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Thousands of refugees stranded on the Greek side of Bogordica and are waiting to cross the border into Macedonia
In Greece the mass panic is increasing, as the State believes it will be stuck with thousands of refugees and migrants.
The Greek media have been reporting that at the border-crossing Bogorodica, or to be more precise Idomeni, which is on the Greek side, is extremely crowded because Macedonian authorities are only letting a small number of refugees and migrants...
Thessaloniki under siege by Greek farmers
Greek farmers today will "occupy" Thessaloniki. Protests from the road blockades will move to the centre of Thessaloniki, where tonight the great Fair of Agriculture "Agrotiki" opens. This way Farmers can demonstrate their anger and dissatisfaction with the government's decisions not to deviate from the implementation of the Agreement on pension and health insurance and new laws that would abolish...
Today from 11:00-13:00, Greek farmers will block border crossings Bogorodica and Dojran
Today Greek farmers will again be blocking the border crossings Bogorodica and Dojran. The blockade will start from 12:00 to 14:00 local time, in other words from 11:00 to 13:00 Macedonian time.
Other than the Macedonian border, farmers are also blocking border crossings from Greece - Albania, and Greece - Bulgaria. The worst situation at the moment is at the...
Greek farmers might block the border crossing at Dojran
It is possible that Greek farmers today intend to block the border crossing at Dojran from 11:00-13:00 Macedonian time.
According to announcements from the farmers, from the area surrounding Kilkis, they plan either to block the motorway Thessaloniki – Petrich, or block the border crossing Dojran - Dojrani.
In the area of Kilkis, farmers have gathered 450 tractors and a large...
Kotzias deny that Germany are considering to exclude Greece from Schengen-Zone
Yesterday in Berlin the Greek and German Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed the situation on the refugee crisis. The Greek Foreign Minister in Berlin has denied the information about a temporary exclusion from the EU's passport-free Schengen zone, and the idea to close the Macedonian border so refugees remain stranded in Greece, claiming that his contact...
Greek farmers will block motorways throughout Greece, for now there are no blockades on the border
Traffic movement through the motorways in Greece in the coming days will be difficult due to a mass strike organized by disgruntled Greek farmers. Farmers are dissatisfied with the measures of the Greek government for pensions, health insurance and the abolishment of benefits.
Over 10,000 farmers with their tractors will be protesting on motorways throughout Greece and occasionally will block...
Slovenia denies: There is no defect on the railway and we did not ask Macedonia to close its border
Slovenia today denied reports that they had requested Macedonia to close the southern border for entry of migrants due to a malfunction of the railway lines and pointed out that the railway transport in the country for the past few days has been working without disruption.
"The Republic of Slovenia did not request Macedonia to close its border with Greece....
Germany and Austria are planning to close the Macedonian border, and build “Mega-Camps” for refugees
Germany and Austria, in cooperation with the Macedonian and Greek government are developing a plan to close the Macedonian-Greek border for refugees, says the agency "Sputnik", reporting its information from the German newspaper "Bild".
According to the German newspaper, experts from Vienna, Brussels and Berlin want to close the border and equip the area with a surveillance system. At the...
Greece fears that Macedonia will completely close its border to refugees
The number of refugees in Idomeni is on the rise as the border crossing remains closed.
Fear has begun to grow in Greece because of the decision to close the Macedonian border to refugees may be more than just temporary.
Although the official explanation is that the border is closed at the request of Slovenia due to a malfunction on the...
Due to the defect on the Slovenian railway, the neutral zone Idomeni has been closed
A defect on the railway infrastructure in Slovenia is the reason for the closure of the neutral zone at the border crossing, Idomeni where the migrants cross the border from Greece to Macedonia, said the from the Ministry of Interior to “Meta”.
“We were informed from other countries on the Western Balkan route that there had been a reduce the...
Last year, Macedonia and a half went to Greece, and spent a fortune and a half
According to recent published figures by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, last year in Greece there were 2.7 million visitors from Macedonia. That is an increase of 26.1 percent from 2014, or approximately 600,000 visits.
In the period from January to September 2015, 2,712,295 visitors entered Greece from Macedonia compared to the 2,151,751 visitors in 2014.
The majority of Macedonian visitors who...
Sekerinska: Who is negotiating the name dispute on behalf of Macedonia?
"Nobody knows anymore who is negotiating on behalf of the Republic of Macedonia!" Was SDSM's response regarding Ali Ahmeti's visit to Athens.
“In "The truth about Macedonia" we heard that he is Gruevski's business partner. Now through party announcements we read that they are still coalition partners. This is dangerous and not serious behaviour for one of the most serious...
The MFA did not support Ahmeti’s visit to Athens and were not informed of his decision to go or the topic of the meeting
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reacted after DUI's statement, and said that they had not given their support to officials of DUI for their visit to Athens. Their visit to Athens was of their own initiative, as well as a party visit and not in the capacity as Government Officials and was "just like the party visit by Foreign Minister...
Athens: Ahmeti is coming of his own accord, everything we needed to say, we already told FM Poposki
The day after tomorrow, Ali Ahmeti, leader of DUI will visit Athens. In Greece it is widely believed that the visit is part of the effort to find a faster solution to the hopeless situation over the name dispute.
In analysing the Greek newspaper "To Vima", Ahmeti's meeting with Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is widely believed to be part of...
MFA: Ahmeti is visiting Greece as a party official, and not in coordination with the Government
The leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Ali Ahmeti, the Vice Prime Minister for the Framework Agreement Musa Xhaferi, and the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Fatmir Besimi are not visiting Greece and their Foreign Minister in the capacity as government officials, said the Macedonian Ministry for Foreign Affairs to “Meta”.
The MFA said that it was a party meeting,...
Poposki arrives in Athens tomorrow for an official visit
The Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, tomorrow arrives in Athens for an official meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias. This is Poposki's second visit to Athens, following his participation in the informal meeting of Ministers of the EU and candidate countries during the Greek Presidency in 2014, but this is the first official visit as Minister of Foreign...
Popovski sets the ground for his visit to Greece with positive comments
The conditions for solving the name dispute are more mature now, according to the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski.
With less than five days before his visit to Athens and his meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias, Minister Popovski in an interview with the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" and "Real" points to the need for greater cooperation, but also said...
EU threatens Greece with exclusion from the Schengen zone
After threatening to leave the euro zone, Greece is facing warnings and threats of a possible exit of the Schengen zone. These Greek newspapers "Kathimerini" and "Proto Thema", reported that the Member States of the European Union (EU) have already began sending serious warnings to Greece that if it does not implement the refugee crisis measures agreed upon the...
MOI: 18 police officers were injured during clashes with migrants on the border with Greece
In today's clash between migrants and members of the security forces on the border with Greece, 18 police officers were injured, two of whom had suffered severe head injuries, and a several police and army vehicles were demolished, announced this afternoon the Ministry of Interior.
The incident occurred around 13.30 the border at quota 59, where members of the Macedonian...
Poposki: Macedonia and Greece should be coordinated at government level for the refugees
Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski urged coordination between Macedonia and Greece on the question of refugees to rise to a higher level, a higher government level.
“We need coordination with Greece. Currently, there is cooperation between law enforcement officials in terms of exchanging information how many people come from the Greek port of Piraeus, the information needed to prepare for their...
