name issue

German spokesman Seibert: Prespes Agreement a historic opportunity to settle the name issue

Germany hails the historic opportunity offered by the Prespes Agreement to potentially

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It is the government’s priority to prevent pension cuts, assures digital policy minitser Nikos Pappas

Minister for Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information Nikos Pappas in an interview with ‘Documento’ newspaper on Sunday underlined the government’s priority not to cut pensions.

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The government remains committed to the Prespes agreement, says transport minister Christos Spirtzis

“Our political differences with ANEL are well known. We have different views on a series of critical issues in national issues. It is not something new,” Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis said on Sunday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).

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We will do our best to prevent the damaging Prespes agreement, promises New Democracy

“New Democracy from the first moment stressed that the Prespes Agreement is damaging for Greece. For this reason, it tabled a censure motion against the government in June,” the main opposition party said on Monday, referring to the referendum in FYROM.

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‘I regret my words were misunderstood’ says European Commissioner Johannes Hahn

European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn on Friday expressed “regret that his words were misunderstood” when asked to comment on his earlier statements about the talks underway between Greece and Albania.

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FM Kotzias: FYROM name issue agreement will contribute to development in Balkans

The agreement of Greece with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name issue was not signed in order to facilitate FYROM’s accession to the European Union and NATO, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told Sto Kokkino FM on Tuesday.

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Tsipras: a patriotic and mutually beneficial agreement for the two countries

“We are here to walk together on a new path of security, our signature today lays the foundation for this course,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday at Psarades in Prespes, before the signature of a historic agreement to resolve the decades-long name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

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ND leader: FYROM name agreement is “a bad deal”

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday an agreement reached by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his FYROM peer settling a name dispute between the two nations is a “bad deal”.

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FM Kotzias: Greece took a decisive step today to resolve the name issue with FYROM

The telephone conversation between the prime ministers of Greece Alexis Tsipras and FYROM Zoran Zaev earlier on Monday is a decisive step towards a resolution of the name issue, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told Kontra TV on the same evening.

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Rallies held throughout northern Greece over name issue

Thousands turned out for protest rallies organised in dozens of northern Greek cities on Wednesday, in protest against the prospect of an agreement on the FYROM name issue that contains the name ‘Macedonia’.

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