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Merkel invited Tsipras to tete-a-tete meeting

Alexis Tsipras will have a tete-a-tete meeting with Angela Merkel. Greek Prime Minister and the German Chancellor will meet next Monday in Berlin on Merkel's proposal. Iron Lady of the EU yesterday called Tsipras and proposed tete-a-tete meeting to discuss Greece's financial situation. The meeting comes...

Hahn: Solve the crisis to keep European perspective

High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union Federica Mogerini today in Brussels, responding to reporters’ questions, said that Macedonia is on its agenda. - Yes, Macedonia is on our agenda. Together with Commissioner Hahn, we are very focused on the Balkans. In this...

Thousands of people went to the march in honor of Nemtsov

Instead of the opposition protest rally, a protest march in memory of murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, that involved thousands of people, was organized. Several thousand people gathered on the Slavjansk Square in downtown Moscow, from where they directed to the bridge on which...

Putin: I will do everything Nemtsov’s killers to be punished

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to do everything to punish those who organized and carried out, as he said, the cynical and cowardly murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. This was written in a telegram that Putin sent to Nemtsov’s mother, which was published...

Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov killed

The leader of the opposition Russian movement "Movement of Solidarity", Boris Nemtsov, was killed yesterday in the center of Moscow. Cause of death was a great internal bleeding, which was caused by four bullets fired at him from a moving car. He was hit...

Harsh reactions from Brussels: Juncker didn’t met Gruevski because of the crisis

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has canceled the meeting with Prime Minister Gruevski that was to be held in Brussels on Thursday. Juncker spokeswoman Mina Andreeva briefly confirmed: "We were in contact with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Commissioner Hahn was on the field...

Athens satisfied with the agreement in Brussels

Greek Government indicated the agreement in Brussels as its success, victory and final meeting of civil requirements and needs. Government of Alexis Tsipras is satisfied with the agreement in Brussels, saying that it succeeded to allocate victory on the extraordinary meeting of the Eurogroup...

Greece received a four-month delay on debt repayment

Tonight in Brussels, Greece received a four-month delay on debt repayment. Athens and Brussels agreed the Greek government to submit a list of reforms that will result in a better position to continue the subsidy program till the end of business...

European journalists reacted to Hahn’s statements on media freedom

The news industry has reacted strongly to the statements of EU Commissioner for accession negotiations, Johannes Hahn, given a few hours before his departure for Skopje, in which he expressed doubt about the rankings and methodology of "Reporters Without Borders" for freedom of media. To...

No agreement between Greece and the Eurogroup

The second attempt at an agreement between Greece and the Eurogroup failed. Greece rejects the proposal of European partners, which require it to continue to implement the commitments agreed in the Memorandum of austerity, i.e. to continue the austerity program in full. These conditions...

Copenhagen: Three injured in attack on synagogue

Three people were injured in last evening's attack on a synagogue in the center of the Danish capital Copenhagen. As Danish media report, one of the injured was a civilian, who was shot in the head, while the other two are policemen. The injured are...

Tsipras in Brussels: The name according to international law and in the UN

New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, yesterday evening in Brussels, reiterated that "the differences we have" should be resolved with respect to international law within the United Nations and that Greece’s attitude will not change. To the question of the correspondent of META at Tsipras’...

Toxic cloud over Barcelona after explosion at a chemical plant

At least three people were injured in an explosion at chemical plant in Spain, which resulted in a toxic orange cloud. Authorities urged residents near Barcelona not to go outside. The incident was caused by two chemicals that were inadvertently mixed during delivery, announced authorities...

Kocijančič after Zaev’s press conference: EU is concerned about the developments in Macedonia

Through Maja Kocijančič, spokeswoman of Federica Mogherini, head of European diplomacy, the EU gave a brief comment on the press conference of the opposition SDSM on which leader Zoran Zaev announced that the Government tapped over 20,000 citizens through its services and submitted audio...

New peace plan for Ukraine is being prepared

French and German diplomats are actively preparing summit in Minsk with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, hoping to end the bloody conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Diplomats from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia today in Berlin are working on a peace plan, which is presented...

Turmoil in Athens: Counter protests in support of Tsipras

As a sign of anger regarding the decision of the European Central Bank not to accept government bonds from Greek banks, many Greek citizens today are calling for a mass protest in front of Parliament in support of the Greek Government and against the...

EU on Zaev: Macedonian institutions to comply with legal standards

EU Department of Foreign Affairs responded tonight to criminal charges against opposition leader Zoran Zaev and former head of intelligence Zoran Verushevski and his wife. "These are very serious allegations and we remind to the inalienable right to an independent and transparent investigation in case...

EU continues to sanction Russia until September

Last night, at an extraordinary meeting of heads of diplomacies of 28 member states, European Union decided to continue the sanctions on Russia until September, announced EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. Serious debate among most member states and the minority led by Greece, which opposed...

Schulz: European fear of Tsipras is misplaced

The head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz sent a message from Athens and expressed hope that Greece will be able to stay in the EU and on its European path. Schulz, who was the first European official to visit Greece after the elections,...

Tsipras against European sanctions on Russia

The newly elected Greek government opposes further sanctions against Russia and does not accept the statement of EU leaders condemning the killing of civilians in Mariupol (Ukraine) on 24th of January by speculating that Moscow is "responsible" for the actions of separatists in Ukraine. During...