Tsipras clashes with SYRIZA MPs before the coming vote in Parliament
In an environment full of obstacles and mutiny in the ranks of SYRIZA and announcements for protests in the streets, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted in front of the National Assembly the new three-year agreement with Greece’s creditors. There is optimism that the agreement...
Tsipras admitted he and Varoufakis had a Plan B for the possible Grexit
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted openly that he had given an order to Yanis Varoufakis to prepare a Plan B, for a possible Greek exit from the Eurozone. Answering to the question posed by the leader of PASOK, Fofi Genimata, regarding the entire...
Greek Parliament votes for a second package of austerity measures; New blow to Syriza and Tsipras
The new priority measures for Greece have the adopted, however Alexis Tsipras did not get the support for his demands for a broader support of his party Syriza. In the marathon parliamentary discussion which finished with a vote at four in the morning, the...
The new measures voted out, 38 MPs turned their back on Tsipras
With 228 votes "FOR", the Greek Parliament passed the new package measures. 54 MPs voted against the measures, and there were six abstentions. Although the measures were passed with majority, almost historic, this vote was withering for the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA....
Part of SYRIZA requests Tsipras to cancel the agreement with the EU
Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis requests Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to withdraw the agreement with creditors before making final decisions in the Parliament.
Lafazanis, who from the beginning is a sharp opponent of the demands and proposals of the European institutions and considers measures humiliating, said...
End of the Greek drama: Athens and the creditors reached an agreement
Eurozone leaders reached an agreement on financial assistance to Greece, which for five months was trying to find a compromise with creditors.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk via "Twitter" announced that agreement with Greece has been reached "unanimously".
"Everything is ready for the European...
EU Summit cancelled – chances of Greece’s salvation are slim
President of the European Council Donald Tusk today announced that the EU Summit, which was to be held tonight because of the Greek crisis, was cancelled and representatives of the 19 member states of the Eurozone continue to negotiate a financial bailout of Greece.
Previously,...
New meeting of Eurozone finance ministers for Greece
The finance ministers of the Eurozone countries will today meet at a new extraordinary meeting in Brussels after yesterday failing to agree whether to support the plan for a new Greek assistance program or to cut off Greece from the common European currency.
- We...
Tsipras before the key 48 hours
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing the most intense 48 hours in his prime ministerial career. Torn between the Greek "no" to the rigorous measures, pressures from the extreme wing of SYRIZA not to accept European pressures, agreement and promise to most of...
Full Greek proposal tomorrow?
According to unofficial information, Greece today didn’t submit new proposals to creditors. Greek media cite government sources and report that Greece submitted the proposals of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from last week to the negotiating table of the Eurogroup, which at that point were...
Hahn: Greece should remain in Eurozone
EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Johannes Hahn said Greece should remain in the Eurozone and that he is confident that everything will be done for it to be so.
In an interview with Austrian national television ORF, Hahn stressed that it is now...
Tsipras loses the support of Independent Greeks
The government and opposition parties will be in a race to win voters in the next 72 hours, the time remaining until the referendum in Greece. Voters will have to declare whether they are for or against measures of the European partners, which the...
Twist in Greece: Tsipras accepts European proposals with minor modifications and suggestions
It appears that Greece is changing its tune and accepts all proposals of the agreement proposed by European partners. The Greek government sent a new letter to the European institutions and the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde, in which it openly accepts all...
Tsipras with an ultimatum: Either sustainable solution or a big ‘no’ to European requirements
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ended speculation about early elections in Greece and the views that the Greek government will completely cross over red lines. At yesterday's meeting with members of government in Prime Minister's Office, Tsipras stressed that it should be stopped and...
UNHCR: The situation of refugees passing through the Western Balkans is very difficult
The growing number of refugees and immigrants who use less famous Western Balkan route, through which are trying to reach Europe, face major risks, including abuse, violence and accidents while moving on railroad tracks, warns United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
UN Refugee...
Monument of Tsar Samoil in Sofia revealed, his eyes will not glow after all
With an honorary guard and tolling of the bells of temple "Alexander Nevsky", Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev revealed the monument of Tsar Samoil today in the center of Sofia.
- Sacred duty and historic responsibility of each nation to keep alive the memory of their...
“Kathimerini”: The name dispute temporarily goes in a drawer
The meeting between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias and Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Besimi was interpreted by part of the Greek media as an opening of the Greek Government towards the Albanian factor.
Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" assessed that the meeting was an attempt to break...
Kodzias: Confidence building measures to be agreed by June
Confidence building measures between Macedonia and Greece, Macedonian-Greek economic cooperation and the name dispute were the focus of talks between Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias and Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Fatmir Besimi in Athens. Kodzias stated that he had an open and...
Macedonians in Albania are preparing for local elections on 21st of June
At the local elections which will be held on 21st of June, Ethnic Macedonians in Albania will compete for a Mayor position in Pustec and will have 16 lists of councilors in as many municipalities.
On these local elections, Party of Macedonians - Macedonian Alliance...
6,000 migrants have returned to Kosovo since the beginning of this year
As of 1st of January this year, more than 6,000 citizens who have immigrated to Western countries, especially in Germany, returned to Kosovo. This was stated by migration official of the Kosovo Interior Ministry Valon Krasniqi for the Kosovo media "Kosovalive".
According to him, unlike...
