FYROM
ND leader must clearly state his position, says gov’t spokesman Tzanakopoulos
State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Monday in statements to public broadcaster ERT that main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis must state his position on the negotiation (on the FYROM name issue).
The citizens expressed their agony, the lack of confidence to government, says ND leader Mitsotakis
“New Democracy and I personally defended the right of the citizens to protest freely, peacefully and democratically, as provided in the Constitution,” main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
“I have a responsibility towards the country” Prime Minister Tsipras says
“I have a responsibility towards the country,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday in a meeting with main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, government sources told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
Athens will present a proposed agreement to Skopje within February, FM Kotzias reveals
The Greek side will present a draft agreement to Skopje within February that deals with all open issues relating to the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and related issues of irredentism, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview broadcast by ERT public television late on Monday night.
UN mediator Nimetz sees ‘dynamic for solution’ to FYROM issue
UN mediator for the FYROM name issue Matthew Nimetz expressed his optimism that a mutually acceptable solution will be found, in statements to the newspaper “Kathimerini”.
Tzanakopoulos: ND leader’s stance on FYROM issue a ‘great exception’
The political conclusion emerging from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ meetings with the political party leaders is that a convergence between most of the parties is forming, with the exception of New Democracy and the Centrists Union, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Monday.
PM Tsipras: I will seek with patriotic responsibility a mutually acceptable solution
“I pledge that in the coming future I will seek with patriotic responsibility a mutually acceptable solution” stated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after his meetings on Saturday with the political leaders in order to brief them on the developments on the FYROM name issue.
PM Tsipras chose to walk this way alone, says ND leader Mitsotakis
“Mr. Tsipras did not inform the parliament and the Greek people” said New Democracy (ND) leader after the end of his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday morning at the Maximos mansion.
Gennimata reiterates request for political leaders council meeting
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with PASOK leader and head of Democratic Coalition parliamentary group Fofi Gennimata at the Maximos mansion on Saturday.
The key is good neighbourly relations, Commission spokesman says on FYROM name issue
Preserving good neighbourly relations is an issue of great importance for the European Union, alternate European Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein said on Friday, when asked to comment on the FYROM name issue.