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Athens will not consent to NATO entry for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) before the name dispute with Greece's northern neighbor is resolved, Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias made clear on Wednesday, after a meeting with FYROM...

The new Foreign Affairs Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, said that the country is willing to change its name in order to overcome Greece's objection and become part of NATO. According to the Financial Times,...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a series of brief meetings with world leaders on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels, which was held in the shadow of the terrorist attack in Britain. The Greek premier spoke at length...

The Souda Bay base is on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete and hosts the Crete Naval Base, a major naval installation of the Hellenic Navy and NATO in the eastern Mediterranean. Recently, concerns amidst tensions between Turkey...

It is to no one's interest to have a conflict between Greece and Turkey, said Jonathan Cohen, U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, according to mignatiou.com website. Mr. Cohen spoke to Congress, in an event...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday he has briefed his counterparts in NATO about Turkey’s recent provocations in the Aegean. Speaking at a press conference announcing the return on public television of a show on the Greek Armed...

NATO should terminate its operations in the Aegean immediately, stated Turkey's Minister of Defense of Turkey, Fikri Isik. Speaking from the floor of the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Isik put Turkey's official request for the termination of...

Greek politicians reacted strongly to a video published yesterday (January 25) showing the newly elected President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, calling FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) “Macedonia.” Although Macedonia is recognized as the country’s constitutional name by...

Technocrats from three NATO states wrapped up meetings on Thursday focused on security arrangements in Cyprus, seeking to break an impasse in talks over the ethnically split island, a U.N. envoy said. "The working group... successfully completed the mandate entrusted...

Communist KKE party in an announcement on Saturday called on the workers, the youth and the entire Greek population to "welcome" the outgoing US President Barack Obama with rallies and protests. According to the announcement, Obama is visiting the country...