Tag: name dispute

The dispute over the name of Macedonia can be found high on the list diplomatic priorities of the Greek government this fall, in the face of strong US pressure. Following the return to power of Alexis Tsipras, the Greek media has continued to report that the United States has, and continues too exert concentrated pressure for the dispute to be...

The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, hopes that measures to build confidence will help to speed up the process of resolving the name dispute. Speaking at the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), the Greek Prime Minister said that Greece is working to resolve all outstanding issues with the countries of the Western Balkans, pointing to the dispute...

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...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a brief meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski in New York over the long disputed name issue. Greek newspaper "Real", indicated that the two Prime Ministers had a discussion during a reception hosted by US President Barack Obama in honour of world leaders participating in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Tsipras...

In tonight's interview for TV "Telma", Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias announced that Greece in the near future will propose a package of three steps to resolve the name dispute. - We will negotiate in three steps. First there are measures to build confidence, which we already have. The second will be on the methodology about the negotiations on the...

President of the Republic of Macedonia Gjorgje Ivanov, in yesterday's interview with TV "Sitel", said that the issue for the name dispute has a new reality and that Macedonia and Greece entered a foreign game, in which others have interests. - The name issue with Greece somehow entered into a different phase. We have a new reality. For the first...

The new Greek Government will continue to maintain the existing national Greek red line regarding the name dispute. As he presented the government's program, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said it was important to find a solution to the name dispute and announced that efforts to find a solution to the name with geographic determinant for general use - erga...