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Centrist To Potami Party Implodes in Greek Parliament
Greek Centrist party To Potami was left with no parliamentary caucus on Monday, when two of its deputies resigned over the party's stance in favor of the Prespa agreement.
Lawmakers Giorgos Amyras and Grigoris Psarianos announced their departure from the party...
Greece
Greek Opposition Blasts Police, Ministers Over Teargas Use
The Greek opposition demanded the resignation of ministers after dozens of people were injured during clashes between police and demonstrators at the Athens rally for Macedonia on Sunday.
According to the police, 46 people were injured, including 24 police officers....
Greece
Video: Clashes Erupt After Macedonia Rally in Athens
Protesters clashed with riot police outside Greece's Parliament on Sunday afternoon, following a rally in Syntagma Square against the Prespa Agreement.
Witnesses who uploaded videos and pictures on social media stated that members of the police force guarding the Greek Parliament...
Diplomacy
Thousands Demonstrate in Athens Against Prespa Agreement
Thousands of people descended from every corner of Greece and began gathering at Athens’ Syntagma Square in the early hours of Sunday to participate in a demonstration against the Prespa Agreement.
Hundreds of buses were chartered to bring citizens from across...
Greece
Greek Parliament Will Vote on Prespa by End of Next Week
Parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis announced on Friday that Greek lawmakers will be voting on ratifying the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the end of next week.
Coming out of a meeting of the ruling SYRIZA...
Greece
Tennis Legend Nadal Opens Training Center in Greece
Tennis star Rafael Nadal reached an agreement with Halkidiki's Sani resort on Thursday to create the ''Rafa Nadal Tennis Center'' in the popular summer destination in northern Greece.
According to the state-run AMNA news agency, the agreement provides for the creation...
Diplomacy
FYROM Announces Prespa Requirements Completed
The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) notified Greece on Wednesday it has completed all the legal conditions required by the Prespa Agreement.
A so-called "note verbale" was sent to the Greek foreign ministry stating that it...
Diplomacy
Putin Slams Prespa Agreement
Russian president Putin has criticized the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), suggesting it is part of a campaign to increase western influence in the Balkan region.
In an interview with Serbia’s Vecernje Novosti...
Greece
Six Arrests Over “Naming and Shaming” Campaign for Pro-Prespa MP’s
Greek police on Wednesday arrested six suspects in several Macedonian cities for illegally placing posters "naming and shaming" lawmakers who will vote for the Prespa Agreement.
Two of those arrested will be brought before a Thessaloniki prosecutor, but the other...
Diplomacy
Greece Tells Russia Not to Interfere in Domestic Affairs
Greece warned the nation of Russia on Monday not to intervene in its domestic affairs after Moscow alleged that the Prespa agreement was "imposed from the outside."
The Greek government was responding to commentary by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which...