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VMRO-DPMNE: We do not discuss the name at the leadership meetings

The ruling party VMRO-DPMNE denied the claim of DPA leader Menduh Thaci that there were discussions about the name issue during the leadership meetings. "Regarding today's announcement by DPA president Menduh Thaci, we would like to announce that at the talks attended by VMRO-DPMNE so far there was no proposal to resolve the name issue," reads the statement of the...

Thaci: We are also discussing the solution of the name issue simultaneously with the negotiations out of the crisis

After today’s meeting with US Congressman Eliot Angel and US Ambassador Jess Bailey, DPA leader Menduh Thaci stated that the name dispute is part of the negotiations of the leading quartet attended by Bailey and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav, reports "Telma". Thaci gave no further details, but said part of the package on the table is the name dispute, and...

Gruevski admitted that he negotiated the name and tried to defuse the “bomb”?

In his speech at the gathering in Bitola, VMRO-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski made an effort to exempt from a possible "bomb" regarding the name and prepared the public and the membership of such an act. SDSM leader Zoran Zaev announced that he owns several recordings which will reportedly show "who was selling the name." ...

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...

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...

Nimetz wrote to Kodzias, Nuland tomorrow in Athens

Mediator in the name dispute Matthew Nimetz established contact with the new head of the Greek diplomacy, Nikos Kodzias. According to the newspaper "Ethnos", Nimetz sent a letter to Kodzias to congratulate him on taking office, expressing willingness to visit Athens to interact and meet with the new Greek government. The newspaper notes that Greece formally replied to the...

Tsipras with package of measures for neighborliness with Macedonia

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...

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...

We became Macedonia for Mogerini, while we stayed FYROM for Hahn

High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union Federica Mogerini today in Brussels named Macedonia under its constitutional name. - Yes, it is on our agenda. Together with Commissioner (Johannes) Hahn, we already visited, not Macedonia, but other countries in the Balkans, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. Commissioner himself will talk about it, but the focus that we have...

Thessaloniki Metropolitan Anthimos proposes we to be called “Republic of Pelagonija”

Patriotic minded Thessaloniki Metropolitan Anthimos caused surprise in Greece by saying that he was praying for success in Brussels for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. However, while he stood on his side for the economy, he is not satisfied with the position of Tsipras to the name dispute, i.e. the position of a compound name with a geographical qualifier. In...

SYRIZA immediately confirmed Greece’s red lines regarding the name dispute

SYRIZA decided to share the historical chance for the left to rule Greece with the far-right party Independent Greeks. Although this political marriage was expected and announced due to the same political views against austerity policy of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks, it still raised a number of questions and dilemmas. However, both parties immediately agreed on the name dispute. After the...

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...

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...