Tag: Athens

John Kerry, US Secretary of State, suggests that Greece should be try from November to make new proposals in the negotiations, said the Greek media. According to the TV station "Mega", the Greek side responded positively, but stressed that these attempts will be discounts if the Macedonian side did not show an equally strong will to compromise. The meeting reportedly...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, refused to attend the UN General Assembly, a key meeting on the fight against ISIS, because of Macedonia. Neither Mr Tsipras, nor his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias attended the meeting on the fight against terrorism, organized by US President Barack Obama because Macedonia participated under its constitutional name. Sources from the Prime Minister's office emphasized...

Following an all-night debate, the Greek National Assembly voted this morning in favor of the third packet of austerity measures. The deal was approved by 222 MPs, 64 were opposed to it and 11 were neutral. SYRIZA lost their slim majority in Parliamnet after only 118 MPs of the left supported the deal- that is two less from the borderline...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in a rush to have the new packet of measures voted in Parliament by August 15. The Government of Greece is hoping it will reach an agreement by tomorrow about the final text regarding the measures and obligations between Athens and Brussels of the new loan that the country needs to take. Tsipras...

Marathon meeting between the Greek Prime Minister and the leaders of the Greek political parties led to a joint declaration which gives support to the Greek government to submit a new proposal to its creditors. The declaration is expected to be shortly announced by Prime Minister's office, along with the name of the new Finance Minister. The full text is signed...

Greece today goes to a referendum. Citizens should answer yes or no to the latest package of measures put forward by European lenders, which include cuts in pensions and wages and increase of VAT. Polling stations were opened at 7 am this morning and will be open until 7 pm. In the country are registered 10 million voters who...

The information for a new agreement from the Greek side is getting louder and the government plane was ready to transport Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Brussels or Berlin to discuss it. According to the Government Cabinet, the Greek government today submitted a new proposal for a two-year contract with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to the lenders, which...

Alexis Tsipras does not think to make a step back. Greek PM confidently steps towards referendum decision on Sunday with great optimism and hope that people will express support and provide a stronger mandate to seek a fairer deal on Greece by international lenders. Late last night, Greek government received a new message and a new proposal for the...

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 the ice with the Macedonian government, but also to move towards cooperation with the Albanian...

New Democracy MEP Maria Spiraki faced directly with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on the views on the lack of democracy and democratic values of the Macedonian government. Spiraki and Gruevski met in a meeting of the parliamentary group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, on which Macedonian PM was confronted with questions from several MEPs about...

The initiative for new talks between Macedonia and Greece to adopt confidence building measures is not new, and it is discussed for some time now. This is claimed by Greek newspaper "Kathimerini", citing diplomatic sources claiming that the German Government is behind the initiative. According to the newspaper, the assessments in diplomatic circles in Athens are that the idea is not...

The Greek government is considering a new diplomatic initiative to Macedonia. It seems that Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias is planning to propose the Macedonian government a package of measures to build confidence between the two countries, which, according to initial information, generally would be focused on coping with irredentism, which Greece considers to be implemented very strongly by...

Professor Nikos Kodzias, recent informal adviser for foreign policy of Alexis Tsipras, is the new head of Greek diplomacy. Kodzias is a professor of political theory of international and European affairs at the Piraeus University. His political path has always been through the corridors of the left, he was a member of the Communist Party, and recently joined SYRIZA. He...