Prespa Agreement

A public prosecutor in Skopje will launch an investigation against the president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Gjorge Ivanov, reports FYROM's META news agency. The probe concerns two separate issues: Ivanov's decision not to sign a law...

Yanis Varoufakis, no stranger to provocative statements, is in the news again following a television appearance in Greece on Monday. Speaking on Skai TV, Varoufakis claimed that investor George Soros had asked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to fire Varoufakis...

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...

The Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the parliamentary vote that took place in Skopje on Friday, blamed the United States for the "unfair vote" which began the process of changing the constitutional name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of...

The parliament in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Friday has voted to start the process of renaming the country "North Macedonia". A total of 80 deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favor of renaming the Balkan...

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...

Governments in Greece, western Europe and the U.S.A. anxiously await developments in Skopje, as FYROM's parliament is set to vote on the Prespa agreement as soon as today. The agreement would change the country’s official name to "North Macedonia" and...

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...

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...

The decision to take over the Foreign Ministry portfolio myself marks my "determination to do whatever possible to guarantee the successful completion of the historic Prespa agreement," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, following the resignation of foreign minister Nikos...