21.01.2019
To Potami party sinks under weight of Prespa agreement
To Potami MP Spiros Lycoudis today resigned his post as deputy parliament speaker, even as the party lost it status as a...
Prespa Agreement
21.01.2019
Editorial: Violence
If the police are unable to isolate a small number of troublemakers, either they are incompetent or they are executing instructions unrelated to maintaining order issued by their superiors.
18.01.2019
Amended FYROM Constitution has clear, indirect references to ‘Macedonian’ ethnicity
In effect, with the pretext of protecting the rights of veterans the clarification asserts clearly the existence of a Macedonian ethnicity (Macedonian people) and indeed liberation struggles that sought to unify the entire geographic area of Macedonia.
17.01.2019
Tsipras wins confidence vote, Prespa Accord ratification now
In his speech, Potami MP Yorgos Amyras in parliament declared “You will find the single vote needed in tonight’s confidence vote, but you willl not find 151 votes [to ratify] the Prespa Agreement.”
15.01.2019
Tsipras, Mitsotakis cross swords in confidence vote on economy, political ethics, FYROM
Tsipras also accused New Democracy of tolerating the attacks and death threats issued by ND cadres and sent to MPs who plan to support the government.
14.01.2019
Embattled Kammenos struggles for political survival
Independent Greeks MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, and Deputy Agriculture Minister Vasilis Kokkalis will give the government their confidence.
11.01.2019
Mitsotakis explains to Merkel why he opposes Prespa Accord
The talks also touched on tax cuts that ND has proposed, attracting investment, and continuing on the path of structural reforms.
10.01.2019
Merkel praises Tsipras for Prespa Accord, stresses continued reforms
'This is not the end of reforms but rather the beginning. The problems have not entirely been transcended,' Merkel said.
10.01.2019
Parliamentary majority hangs in the balance, snap election possible
At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority
04.01.2019
Merkel to hold talks in Athens with Tsipras, Pavlopoulos, Mitsotakis
Merkel’s meeting with Mitsotakis is of particular interest, as he is presumed to be the country’s next PM and he staunchly opposes the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement
02.01.2019
Tsipras, Zaev rally forces to pass Prespa Accord
There are concerns in Greece that MPs who have declared their support may switch at the last moment, so as to ensure their political survival in the general election.
31.12.2018
Tsipras: Prespa accord ratification by March, general election in October
The PM says he is mulling over which Sunday in October he might hold the general election. “I am looking for a date in October,” he said, thus indicating that he intends to serve out his whole term.
24.12.2018
Bulgaria rejects name ‘North Macedonia’, says there is no ‘Macedonian language’
“As President of Bulgaria, I do not agree with the name ‘Northern Macedonia’. There is no such country. That name cannot be adopted. We cannot accept that there is a ‘Macedonian language’," said Rumen Radev.
13.12.2018
Kammenos says he will resign when Skopje approves Prespa Accord, then does another aboout-face
In Larissa, Kammenos said that he will pull out of the government if the FYROM Parliament finalises the constitutional amendments required by the Prespa accord
08.12.2018
Tsipras, Putin move to transcend recent crisis in relations
Tsipras is underlining the need for improved bilateral ties so as to “stably build the basis of the two countries’ cooperation after nearly five years of inertia in their relations”.
04.12.2018
Pavlopoulos issues harsh response to Zaev’s irredentist reference to ‘Macedonians of the Aegean’
The term used by FYROM's PM implies that the Greek part of the geographical territory of Macedonia (including Thessaloniki) is unliberated and cut off from the state of FYROM
17.10.2018
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigns after clash with government’s junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos
The resignation comes straight on the heels of yesterday’s stormy cabinet meeting, during which Kotzias lambasted Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, Tsipras’ junior coalition partner, after Kammenos on an official visit to Washington trashed the government’s Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement and presented his own “Plan B”.
16.10.2018
SYRIZA, Independent Greeks coalition to continue, despite rising frictions
The two party leaders reiterated their intention to continue their political collaboration in the coalition government at least until March, when the Prespa Agreement is expected to be tabled in the Greek Parliament
