Balkans
Greece-FYROM relations form a stabilising axis for the Balkans, says foreign minister Nikos Kotzias
There can be no policy that is better for the future of the Balkans than cooperation between Greece and FYROM, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the public broadcaster ERT late on Monday. He noted that through this cooperation, “we will stabilise this country (FYROM), which we don’t want to see destroyed”.
Greece promotes stability in the Balkans, unlocks its potential, Alexis Tsipras tells UN assembly
Greece is actively promoting stability and economic growth in the Balkans via a political solution that unlocks the area’s potential to join the European Union and other international groups, said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “Via our dialogue with Albania, but mainly with the […]
Bosnia grants award to Alexis Tsipras for his contribution to peacekeeping un the Balkans
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be awarded on Monday in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his contribution to peacekeeping in the Balkan region.
Greece, USA share a vision of Balkans integrating deeper into NATO-EU, American ambassador says
As a pillar of stability in the region and a commercial and cultural crossroads, as well as an emerging energy hub, Greece can play a strategic role for prosperity and security in the wider region, U.S. Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said on Friday. Addressing the 2018 Balkans and Black Sea Cooperation Forum in Athens, […]
“We should solve political problems for stability in the Balkans”, Deputy Economy minister says
The solution of the political problems in the Balkans is a prerequisite for the region’s growth, Deputy Economy Minister Stergios Pitsiorlas noted at the Balkans and Black Sea Cooperation Forum on Friday.
The integration of Western Balkans must be a catalyst for solution, ND’s Koumoutsakos says
“The integration process of the Western Balkan countries must proceed. The stabilisation of the region is also in Greece’s interest,” main opposition New Democracy (ND) shadow Foreign Minister George Koumoutsakos said on Saturday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
Tsipras urges ‘new architecture’ for Balkan economic cooperation
BELGRADE (ANA/ N. Papadimitriou) The excellent ties between Greece and Serbia could form a foundation to build “a new architecture for economic cooperation in the Balkans,” Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, addressing a Serb-Greek business forum in Belgrade.
Violating refugee laws… Shouldn’t the U.N. cease its activities in Vienna?
By Ilias Kouskouvelis* Students and, especially, practitioners of international relations have often expressed a nihilistic and rather dismissive opinion about the role of the United Nations, its utility and its effectiveness.
Juncker calls leaders’ meeting on refugee crisis
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has called a leaders’ meeting in Brussels on Sunday on refugee flows along the Western Balkans route.