Prespa Agreement
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Russia Hints it May Block Greece-FYROM Deal at the UN
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...
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FYROM's Collapse Would Be Worst-Case Scenario for Greece Says Greek FM Kotzias
''There can be no policy that is better for the future of the Balkans than cooperation between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),'' Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the Greek public broadcaster...
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Greece's Tsipras and FYROM's Zaev Possible Nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
According to Wiktor Nummellin, the Swedish TT news agency's special correspondent for Nobel Prizes, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras along with his counterpart of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Zoran Zaev, are among the favorites to become nominees for...
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Opinion: FYROM Referendum on Name Change a Fiasco
Sunday's referendum on the name change in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia turned out to be a fiasco, both for Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greece's Alexis Tsipras.
The two leaders who signed the Prespa agreement in June expected...
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EU, US, NATO React to FYROM Referendum Results
The United States, the European Union and NATO reacted to Sunday's referendum for the name change in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia that would open the Balkan country's path to accession to NATO and the EU.
The U.S. Department...
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Greek Government Split on FYROM Referendum: Tsipras Congratulates, Kammenos Says Deal is Annulled
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday congratulated his FYROM counterpart Zoran Zaev for the results of the referendum over the Prespa agreement, the Athens - Macedonian News Agency says.
Tsipras spoke on the phone with the Former Yugoslav Republic...
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FYROM Citizens say 'Yes' to North Macedonia, But Only 35% of Them Voted
The referendum results for the change of the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia went as expected, with 90 percent of voters saying "Yes" to North Macedonia, but only 34.76 percent of them went to the polls.
In order...
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FYROM Citizens Go to the Polls to Decide on Name Change
FYROM citizens are going to the polls today (Sunday) to vote on the referendum on the name change to the "Republic of North Macedonia", as agreed between their government and Greece on June 17.
The question of the referendum to...
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FYROM's PM: 'Macedonian' Language and People Recognized by the Whole World
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...
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FYROM's Zaev Retracts 'One Macedonia' Comment
In an interview with the MKD portal, the Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, said that ''there is no other Macedonia but ours.''
More specifically, Zaev said: ''The northern part of Greece is Greece, the western...