Prespa Agreement
Europe
FYROM Main Opposition Leaves House Debate on Name Change
Members of main opposition party VMRO - DPMNE on Wednesday left the House building in Skopje, abstaining from the debate on constitutional changes.
Tuesday was the first day that FYROM MPs could vote whether to approve the Prespa agreement and...
Europe
U.S. Piles Pressure on FYROM’s Opposition Over Prespa Agreement
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...
Diplomacy
FYROM's Zaev Seeks to Ease Fears Over the Country's Name Change
The parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continues the discussion for the constitutional amendments that would change the country's name to 'Republic of North Macedonia', complying with the Prespa agreement requirements.
The country's prime minister, Zoran Zaev, said...
Greece
Greece's Ruling Coalition Partners Tone Down 'Macedonia' Row
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...
Europe
FYROM Lawmakers to Vote on Name Change Deal with Greece
FYROM PM Zoran Zaev and Greece's Alexis Tsipras (right) overlook as their foreign ministers sign the Prespa agreement
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia parliament will vote Monday on whether to ratify the name change deal with Greece, a prerequisite...
Europe
FYROM’s Zaev ‘Has Already Found The Votes’, Serbian State TV Says
According to a report of the First Channel on the Serbian State television, the Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Zoran Zaev, has already found the 80 votes that are needed in the Parliamentary vote...
Europe
FYROM: First Parliamentary Vote For Constitutional Changes on October 16
According to media reports from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), the country’s parliament in Skopje will hold the first out of the three votes required to implement the constitutional changes that are listed in the Prespa agreement...
Diplomacy
No Plan for FYROM to Join NATO without Deal with Greece, Stoltenberg Says
Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), replying to questions during a presser for the civil emergency exercise Srbija 2018 held in Serbia, said that the only path leading to NATO entry for the Former...
Diplomacy
FYROM Prime Minister in a Hurry to Implement Name Deal with Greece
Both Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will benefit if the name deal agreed between the two countries is implemented as soon as possible, the Balkan country’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said.
In an interview with Euronews published...
Europe
FYROM Heading Toward Snap Elections
As more and more experts agree that the government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) won't be able to find the necessary number of 80 parliamentarians needed to support the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece earlier this...