Greece
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
Kammenos: ANEL Will Leave Greek Coalition Government Over Macedonia Name Deal
Panos Kammenos commented on Sunday that the name deal granting FYROM permission to call itself “North Macedonia” is the "last straw" for his party.
Kammenos stated that thus far, “We cooperated to save the country,” speaking of the ANEL party's...
Business
Greek Firms Urged to Register Macedonian Products Before Name Deal Takes Effect
Over 4,000 Greek businesses using the description "Macedonian" for their products must register them with the competent European and international agencies before the Prespa agreement on the FYROM name comes into effect.
Business owners must register their products' origin so...
Greece
Former Greek Army Chief Wants Referendum on 'North Macedonia' Deal
Former chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff Frangoulis Frangos made a public petition for a referendum on the Prespa agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Frangos, who was the key speaker at the first Thessaloniki rally against...
Greece
Thousands Protest Against 'Macedonia' Deal in Historic Greek Town
Thousands of flag-waving Greeks protested on Monday at the historic town of Vergina against the Prespes deal between Greece and FYROM on the naming dispute.
Despite earlier warnings that the rally would be cancelled due to bad weather, people from...
Diplomacy
Zaev: 'North Macedonia' Deal May Cost Me, Tsipras Our Careers
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has said he and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras are concerned that the name agreement the two leaders signed might not be implemented.
Zaev gave an interview to Greece's public television ERT...
Greece
Greece's Junior Government Partner Threatens to Block 'Macedonia' Deal
The Greek defense minister and leader of the Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos has criticized the 'Macedonia' agreement and pledged to obstruct its approval on Tuesday.
Kammenos, a nationalist politician and head of the junior partner in the SYRIZA-led government, said...
Greece
Greek Protesters Clash With Police Over 'Macedonia' Deal (video)
Greek police used tear gas on Sunday against demonstrators opposing the "Macedonia" name deal in central Athens.
A group of around 30 demonstrators threw rocks and flares against the police in Syntagma square, opposite the Greek parliament, after the end...
Greece
Protesters Boo, Jeer Greek Minister Over 'Macedonia' Deal (video)
Dozens of demonstrators have booed and jeered a government minister over the 'North Macedonia' deal during a solemn wreath-laying ceremony in the northern town of Serres.
Protesters booed, shouted “traitor” and demanded that Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis and a local SYRIZA lawmaker...
Diplomacy
FYROM President Refuses to Sign 'Macedonia' Deal
FYROM's president has fulfilled his threat to not sign off on a deal with neighboring Greece for his country to change its name to 'North Macedonia.'
Gjorge Ivanov's decision will delay but not derail the deal that FYROM's parliament has...
Greece
Greek Composer Mikis Theodorakis Calls 'Macedonia' Deal 'National Humiliation'
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has launched a stinging attack against the SYRIZA-led government over the 'North Macedonia' agreement signed last week, calling it "national humiliation".
In an article, Theodorakis says the decision to sign the deal has enraged the Greek people....
Greece
Greece's Tsipras Heckled over 'Macedonia' Deal in London (video)
A small group of protesters heckled Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the 'North Macedonia' agreement as he was leaving a meeting with entrepreneurs in London on Monday.
Following the meeting at the Hellenic Centre, some taunted him in Greek...
Greece
Greek Anger Over 'Macedonia' Deal Spills Out onto the Streets (video)
Officials and lawmakers of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks governing coalition have been on the receiving end of angry protests by Greeks who view the recently-signed 'Macedonia' deal with FYROM as treason.
There is anger over the government’s acceptance that its neighbor...
Diplomacy
FYROM Ratifies 'North Macedonia' Deal with Greece Amid Opposition Boycott
Lawmakers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Wednesday ratified the name deal with Greece in a first-step vote which was boycotted by the country's main opposition party.
The necessary legislation was passed by 69-0 in the 120-seat...
Business
Name Deal Must Protect Greece's Macedonian Brands, Says Business Leader
Following the Greece/FYROM deal, commercial names, trademarks and brand names referring to 'Macedonia' must be exclusively Greek, a leading businessman has said.
The head of the Union of Hellenic Chambers and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Konstantinos Michalos, said 'Macedonian'...