Macedonia

The decision to take over the Foreign Ministry portfolio myself marks my "determination to do whatever possible to guarantee the successful completion of the historic Prespa agreement," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, following the resignation of foreign minister Nikos...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigned on Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa accord. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanked Kotzias for his services over the last...

The US' Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell, pointed blame at the leadership of FYROM's opposition party VMRO DPMNE for stalling the implementation of the historic “name” agreement with Greece. As the parliamentary debate on...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and leader of the junior governing coalition party Panos Kammenos met on Monday in order to tone down their differences over the Prespa agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Government sources say...

A member of FYROM's parliament has thanked the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Greek during the debate on constitutional changes foreseen in the historic Prespa agreement. “There can be no better agreement than this one,” Samka Ibraimovski said at...

Russia is implicitly threatening that it may block the Prespa agreement at the UN Security Council. In a statement on Monday, following the referendum in FYROM, the Russian foreign ministry says that the low turnout "means that the referendum cannot...

A week before the crucial referendum on the Prespa Agreement with Greece, FYROM's prime minister Zoran Zaev said that the "Macedonian" language and the "Macedonian" people are recognized by the whole world. Zaev's statement through Twitter is bound to anger...

Greece's defense minister and head of Greece's junior coalition partner, Panos Kammenos, reiterated on Monday his opposition to the Prespa agreement with FYROM and said that his party will vote against when it reaches parliament for ratification. “The agreement will not be...

A previously classified State Department cable released by Wikileaks says that the government in Skopje was prepared to accept the term "North" or "Northern Macedonia" as far back as 2008. The cable was written by the then US Ambassador to...

   The campaign for FYROM's referendum on endorsing the 'North Macedonia' name deal with Greece officially began on Monday despite no obvious signs of activity from political parties or campaigners. FYROM's State Election Commission confirmed to local media that the...