FYROM deal
“Tsipras gave away Greek rights, we will not ratify the FYROM deal” says Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Main opposition New Democracy will not ratify the agreement signed by Athens and Skopje to resolve the name dispute between the two countries, ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Prespes name change agreement between Skopje and Athens passes FYROM parliament
The parliament plenum of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Wednesday ratified the Greek-FYROM agreement signed on Sunday in Prespes, on the solution of the name issue.
“FYROM deal was the best possible, protects our national interests” says minister Nikos Kotzias
“We did not give anything in exchange for something else, we made the best deal for the country,” Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday, talking to ANT1 TV about the Athens-Skopje agreement to resolve the name dispute.
“A brilliant day for Europe”: Italian government celebrates signing of the Greece-FYROM deal
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi congratulated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his FYROM counterpart, Zoran Zaev, on the agreement they signed in Prespes on Sunday.
UN secretary general Guterers congratulates Greece and FYROM over “historic agreement”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sent his warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for the “historic agreement signed on Sunday in Prespes.”
EU to resume using the name FYROM until the Athens-Skopje deal is fully implemented
The European Commission and European institutions will continue to use the name “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” for Greece’s northern neighbour until the agreement signed by Athens and Skopje on Sunday is fully implemented, a spokesperson for European Commission Vice President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on […]
“FYROM should eliminate irredentism” says Pavlopoulos during meeting with Indian president
Greece seeks relations of friendship and good neighbourhood with Skopje and favours its northern neighbour’s NATO and European prospects, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Monday as he received visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind at the presidential mansion.
“Hands off Macedonia”: Citizens gather outside of the Parliament to protest FYROM deal
Protestors objecting to the agreement reached between the governments of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) for resolving the name issue gathered in Syntagma Square on Friday, for a protest rally with the central slogan “Hands off Macedonia”.
“Only EU, USA and NATO to benefit from the bad FYROM deal” says the Communist Party
“The Greece and FYROM agreement was reached with the clear intervention of the USA, NATO and EU, it bears their mark and was signed based on the timetables and timelines set by these organisations in order for EuroAtlantic integration to proceed in the Western Balkans,” said the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in an announcement […]
Kikilias slams the FYROM deal: “A black day for Greece, Tsipras ignores the will of the people”
“Today is a black day for Greece because the prime minister is ignoring the will of the overwhelming majority of the Greek people and refusing to run such a major agreement past the Greek parliament, at the same time that his partner in the coalition government (Panos Kammenos) disagrees with this agreement,” New Democracy shadow […]