Nikos Kotzias undertakes international initiative for the Balkans


Former Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is undertaking an international initiative on the situation in the Western Balkans, following a decision by the last European Council meeting to postpone setting a date for the start of EU accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. The former Foreign Minister had meetings with the Slovak Foreign Minister …

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Kotzias: Greece should take initiative to organize meetings for stability in the Balkans


Greece should take initiative to organize meetings and coordinate with countries sharing the same position on stability in the Balkans regarding North Macedonia’s European perspective, former Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias told a conference on progressive foreign policy organized by ENA Institute for Alternative Policies. Participants in the conference discussed aspects of Greek foreign policy, …

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Kotzias: The government is undermining the Prespa Agreement


Athens – The government is undermining the Prespa Agreement, and then refers to the negative results of its own undermining as an excuse, former Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias posted on Twitter over the latest developments after the EU Summit in Brussels. “After Macron’s veto, the conclusion of the government’s practices in relation to the …

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The Prespa Agreement a millstone around Mitsotakis’ neck in Europe


Following New Democracy’s election victory and the assumption of power by Kyriakos Mitsotakis in July, the out-of-door narrative of the new government was delimited. Firstly, we inform Europeans of the government’s plan and then we go on to gain Greece’s lost credibility. From a semantic point of view, Paris and Berlin, as the dominant capitals …

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Kotzias, Kasoulides, Mitov and Bushati call EU for Albania and North Macedonia


A joint communiqué is signed by former Foreign Ministers, Albania’s Ditmir Bushati, Bulgaria’s Daniel Mitov, Greece’s Nikos Kotzias and Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides, to begin without delay the European route of North Macedonia and Albania. Joint communiqué: “The European Commission presented its Communication on the 2019 EU enlargement policy with the accompanying Country Reports on 29 …

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