came on Wednesday following Kotzias' unexpected resignation, and were related to Greece's state-run ANA-MPA news...

Nikos Kotzias: The Architect of the Prespa Agreement Pushed Out from Tsipras' Ship

The resignation of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Wednesday was so sudden and unexpected that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not have a replacement in mind, so he decided to take the difficult foreign policy portfolio himself. The cabinet...

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias Resigns

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigned on Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa accord. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanked Kotzias for his services over the last...

FYROM's Collapse Would Be Worst-Case Scenario for Greece Says Greek FM Kotzias

''There can be no policy that is better for the future of the Balkans than cooperation between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),'' Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the Greek public broadcaster...

Greece's Kotzias Meets with Cypriot Counterpart in New York

Greece and Cyprus share common positions on the Cyprus problem, Cyprus' Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Monday after a meeting he had in New York with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias. Christodoulides said that they exchange views and coordinate...

Greece's Kotzias Expects Prespa Agreement to Reach Greek Parliament in January

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...

Kotzias to UN's Special Envoy: Cyprus Problem is Matter of Occupation and Invasion

Greece's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, has conveyed Athens' views regarding the time-frame and the methodology of the Cyprus reunification talks to UN Secretary General`s special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, during a two-hour meeting on Tuesday. During the meeting Kotzias underlined...

Greece's Foreign Minister Kotzias Replies to Turkey's Cavusoglu

The issue of the 8 Turkish Military Officers who fled to Greece in order to escape prosecution is still an issue that creates problems between Turkey and Greece. During the inauguration of the revamped Greek Consulate in Turkey's Izmir city...

Greece, Turkey Must Agree Before New Cyprus Talks: Kotzias

Greece and Turkey need to hammer out assurances on security before new talks on Cyprus can go ahead, Athens' foreign minister has said. Nikos Kotzias, speaking to the Sto Kokkinio radio station, said Greece had previously stressed the need for...

Deal with Skopje is at Final Stage, Greek FM Kotzias says

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday that "an agreement with FYROM has been concluded". Kotzias spoke at a joint press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Berlin. The Greek minister reiterated Monday's statement that talks on a...