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Plomp: First priority of the new government should be the improvement of the life standard of its citizens
“The new government has to set its priorities, but if you are asking me, I would say that the first priority should be the improvement of the living standards for all the citizens of this country,” said the Ambassador of Netherlands in Macedonia, Wouter Plomp in a weekly interview for “Radio Free Europe”
As priorities, the Ambassador also mentioned...
Greece Predicts New Pressure To Resolve Name Dispute After Elections in Macedonia
Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias expects new and further pressure for a faster resolution over the name dispute after the parliamentary elections in December in Macedonia.
In an interview with the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini", Kotzias said that only the two countries should dedicate themselves to negotiations within a format under the umbrella of the United Nations and under the baton...
Pavlopoulos: Greece’s veto for entry into the EU and NATO is non-negotiable
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said Greece has no plans to reverse its veto so Macedonia's can enter the EU and NATO until the name dispute remains unresolved.
Pavlopoulos, during a visit to the tombs of ancient Macedonia, near the northern Greek city of Naoussa, said that those who dispute the Greek identity of Macedonia can not expect Athens to remove...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
MOI: The situation on the border with the refugees is normal
The situation on the northern and southern border of the state is normal, said the Interior Ministry, adding that the registration of refugees is normal and there was no-one being held in detention centres.
According to the Interior Ministry, the border with Greece, there are about 700 people who are not allowed into the country because they do not qualify...
New Democracy reacts to the EU over the fence on the Macedonian-Greek border
Greek opposition New Democracy criticized the Macedonian decision to raise a fence on the border with Greece to a European level. The MEP of the right-wing party, Maria Spiraki refered a question to the European Commission's decision on whether raising a fence is in line with the EU guidelines in dealing with the refugee crisis.
Spiraki goes further, seeking an...
Ivanov: Greece is not cooperating with our institutions for the refugee crisis
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has appealed to Greece not to let the name issue get in the way of the cooperation between the two countries in the field of security and in dealing with the refugee crisis. The security of certain areas continues to be held hostage due to the unresolved name dispute.
“During the refugee crisis summit in Brussels,...
“Kathimerini”: Macedonia have started building a fence on the border with Greece
According to the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini", Macedonia has began rising fences on the border with Greece to deal with the waves of refugees and migrants flowing into the country who are focused on getting to Central Europe.
Macedonia's Security Council assessed the possibility of raising a fence on the border with Greece within the the time of a weekend however, only if...
EU seeks improvement on cooperation on Macedonian-Greek border
Greece have agreed to accept and accommodate 50,000 refugees in its territory. Along side this, yesterday at the refugee crisis summit in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also accepted the condition to begin a better border-crossing cooperation to be able to cope better with the refugees passing through the Balkans, Athens, Skopje and Tirana.
According to information from Greece,...
Polls in Greece suggest a narrow race for Parliament
Public opinion polling in Greece, taken three weeks before the early elections, show the race for Government will be very narrow and that the winner is not going to enjoy majority in parliament, which is going to be even more divided than the current one.
Results from the six polls that were released over the weekend, show that the leftist...
Greece has reached an agreement with the “troika”
The Greek government and the “troika” reached a deal for new reforms that will secure the paying of the country’s debt. The document will enter the Greek Parliament today. The Government is hoping that it will pass the bill tomorrow.
The Agreement was reached after 18 hours of continuous negotiations between the Greeks and representatives of European institutions. After lengthy...
Gruevski’s three fingers on the gathering offended Greeks
Nikola Gruevski’s gathering was full of provocations and insults against Greece. This writes the Greek newspaper "Proto Thema", analyzing the gathering of supporters of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE. According to the newspaper, through this gathering as well, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski shows that he is trying to gain points on the nationalist card and to remain on power in that...
Greeks nervous: Stoltenberg said “Macedonia” four times
Referring to Macedonia under its constitutional name by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg caused reactions in Greece.
At the joint meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and EU defense, Greek officials reacted once Stoltenberg began referring to us as "Macedonia".
Greece plans to send a protest note from the permanent representative of Greece to NATO to the Secretary General to respond...
Head of “Actor” Bobolas arrested for tax evasion
Greek financial police this morning arrested business giant Leonidas Bobolas, owner of large construction company "Actor" and the newspaper "Ethnos". Bobolas was arrested for tax evasion and debt to the state at the order of the Greek State Prosecution.
"Actor" in Macedonia builds highway Demir Kapija - Smokvica.
A month ago, MTEA was on the construction site of "Actor". Workers told...
MFA: Athens requested 30 days to propose measures for confidence
Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said for META news agency that there was no talk of confidence building measures as Athens needs one month to come up with draft-measures.
Greece accused Macedonia of spreading irredentism through school textbooks, maps, as well as statements by senior government officials.
Government in Athens is concerned that Macedonia has territorial claims, and therefore...
