FYROM deal
New Democracy will never ratify the Prespes agreement with FYROM, states secretary Avgenakis
New Democracy will not ratify the Prespes Agreement, either in this parliament or in the next parliament, main opposition ND party secretary Lefteris Avgenakis said on Friday.
Name agreement between Greece and FYROM is a positive precedent, says Austrian ambassador
“In June, Athens and Skopje reached a political agreement on a long-standing issue of FYROM’s name, which is a great diplomatic success for both sides, the United Nations and S.E Europe,” Austrian ambassador Andrea Ikic-Bohm said on Friday on the sidelines of the cultural events organised by the Austrian Embassy in Athens.
European parliament president Antonio Tajnai states support for the Prespes name deal
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has replied affirmatively to a request from European Parliament Vice President Dimitris Papadimoulis that Tajani launch initiatives to support the Prespes agreement between Greece and FYROM, in a letter sent by Papadimoulis on June 13.
“Only after completing constitutional revision can FYROM join NATO” says Pavlopoulos
Only after FYROM has revised its constitution and it is shown that the revision includes all agreed guarantees, will FYROM be asked to join NATO, Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Thursday, addressing Greek students from the United States participating in the Hospitality Program of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad.
“Tsipras opens the doors of NATO to FYROM, the people will judge him for it” says Mitsotakis
The Greece-FYROM name issue agreement is opening the door of NATO to the neighboring country, “surrendering the strongest negotiation weapon Greece has,” New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis charged on Wednesday, ahead of the NATO Summit in Brussels.
Edi Rama announces forthcoming strategic partnership deal between Albania and Greece
Greece and Albania will conclude their agreement “with a new document of strategic partnership,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (ANA) on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit concluding in London on Tuesday.
“The Independent Greeks will emerge even stronger after the elections” states Panos Kammenos
Independent Greeks (ANEL) national congress conference was concluded on Sunday party leader Panos Kammenos’ speech. Kammenos noted that no other party has suffered such attack from the media adding that the co-governance’s target was the exit from the memoranda and the clash with the corruption adding that both targets are on track.
Rumors of Greek-German exchange on FYROM, migration, economy “repulsive”, says envoy
German ambassador to Greece Jens Ploetner called baseless the “speculations on whatever exchange between Greece and Germany” on the FYROM issue, the refugees and the economy, in his interview with the Sunday edition of Kathimerini newspaper.
“ND facilitates hate over the FYROM deal, I ‘ve received life threats” says Nikos Kotzias
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with 24/7 radio station on Thursday spoke of a “diversion into hate rhetoric” that undermines democracy and which is tolerated and facilitated by the stance of main opposition New Democracy.
Former UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon praises FYROM deal, notes popular discontent
Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Greece-FYROM agreement on the name issue but expressed concern over its reception by the public, in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian New Agency (ANA).