Greek Foreign Minister Kotzias to visit Skopje on Thursday
Nikos Kotzias, the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs will be visiting Skopje on Thursday. According to unofficial sources in Greece, Kotzias is coming to Macedonia after being invited by the Macedonian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki. He will also address the Ambassador’s Council...
Hahn did not mention Macedonia once, he asks the Western Balkans to first unite economically, and then join the EU
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in his address at a business forum about the Western Balkans Summit in Paris, did not mention once Macedonia, unlike Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo.
The Commissioner believes that although at present the EU...
Hahn: Brexit is not an end to EU enlargement
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn believes that the United Kingdoms’s exit from the EU does not mean the end of the enlargement of the EU, but provides, even more reasons for its enlargement.
Hahn, while opening the business forum...
MFA has no information on whether Macedonian nationals were hurt in the attack on Istanbul
The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs still has no information whether any Macedonian nationals were hurt in the terrorist attack on Istanbul’s airport “Ataturk”, where at least 36 people were killed and 147 people have been injured.
The MFA have stated that they are in...
Ban Ki-moon in Athens Listening to the Greek’s Position on the Name Dispute
Today in Athens, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon spoke with the Greek government about the refugee crisis, the name dispute and the Cyprus issue.
This morning Ban Ki-moon held talks with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, where they focused their discussion on the...
Refugees from the Idomeni camp have moved to the motorway around Evzoni
The refugees from the camp on the Macedonian-Greek border who refused to leave and go to the other refugee centres near Thessaloniki have found shelter in empty buildings along the motorway.
Thousands of people have sent up their tents in abandoned petrol pumps in the...
Tensions on the border near Gevgelija caused the three Presidents to cancel their visit to quota 59
At Idomeni, tensions have flared up again between refugees and the Macedonian police. A short time ago, a group of refugees began to pull at the fence of the Macedonian-Greek border to make a hole in the fence and enter Macedonian territory.
With the intent...
Greek media say Macedonia entered Greek territory while chasing migrants
The incidents in Idomeni remain a hot topic in Greece. The reaction of the Macedonian police, the outbreak of violence and the lack of response by the Greek government and the police in the whole situation has affected the Greek public.
Once the Greek media...
Greece has sent two notes of protest to Macedonia due to incidents on the border
Greece has sent a note of protest to Macedonia, condemning the violent incidents with the refugees at the border.
According to a statement by the Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Greek Ambassador to Macedonia, Theocharis Lalakos, delivered two demarches to the Macedonian authorities concerning the...
Refugees in Idomeni and Piraeus refuse to leave their makeshift camps
Macedonian police threw tear gas to clear a group of refugees protesting at the fence in Idomeni.
Greek media reported that some of the refugees were unconscious and were have trouble breathing because of the incident.
Refugees protested again this morning on the fence demanding the...
New tensions flare up in Idomeni after false information spreads that borders will open
Today in Idomeni a stressful and anxiety situation unfolded because of speculation earlier that day, that the Greek-Macedonia border will open. Even though the camp has began to empty since Friday, new people arrive everyday. Thousands of refugees from the refugee centers from around...
Pavlopoulos has stern criticism for the Macedonian Government for attempting to falsify history
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos again sent a stern message to the Macedonian Government that attempts to falsify history and our attitude towards the refugee crisis, our country will have not have a European future.
In the message for tomorrow's national holiday, Greek Independence Day, Pavlopoulos...
Refugees have withdrawn from the motorway Evzoni – Thessaloniki
The motorway Evzoni - Thessaloniki is now open and vehicles are moving freely. The hundred refugees this morning who blocked the road in protest, asked that borders be opened to continue their journey to Europe.
Soon after the police opened the road for vehicles and...
New protest by refugees and a blockade of the motorway Evzoni – Thessaloniki
The motorway from the Greek-Macedonian border to Thessaloniki has been blocked again by refugees. Around one hundred people blocked the road near Polikastro in protest to the living conditions in the temporary migrant camps and in Idomeni and in Kilkis.
The refugees set up the...
Volunteers leaving Idomeni refugee camp?
Conditions at Idomeni continue to deteriorate. Rain and more bad weather are like salt to open wound, especially following yesterday's announcement that voluntary organizations and the UNHCR were pulling out from the camp. Once again tents are sinking into the mud from recent rains,...
Refugees in Idomeni claim that they were beaten by Macedonian police
Thirty refugees in Idomeni claim that they were physically attacked by Macedonian police for attempting to cross the border into Macedonia illegally. Greek media reported on this incident according to information from the volunteers of the organization "Doctors without Borders".
A representative of the organization said...
Greek President harshly attacks Macedonia over refugee crisis
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, sent sharp criticism and accusations towards Macedonian politicians, saying that they are trying to seize the moment of the refugee crisis to make a point over the name dispute.
Speaking at an event in Thessaloniki, Pavlopoulos stressed that Greece shows solidarity with...
Refugees are sinking in the mud and dirty water in Idomeni
The camp at Idomeni is completely flooded, and the fields where the refugees sleep in their thin tents has been turned into vast muddy swamp, after yesterday's heavy rain in Northern Greece.
For the 12,000 people in the camp at Idomeni which is on the...
Distressing scenes in Idomeni, as children lay down on the railroad in the mud begging for borders to be opened
The Refugee ordeal in Idomeni is deteriorating as fast as the weather. About 12,000 refugees are stuck in the mud and garbage in the refugee camp amid heavy rain which is expected to last until Wednesday.
In desperation a small group of refugee children have...
Change of route, refugees are now going through Albania
A group of 162 Syrian refugees arrived near the Greek-Albanian border after the Balkan route leading through Macedonia and Serbia has been completely closed down.
Refugees from the Greek port of Piraeus reached the village of Konica, located 12 km from the border with Albania.
According...
