Prespa Agreement
Diplomacy
Skopje Raises NATO Flag at Tuesday Ceremony
The nascent Republic of North Macedonia raised a NATO flag at its main government building today, as members of the military alliance continued to ratify the country’s accession agreement.
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Tuesday thanked parliamentarians in Athens and Skopje...
Diplomacy
Gains and Losses for Greece After the Birth of North Macedonia
The Greek and FYROM flags in front of Lake Prespa. File photo
As of Monday, February 10, the little Balkan country north of Greece is officially named North Macedonia and has gained membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For...
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...
Greece
Mitsotakis Says Greece Should Veto Skopje's Accession to EU
As the Greek Parliament voted in favor to ratify the Prespa agreement on Friday, main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis released a statement saying that he is prepared to "fight" what might happen as a result of the deal.
Mitsotakis said...
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...
Diplomacy
FYROM PM Zaev Tweets Congratulations to Tsipras
Congratulations were conveyed from FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to Greece on Friday following the country's Parliamentary vote ratifying the Prespa Agreement.
Prime Minister Zaev tweeted a celebratory message in English to his Greek counterpart, which read “Congratulations my friend,...
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...
Greece
Prespa Agreement Vote Postponed Until Friday Afternoon
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,...