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Tsipras will see Merkel in Berlin, Gruevski, perhaps, in Brussels
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski would maybe attend the Summit of Heads of states, governments and the opposition parties of the European People's Party (EPP), which will be held on 19th and 20th of March in Brussels.
The ruling VMRO-DPMNE and its president, Nikola Gruevski, are members of the EPP. We failed to receive information from the party whether Gruevski...
Mogerini apologizes: She called us Macedonia out of fatigue
High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union Federica Mogerini apologized for using the name "Macedonia" instead of "FYROM" during last week's press conference.
- I always use the term FYROM. Sometimes, especially when you are dealing with crisis 24/7, you make mistakes. I apologize for that. I always adhere to the officially accepted name and, for...
Greek MEPs attack Mogerini for Macedonia
High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union, Federica Mogerini, raised pressure in Greece with the decision to refer to us as Macedonia.
Greek MEPs immediately reacted, while a huge part of the Greek media condemned Mogerini, noting that she provoked Greece by rather than the temporary reference, she addressed us with Macedonia, speaking about the situation in the...
Greeks in the US request Kerry to block Macedonia in NATO
Greek Pan-Macedonian Association in USA sent a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, with which it appeals to him not make effort of accession of the Republic of Macedonia in NATO, reports "Greek Reporter."
"The countries that aspire to join NATO must meet all the requirements and criteria for membership, and Macedonia is not one of those countries,"...
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 and realize what was planned without having to withdraw from its red lines.
"Greece today turned...
Greece to introduce a special tax for the rich
The new Greek Government is preparing reforms of the tax system, which will introduce a special "tax on large estates" (TLE). As "Greek Reporter" reports, allegedly, the tax will include everything luxurious and which exceeds the value of 300,000 euros.
The new tax system should increase the income of the state and also to respond to criticism of European partners...
Greek Handball Federation reacted to the naming of Macedonia in Qatar
Reactions to the use of the constitutional name in international sports events were not absent for the World Handball Championship in Qatar. Greek Handball Federation sent a letter to the International Handball Federation, in which it reacts for the incorrectly naming of Macedonia on the 24th World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar and demands the behavior to be corrected...
PASOK warns Samaras not sound like Golden Dawn
PASOK has warned Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for the views similar to Golden Dawn on the immigration policies of New Democracy. During yesterday’s visit to Evros, a place which is on the border with Turkey and where most immigrants are entering Greece by water, on account of what, stronger electric fence was placed two years ago, Samaras showed...
Brussels recommends to Athens: Euro membership is irrevocable
The tension in the institutions and in major capitals of the European Union is increasing as the elections in Greece are getting closer, on which Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Radical Left SYRIZA, is the favorite.
According to information published this weekend in German “Spiegel” that “Greece may leave the Euro zone”, without initiating major difficulties for the euro, the...
Greek stock market sinks after announcement of elections
Greek stock market sinks after the announcement of early elections in late January. The market share fell to 11.15 percent in just two hours after the Greek Parliament failed to elect President on today’s vote.
Greek economic newspaper “Imerisia” reports that the stock market managed to reduce damages, cover losses and decrease the drop of the stock shares from 11...
Greece heads towards snap elections on 25 January
Greek Parliament didn’t vote a president even in the third final round of elections for head of state. Greek MPs chose early elections instead of a president and replacement for the President Karolos Papoulias.
In the following days, by order of the current President Papoulias, Speaker of Greek Parliament Evangelos Meimarakis will dissolve Parliament and announce elections, probably on 25...
Greece didn’t elect President in the second round
The second round of voting in the Greek Parliament didn’t bring a president. 168 out of 300 MPs voted for Stavros Dimas. 131 MPs were against, and one MP was absent. The third round, scheduled for 29th of December, will be decisive.
Besides the 155 MPs of New Democracy and PASOK, 13 independent MPs, eight more than last time, voted...
Samaras’ proposal brought three new sure votes for Dimas
Three more independent MPs of the Greek Parliament will vote for Stavros Dimas at tomorrow’s second round of presidential election. Independent MPs Vassilis Economou and George Kurakos decided to support the candidate of New Democracy and PASOK after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras proposed cabinet changes by introducing new pro-European politicians in the Government and agreement to elections at...
Will Samaras find 20 MPs for 12 days?
President or early parliamentary elections in January. This is the attitude of the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras after the first round of voting for president in the Greek Parliament. Samaras has no plans to change the candidate, nor seems willing to accept the idea of a national consensus on selecting a president under conditions of independent candidates, regardless...
EU demands solution to the name dispute “without delay”
The rhetoric of the European Union in terms of resolving the name dispute with Greece has been intensified in each subsequent report. Each report mentions that Macedonia should maintain good neighborly relations and take decisive steps to find a mutually acceptable solution to the name dispute, and the term “without delay” is increasingly used in that context.
The conclusions of...
Young Greeks are leaving the country
Greece loses its academic staff. More than 100,000 young Greek scientists and academicians have migrated from Greece in search for better academic and working conditions due to the financial crisis. This was indicated by the research of the University “Macedonia” for the Greek newspaper Kathimerini concerning the worrying trends in the Greek higher education and the academic sector.
Additionally worrisome...
Petkovski: Macedonian Bank is child’s play compared to Zaev’s “bomb”
Our sole purpose is to reveal the reality, the truth about the way the Republic of Macedonia is ruled and to shed some light to all the knowledge of corruption, greed, crime, moral dimensions of people who lead the Republic of Macedonia today. The agreements that are made in the sphere aren’t interethnic relations, but treason. They negotiate directly...
(VIDEO) Spiraki with poisoned arrows towards Miloshoski
The argument between Greek MEP Maria Spiraki and former head of Macedonian diplomacy Antonio Miloshoski continues escalating. MEP from the ranks of the New Democracy party, which is part of the Joint Committee EU-Macedonia, wasn’t silent to the invitation of Miloshoski to climb Olympus and together wave the flags of the two countries as a sign of good neighborliness,...
The city through the eyes of Greek students: with lump in their throats across “ Skopje 2014 ”
Sudden influx of young Greek students which loudly and curiously browsed and dissected every part of the city center yesterday in Skopje was part of a scientific excursion of a group of 70 students from the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Eastern European Studies at the University of Thessaloniki “Macedonia”. Young Stela Traguda and her colleague Steljos Solemidis rested...
Greece to request an additional debts write-off
As a reward for the extensive savings measures, Greece will request additional write-off of the debt. According to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, his country successfully conducted “the largest restructuring of public debt in its history.”
He said that the major challenge is to prove that Greece’s debt is sustainable, given that “country with unsustainable debt cannot get loans on the...
