Lajmet e fundit nga Greqia flasin se sot më në fund do të realizohet telefonata e shumëpritur mes kryeministrit të Greqisë dhe Maqedonisë, Aleksis Cipras dhe Zoran Zaev. Ministri i Jashtëm i Greqisë, Nikos Kotzias dha këtë deklaratë për mediat greke. Telefonata mes dy kryministrave u cilësua si thelbësore që me shumë mundësi do ti …
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The Greek Foreign Affairs minister Nikos Kotzias had to rush to the prime minister’s office at 11:00 a.m, at Maximos Mansion after his phone contact with Alexis Tsipras. The unexpected invite to the Greek FM -this being said it must be mentioned there was no planned meeting for today among the two top governmental officials- …
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The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with the state-run ERT television channel, on Monday evening, he expressed his optimism that the name issue dispute between Macedonia and Greece will be resolved. There is no diplomatic wreck in the negotiations, Nikos Kotzias said. “Of course, never say never, until the documents are signed, something I …
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The name is not in the jurisdiction of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church and it would be helpful if it did not interfere, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. “They are concerned as citizens, but the issue is not in their jurisdiction as an institution,” says Kotzias in an interview with national …
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endoj se po vjen momenti ta themi “po”-në e madhe ose “jo”-në e madhe dhe i kupton vështirësitë që gjenden para teje, thotë ministri i Punëve të Jashtme të Greqisë, Nikos Koxias, në intervistë për televizionin shtetëror grek ERT në lidhje me ndodhitë e fundit në bisedimet ndërmjet Maqedonisë dhe Greqisë. “Kam ndjenja se udhëheqësia …
Kotzias: Tash është momenti i “PO-së” së madhe ose “JO-së” së madhe Read More »
Akoma asnjë detaj për bisedën telefonike mes kryeministrit Zoran Zaev dhe homologut tij grek, Aleksis Cipras. Nga Qeveria thonë se telefonata do të ndodhë atëherë kur do të ketë vendim përfundimtar, edhe pse Zaev paralajmëroi shumë më herët se deri të premten do të bisedoj me kryeministrin grek. „Do të kemi bisedë unë dhe kryeministri …
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The negotiations, which aim to resolve the decades-old name row are “difficult” but “necessary,” Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, during a speech at the annual meeting of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Greek daily Kathimerini writes. Tsipras said the government has handled the talks “with a sense of responsibility and patriotism,” but also with the belief …
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The Macedonia-Greece name dispute was high on the agenda of a meeting between German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias in Berlin on Tuesday. Germany fully supports the efforts of finding a solution to the decades-long dispute, Deutsche Welle reports. FM Maas saluted the negotiations process and highlighted Berlin’s interest in a …
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The foreign ministers have completed their part, negotiations continue at expert level, and when they finish, the texts prepared by the ministers will be in the hands of the prime ministers for a final agreement, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias about the name negotiations. “The foreign ministers have completed the task given by the prime ministers …
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Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met late in the afternoon with Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Early on Monday Mogherini is most likely to brief ministers of 28 EU member states on name negotiation process. Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias arrived in Brussels however no details are …
Greece supports the need to adopt one of the names proposed by UN envoy Matthew Nimetz, said Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Although the name issue was not raised in their meeting, the Greek FM said it was discussed during his meeting earlier with Wess Mitchell, …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on May 24-25 in New York will hold a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias with the UN special envoy, Matthew Nimetz, also in attendance, Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. The meeting was also announced in a statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry around the same time …
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Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov considers the meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias and UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, which to take place Saturday in Sounio, as rather significant, MIA reports from Athens. ‘It is a fact that we have entered the most delicate phase. Tomorrow is a day of great significance, as the meeting is taking place only few …
Tomorrow in Sounio near Athens, Dimitrov, Kotzias and Nimetz will continue the name negotiations on which depends Macedonia’s accession to the European Union. It remains to be seen whether the parties this time will be able to overcome the differences about the problematic issues. The new meeting in Athens is preceded by a meeting between …
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The foreign ministers of Macedonia and Greece and the UN name envoy, Matthew Nimetz, will hold a fresh meeting on May 12 in Athens, MIA’s Athens correspondent has learned. Ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias will meet with the UN mediator a day after the conference slated to take place next Friday in Sounio, Greece. Speaking at a news …
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A working dinner was held ahead of the quadrilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania in Thessaloniki on Friday. The dinner was hosted by Greek FM Nikos Kotzias, also including counterparts Nikola Dimitrov of Macedonia, Ekaterina Zaharieva of Bulgaria and Ditmir Bushati of Albania. The foreign ministers will be joined by the countries’ …
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Ne kemi vepruar drejtë që kemi hapur çështjen për erga omnes, mundnim të udhëheqim me negociatat dhe të jemi afër, për herë të parë aq afër, deri te marrëveshja. Por edhe të ekzistojë marrëveshje, ne nuk do të jemi fajtor dhe këtë e di universi, ka thënë shefi i diplomacisë greke Nikos Kocias në intervistën …
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The frequent contacts between the heads of diplomacy of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias, in the last period, continue this week in Thessaloniki. Both on Thursday and Friday will participate in the quadrilateral forum featuring their colleagues from Bulgaria and Albania. The previous Dimitrov-Kotzias meeting was last week in Vienna on the …
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias briefed Thursday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg over the course of the name talks, ANA-MPA reports. According to diplomatic sources, Kotzias told Stoltenberg that Greece appreciates the fact that the Alliance has refrained from involvement in the talks. The Kotzias-Stoltenberg meeting took place at the NATO HQ in Brussels, while interlocutors failed to …
Yesterday’s meeting held in Vienna for the solution of the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece was the main headline today in Skopje. According to the media, the UN’s negotiator Matthew Nimetz said that he was optimistic that the sides are committed to solving this contest, but nothing was made public as to what was discussed …
