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PM: European socialists welcome efforts to resolve FYROM name issue
“We are at the final stage of exiting the memorandum,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the preparatory meeting of the Party of European Socialists (PES) summit in Sofia on Wednesday, according to government officials.
FM Kotzias on FYROM name issue: “It would be a pity if so much work came to nothing”
UN Special Envoy for the name issue Matthew Nimetz will meet in Athens with the foreign ministers of Greece Nikos Kotzias and FYROM Nikola Dimitrov on May 12, Kotzias said on Friday at the conclusion of the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and FYROM in Thessaloniki.
Υπουργική Σύνοδος Ελλάδας, Αλβανίας, FYROM, Βουλγαρίας: Το οδικό δίκτυο στο επίκεντρο
Η αναβάθμιση των οδικών και σιδηροδρομικών δικτύων, η προώθηση των συνδυασμένων μεταφορών, αλλά και νέες συνδέσεις, μέσα από τη δημιουργία δικτύου υδατοδρομίων βρέθηκαν στο επίκεντρο των συνομιλιών των υπουργών Μεταφορών, οι οποίοι συμμετείχαν στην 3η Υπουργική Συνάντηση Ελλάδας, Αλβανίας, Βουλγαρίας, ΠΓΔΜ, που πραγματοποιήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη.
Nikos Kotzias to FYROM and Bulgaria: We have to intensify our cooperation on Southeastern Europe
“Changes that happen in the world lead us to the conclusion that we must intensify and deepen our cooperation in the region of Southeastern Europe,” Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday during his opening speech at the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and FYROM, held in Thessaloniki.
Foreign Minister Kotzias: FYROM must apply Bucharest declaration if it wants to join NATO
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will be invited to join NATO when it resolves the name issue with Greece, as the Bucharest Summit Declaration of 2008 has set out, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday following a meeting of the alliance members’ foreign ministers.
Kotzias, Dimitrov to continue talks in Vienna over working dinner, sources say
VIENNA (ANA/ D. Dimitrakoudis) Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Nikola Dimitrov wrapped up a meeting at the United Nations Office in Vienna late on Wednesday, without announcing any breakthrough in their talks to resolve the name dispute.
FM Kotzias: FYROM should “get serious” about name negotiations
BRUSSELS (ANA/M. Aroni) ? The leaders of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should “get serious” about the name issue talks instead of conducting negotiations through statements to the media, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Kotzias said in Luxembourg on Monday.
Greece will not accept the theory of ‘grey zones’, says Tzanakopoulos
“According to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ latest information from the Defence Ministry there was no incident of violation of the Greek territory” stated government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos during his briefing to the press on Monday.
Kotzias and Dimitrov report progress after name talks, say process is continuing
Progress had been made on some issues but differences remain, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Nikola Dimitrov said on Thursday, in joint statements after their meeting in Ohrid.
Kotzias in Serbia: Realism the key to resolving the FYROM name issue
The key for a resolution of the FYROM name issue is realism, pragmatism and the realisation that we have to make compromises; not rotten compromises but the kind where both sides stand to gain,” Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Wednesday, replying to questions during a joint press conference with his Serb counterpart and […]