Prespa Agreement
Diplomacy
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...
Diplomacy
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...
Diplomacy
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...
Diplomacy
FYROM's Opposition to Support Constitutional Changes If Referendum Approved
Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the main opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, speaking with journalists of broadcaster TV21, said that "we will respect the decision," referring to a possible positive outcome in the upcoming...
Diplomacy
Greece's Kotzias Expects Prespa Agreement to Reach Greek Parliament in January
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his German counterpart Heiko Maas agreed during their meeting in Athens on Thursday that the Prespa Agreement signed by Athens and Skopje was an "historic opportunity" for a solution to the name dispute...
Greece
US Defense Secretary says Russia Trying to Obstruct Greece-FYROM Name Deal
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis with FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that Russia is trying to interfere in FYROM affairs by backing the vote against the Prespa name agreement with Greece in the September...
Greece
Thousands March in Skopje over NATO, EU Prospect for FYROM
Thousands of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia citizens marched in Skopje on Sunday in support of the name change to "North Macedonia" that could clear the way for the country's NATO, EU membership.
The rally was ahead of the September...
Diplomacy
Zoran Zaev Thanks Greece's Tsipras from the European Parliament (Video)
At the first ever speech made by a Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Zoran Zaev thanked the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras about the Prespa Agreement....
Greece
Violent Riots at Rallies across Thessaloniki (video)
Thousands of protesters gathered in Thessaloniki on Saturday in four separate rallies with the demonstration against the Prespa agreement on the FYROM name ending with clashes with the police.
The demonstrations on Saturday were in light of the presence of Prime Minister...
Diplomacy
Greek Foreign Minister Defends New FYROM Name
Greece is the winner in the negotiations with FYROM over the name because the country that was widely referred to as "Macedonia" has agreed to be called "North Macedonia", Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday.
The minister defended...


