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Tsipras to meet president, ministers and leaders of political parties over name issue

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to hold meetings with the president, political leadership of the Foreign Ministry, his coalition partner and leaders of political parties on latest developments in regard to the results of discussions at Davos over the name issue. According to the Greek media, Tsipras met Friday morning with his coalition partner, Defence Minister …

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Athens municipality rejects demand for a resolution of support of protest for ‘defending the name Macedonia’

By eight votes ‘against’ and three ‘for’ the Athens municipality council rejected Thursday the demand of Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris for adopting a resolution of support for the upcoming protest in the Greek capital for ‘defending the name Macedonia’. Athens Mayor Georgios Kaminis suggested for the demand to be rejected, saying that referendums and …

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We should have faith in Zaev and Tsipras’s optimism, says Ambassador Zbogar

The meeting of the PMs Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras is good news, because only through dialogue problems and open issues could be solved, EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar said Thursday in Bitola. “In the past several months, the governments of Macedonia and Greece have really established a very intensive dialogue so as to create an …

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Petkov: Macedonia has a historic chance to open EU accession talks this year

Bulgaria supports efforts of the PM Zaev’s government, the institutions, the civil society sector and the media for Macedonia to return on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration, Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia Ivan Velikov Petkov said Thursday’s presenting priorities of the Bulgarian EU Council presidency. “Yesterday we heard an encouraging message in Davos at the meeting …

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Hahn: Zaev-Tsipras meeting is very good news

Davos – Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, welcomed Wednesday’s meeting between Prime Minister of Macedonia and Greece Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, assessing it as very good news. The meeting shows courage, vision and statesmanship. Solving this long-standing issue will be good for the countries, the region and Europe, Hahn …

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Coordination meeting convened on Saturday over Nimetz’s proposals

A coordination meeting over the framework proposed recently by the UN mediator in the name talks, Matthew Nimetz, will take place on Saturday afternoon at the MPs’ Club. The meeting, initiated by the Foreign Ministry (MoFA), will be attended by President Gjorge Ivanov and the leader of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, MoFA told …

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Greece’s government to seek name solution regardless of its political price

The incumbent Greek administration will be seeking a solution to the name dispute regardless of the political price it has to pay, provided that the other party is also demonstrating preparedness to solve it, because it takes two to tango, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos told Greek MPs, MIA reported. He accused the …

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Timing is ideal to resolve name issue, says US Ambassador to Greece

The timing is ideal for resolving the name issue between Macedonia and Greece, US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said on Monday. Following the meeting with Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris, Pyatt said that after the change in the leadership of the neighbouring country, conditions for constructive talks are created, MIA reports. Boutaris briefed the ambassador …

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World Economic Forum in Davos out to heal ‘a fractured world’

The topic of this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos is “Creating a shared future in a fractured world.” The motto is in direct contrast to US President Donald Trump’s “America first” policy which also involves large-scale protectionism and isolationist security policies, Deutsche Welle reports. “There is today a real danger of a …

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Нема веќе преговори со Нимиц

Преговарачите за спорот околу името, Васко Наумовски и Адамантиос Василакис, веќе нема да се среќаваат со посредникот Метју Нимиц. Преговорите за името ќе ги водат делегации од министерствата за надворешни работи на Македонија и на Грција, предводени од министрите Никола Димитров и Никос Коѕијас. Поинтензивно ќе комуницираат и директорите за Балкан во министерствата, Александра Миовска …

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Spanish judge refuses international arrest warrant for Puigdemont

A Spanish judge has rejected a petition from the country’s prosecutor to ask Danish authorities to arrest ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, AP reported. Puigdemont arrived Monday in Copenhagen from Brussels to speak at the University of Copenhagen. He was to meet Danish lawmakers on Tuesday. The trip is Puigdemont’s first outside Belgium since he …

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Progress expected from Zaev-Tsipras meeting: Tzanakopoulos

 We expect progress towards reaching a mutually acceptable solution, said Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Monday, MIA reports from Athens. Tzanakopoulos told a regular press briefing that issues related to the name talks and irredentism would be tackled at the meeting between the countries’ prime ministers in Davos on Wednesday. “Recently there have been …

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Presentation of the Enlargement strategy, February 6 in Strasbourg

 – The Enlargement Strategy, entitled “The Credible Enlargement Perspective for the Western Balkans” will be presented on February 6 during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the portal European Western Balkans is exclusively learned. As confirmed for our portal in Brussels, the College of European Commission, chaired by President Jean-Claude Juncker, will …

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Mass protest in Thessaloniki against use of ‘Macedonia’ in name dispute with Skopje

Thousands of people, carrying banners with messages ‘Macedonia was, will be Greek’; ‘The name is our soul’, took Sunday to the streets Thessaloniki to ‘defend the name’, MIA reports. Hardline clerics, far-right leaders and Greek diaspora groups have called for the protest against the use of term ‘Macedonia’ in any solution to Athens-Skopje name dispute. …

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