FYROM name dispute
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).
“No government has reached so clsoe to a deal as we” says Katrougalos about FYROM dispute
The current government has set the bar higher than any other in terms of the conditions for resolving the name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs George Katrougalos said on Tuesday, speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) radio station “Praktoreio 104.9 FM”.
Telephone conversation between Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev on the FYROM name dispute
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a telephone conversation with his FYROM counterpart, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, at 3:00 p.m. on Monday.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras message from Thessaloniki “Next elections in October 2019”
“The current negotiation on the FYROM name issue is critical,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after a meeting with Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, adding that “the government is trying to take something back and not make concessions as previous governments have done.”
For the first time, Greece has a detailed long-term development plan, says Katrougalos
It’s the first time in Greek history the country “has a detailed development plan with specific dates showing how we want Greece to be in the next decades, not just next year,” Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European affairs, Giorgos Katrougalos, said on Wednesday to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio station Praktoreio 104,9 FM.
Defence minister Kammenos: “No solution with FYROM without changing their constitution”
The government will not bring any agreement on the FYROM name issue to parliament unless the neighbouring country first changes its constitution, Defence Minister and head of the Independent Greeks party Panos Kammenos said in an interview with Alpha radio on Tuesday.
Greece welcomes FYROM’s acceptance of an “erga omnes” name, government spokesman says
The Greek government welcomes as a positive development the acceptance by FYROM’s leadership – for the first time – of ‘erga omnes’ in a solution of the name dispute, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Monday.
George Katrougalos message to FYROM: “One name for all uses, change the Constitution”
The two issues that remain for an agreement with FYROM are the erga omnes application of the name decided and a revision of that country’s Constitution, stated Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European Affairs George Katrougalos, talking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency radio station “Praktoreio” on Tuesday.
Greek government expresses “horror” over the deaths in the Gaza strip, calls for de-escalation
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Tuesday opened his briefing to the press by expressing his horror over the “the dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries of demonstrators in the Gaza Strip caused by the Israeli army during the demonstrations against the USA’s decision to transfer their Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
FYROM naming dispute: Progress expected soon, says government spokesman Tzanakopoulos
The government expects good developments soon in the talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name issue, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos claimed in an interview to the newspaper “ThessNews” on Saturday.