Zaev: Time to take a step further, so North Macedonia can join the EU family


There’s only one road for North Macedonia and Western Balkan countries, that is the road towards the EU. Regional EU integration began right here, with a resolution of the 2003 EU Summit. Bulgaria and Romania were the first of the countries to accede. Now is time to take a step further, so North Macedonia and …

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Zaev-Mitsotakis meeting: Greece supports North Macedonia’s European prospects


Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis endorsed North Macedonia’s EU accession prospects during his meetings with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, as part of the 4th Thessaloniki Summit, while he appeared ready to undertake appropriate initiatives in this direction. This is a turning point for Mr. Mitsotakis, who up …

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PMs Zaev and Mitsotakis to meet today at the Thessaloniki Summit


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says the coming NATO summit and the Prespa Agreement implementation will surely be discussed with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Thessaloniki on Thursday. “The Thessaloniki Summit will focus on economic topics but we will surely discuss the European agenda too. I am grateful that Greece is directly involved in …

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New Zaev-Mitsotakis meeting, this time in Thessaloniki


Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Zoran Zaev will have a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of “Thessaloniki Summit 209”, which will be held in Thessaloniki next Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15. The meeting was officially announced by the Greek Prime Minister’s office. Mitsotakis will also use his participation …

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Fresh protests in Athens and Thessaloniki over the name agreement


Fresh protests against the name agreement will be staged in Athens and Thessaloniki on Sunday, MIA reports. The protests are organized by civil movements not familiar to the public – Movement for national defense and Macedonia-Alexander the Great, and Scientific committee for national issues. “Greece means Macedonia. All Greeks at Syntagma square to defend our …

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Thessaloniki protest over name agreement staged on Sunday


A protest against the Macedonia-Greece name agreement was staged in Thessaloniki on Sunday. Group dubbed “United Macedonians” organized the protest, which ended with minor incidents. Protesters passed through the Macedonian consulate, the United States Embassy and towards the offices of ruling parties SYRIZA and Independent Greeks. There were minor incidents in front of the offices of junior …

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Greek, name issue rally organisers did not convince the public


Moderate to small (crowd wise) were the protests that took place in 24 cities across Greece, participants of which are against the way negotiations on the name dispute with Macedonia go, opposing use of the term “Macedonia” in the compound name negotiated by the Greek leadership with the Macedonian one. For example, in Pella, which is …

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Thessaloniki mayor Boutaris attacked by a group of nationalists (Video)


The mayor of Greece’s second-largest city Thessaloniki has been treated in hospital after being beaten up by about a dozen people, officials say. Yiannis Boutaris, 75, was kicked in the head and legs and beaten with bottles by a group of nationalists angry over his appearance at a remembrance event, the BBC reported. The mayor, …

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FM Dimitrov: We share the same destiny with the EU but we are not at the table yet


We share the same destiny with the EU but we are not at the table yet, said Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov at the third quadrilateral ministerial meeting (Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria), which takes place in Thessaloniki on Friday. “We are politically part of the EU, we are there in geographic terms, we share the same economic …

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Working dinner ahead of quadrilateral meeting in Thessaloniki


 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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FM Dimitrov to attend quadripartite meeting in Thessaloniki


At the invitation of Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, Nikola Dimitrov will attend the third quadripartite meeting between the FMs of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia taking place in Thessaloniki on May 3 and 4. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other ministers and high representatives from all four countries’ Ministries of Internal Affairs and …

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Greece loses if neighbors do not integrate in NATO, EU: Thessaloniki Mayor


 Instead of making it easier for our neighbor, we call them Gypsy-Skopians, says Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris, MIA reports from Greece. “We are losing our dignity in NATO and the European Union, making it harder for our neighbor who seeks its identity like a small child. Then what we do? We are calling them Gypsy-Skopians. …

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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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Macedonian PM Zaev and Greek mayor Boutaris meet for dinner in Thessaloniki


Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is paying a private visit to the Greek city of Thessaloniki over the weekend, had dinner Saturday night with the city’s mayor Yannis Boutaris, Greek media report on Sunday. Exiting the restaurant in Thessaloniki, one of the city’s finest, both Zaev and Boutaris voiced their satisfaction, MIA’s correspondent from …

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Thessaloniki prosecutor recommends extradition of ex-UBK officials to Macedonia


A prosecutor at a Thessaloniki court at Wednesday’s hearing has recommended extradition to Macedonia of the two former secret police officials, Greece’s ANA-MPA news agency reports. After being interrupted, the trial will resume on Friday with a final decision being issued. The defense team of Goran Grujevski and Nikola Boskovski claims there are no ‘real’ …

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Grujevski and Boskovski in Thessaloniki court over fake passports


A hearing of former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) officials Goran Grujoski and Nikola Boskovski for possession of fake passports is set to take place at a Thessaloniki court on Friday. The court hearing is held over the fake Bulgarian passports they used when attempting to leave the Thessaloniki airport on October 18. The hearing over the …

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