FYROM

Υπέρ της Συμφωνίας των Πρεσπών τάχθηκε ο βουλευτής των ΑΝΕΛ

As it did in 2015, the government is fueling populism, opportunistic demagoguery, and the collapse of all ethical and ideological limits.

In effect, with the pretext of protecting the rights of veterans the clarification asserts clearly the existence of a Macedonian ethnicity (Macedonian people) and indeed liberation struggles that sought to unify the entire geographic area of Macedonia.

The agreement comes into effect upon ratification by the Greek Parliament, which is expected within the month.

Ζυμώσεις Ζάεφ για να εξασφαλίσει τους 80 βουλευτές

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed he will seek a parliamentary vote of confidence if Defence Minister Panos Kammenos withdraws his trust.

FAZ concludes that the Tsipras administration has yet to come up with a long-term economic plan and has not even taken fundamental decisions in that direction.

Tsipras revealed that days after the planned ratification of the Prespa Agreement he will table for a vote the Protocol regarding FYROM’s Nato accession.

“As President of Bulgaria, I do not agree with the name ‘Northern Macedonia’. There is no such country. That name cannot be adopted. We cannot accept that there is a ‘Macedonian language’," said Rumen (Radev.

Following a dip in opinion surveys, main opposition New Democracy has regained an over ten percentage point lead – 10.5 percentage points – over ruling SYRIZA, according to a poll ordered by SKAI television and conducted by Greece’s Pulse polling company. The result, following a proportional distribution of the undecided vote to the parties, New […]

If Panos Kammenos resign only after it the Prespa Accord is tabled in the Greek Parliament, that would allow PM Alexis Tsipras to put off the ratification for as long as he believes Kammenos is useful in the government.

It is in the national interest to resolve the FYROM naming issue at long last. Unfortunately for SYRIZA, the national interest does not coincide with its divisive politics.

Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov demanded that Skopje make clear it has no claims as regards a “Macedonian language” in Bulgaria and acknowledge that FYROM and Bulgaria historically had a common course until 1944.

The main opposition party has vowed to vote down the agreement when it is tabled in the Greek Parliament for ratification,

Asked about the Prespa naming agreement, 65 percent of respondents were opposed, and 17 percent were in favour. Five percent said the issue did not concern them, and 13 percent said they were neither for or against.

In essence, despite continual promises and proclamations, there is no organised and cohesive growth plan. The first thing that is sacrificed in order to reach the primary surplus targets set by Greece’s lenders is public investment.

'He [Kammenos] spoke of secret funds. He also said that Soros is funding the government to buy off foreigners [to pass the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement],' ex-foreign minister Kotzias said in an interview.

FYROM’s largest ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic Union for Integration, has made clear that it has no intention of imperiling the constitutional revision process.

The defence minister is a walking time bomb. In the face of his personal political impasse,he is ready at any given moment to raise tensions, and create turbulence, in order to negotiate his political salvation.

Kammenos maintained that the American military presence in Greece could bolster Greece’s defence policy, with the transfer of knowhow, in a period in which new threats are arising.