Zaev and Tsipras awarded with Ewald von Kleist Award for resolving the name dispute


The Munich Security Conference awarded yesterday the Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras respectively, with the Ewald von Kleist Award for outstanding contribution to resolving the long-standing bilateral dispute. Bavarian Prime Minister Florian Herrmann hosted the awarding ceremony. Aiming to honor leading figures in security policy that have made …

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Tsipras: “I welcome North Macedonia” – With 153 votes in favour passed the NATO Accession Protocol


With 153 “yes”, the Greek parliament voted for the accession of North Macedonia to NATO, after a meeting that was marked by the confrontation of Alexis Tsipras with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the final unraveling of the parliamentary group of ANEL. In particular, the admission protocol was approved by the majority that had been formed in …

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Zaev and Tsipras to be awarded in Munich for the Prespa Agreement


Prime Ministers of Macedoni and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, are to receive the ‘Ewald von Kleist’ Award in recognition for the efforts in reaching Prespa Agreement, Deutsche Welle’s Greek language programme reported. This year’s award will be presented to Zaev and Tsipras at the 55th Munich Security Conference on February 16, as announced …

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Tsipras: The deal with North Macedonia is a message that European solutions through dialogue are possible


Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, while addressing the fifth Southern EU Countries Summit held in Cyprus said that the name agreement shows that finding European solutions through dialogue and mutual understanding are possible. “The message we send here today is a message of joining forces in order to finding common European solutions. The message of successful attempt …

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PMs Zaev and Tsipras officially suggested for the Nobel Peace Prize


Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Greens and United European Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL) have nominated Prime Ministers of Greece and Macedonia Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev for a Nobel Peace Prize. Parliaments of both countries have ratified the Prespa Agreement reached last June, with Greek MPs casting their final votes on Friday. The Government of Macedonia …

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Zaev and Tsipras nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Socialists and Democrats, Greens and United Left


Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras have been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize by the leader of the EU parliament Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group Udo Bullmann, of the Greens/European Free Alliance (EFA) Ska Keller and of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Gabbi Zimmer, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported on …

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Greek Parliament ratifies the Prespa Agreement with 153 votes in favour


The Greek Parliament ratified the Prespa Agreement on Friday with 153 lawmakers voting in favour of the name agreement. Against the agreement were 146 Greek MPs, and one deputy abstained from voting. All Syriza parliamentary group members voted in favor of the Prespa Agreement. They were joined by seven independent MPs and one member of the …

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Greek Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee continues debate on the Prespa Agreement


Greece’s parliament’s committee on defense and foreign policy is to resume Tuesday at 10:30h the debate on Prespa Agreement ratification. A plenary session will take up the debate on Wednesday, before a vote set for late Thursday, said Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis said. The process on Prespa Agreement ratification started Monday while the debate of committee …

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Greek PM Tsipras and government win vote of confidence from parliament


Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won the confidence vote from parliament on Wednesday, which will pave the way for the parliament to ratify the agreement he and PM Zoran Zaev reached last year to end a long dispute over the name of the Republic of Macedonia. Tsipras clinched the support of 151 lawmakers in the 300 …

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Prespa Agreement: All eyes on Athens


The recent political developments in Greece and the vote of confidence for Alexis Tsipras’ government are closely being followed in Skopje, because this will have a direct impact on the Prespa Agreement which is expected to be ratified by the Greek side too. “The ratification of the Prespa Agreement by the Greek parliament is not …

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Tsipras to call vote of confidence after Kammenos’ party leaves Greek government


Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of the junior Independence Greek (ANEL) coalition partner in government, announced Sunday that his party is withdrawing from the government due to its opposition to the Prespa Agreement. The announcement came after his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. After the leader of the Independence Greek Party (ANEL) Panos …

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Tsipras: Ratification of the Prespa Deal in the Greek Parliament in the course of January


In an interview with OPEN TV on Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out the possibility of him leading a minority government, should his coalition with the Independent Greeks party break up over the Prespa Agreement. Alexis Tsipras said he believed junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will not bring down the government, despite his strong …

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Prespa Agreement a thorn in the side of Greece’s coalition government


Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ relations with the leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, took a turn for the worse over the controversial Macedonia name-change deal known as the Prespa Agreement. In fresh statements over the weekend, Kammenos vowed to oppose the government’s agreement with Skopje “to the end”, adding that his …

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