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Balkans 25.05.19 | 18:31

Greeks go to the polls in elections which may affect the future implementation of the Macedonian name deal

Greeks go to the European and municipal elections tomorrow, in a vote that may determine whether the Alexis Tsipras Government will survive until the end of the year or will have to organize early elections. A significant win for the conservative New Democracy could topple Tsipras’ a few months...
News 21.05.19 | 00:24

Tsipras tells the Financial Times that Gruevski was unwilling to give up on Macedonia’s name

In a fawning interview published by the Financial Times, Greek leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras describes how Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was unwilling to accept his overture to rename Macedonia. Gruevski was deposed in an internationally supported campaign whose apparent goal was...
Macedonia 26.04.19 | 00:05

Zaev says Tspras is lobbying in Brussels for EU accession talks for Macedonia

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras in personally involved in getting other European Union countries to support “North Macedonia” in opening EU accession talks. While I’m here rallying in Prilep and Veles, Tsipras is fighting in Brussels thаt...
Macedonia 07.04.19 | 14:37

After manipulating the public for days, Zaev admits that the anthem was cut on Greek request

After initially lying to the public that the Macedonian national anthem was left out of the welcoming reception for Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras because of the tight schedule, Zoran Zaev yesterday admitted that it was done to spare the Greek visitor trouble back home. After forcing Macedonia to...
Macedonia 02.04.19 | 19:16

Pendarovski welcomes Tsipras’ visit to “our country”

SDSM – DUI presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski issued a video message welcoming the visit by Alexis Tsipras to “our country”, which, Pendarovski said, will lead to improved relations with Greece. Prime Minister Tsipras came with a delegation of 70 companies which is of historic...
Macedonia 02.04.19 | 18:56

Tsipras meets the “gang of eight”

Part of the welcoming committee for the visit of Alexis Tsipras to Macedonia were the eight members of Parliament elected on the VMRO-DPMNE ticket, who voted in favor of the Prespa treaty in exchange for amnesties or bribes. Tsipras met the eight, who later issued a press release saying how they support...
Macedonia 01.04.19 | 21:22

Zaev welcomes Tsipras with a new sign in front of the Government building

Ahead of the Alexis Tsipras visit to Macedonia tomorrow, Zoran Zaev’s Government was labeled with a sign in Macedonian, Albanian and English declaring it to be the “Government of the Republic of North Macedonia”. Previously, Zaev ordered the removal of the large golden colored letters...
Macedonia 29.03.19 | 13:37

Tsipras visits Macedonia next week

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Macedonia on April 2nd. This will be the first visit by a Greek Prime Minister to Macedonia in its independent history and it comes after the Prespa treaty under which Greece forced Macedonia to rename itself into “North Macedonia”. Tsipras will...
Macedonia 19.03.19 | 19:01

Tsipras will visit Macedonia on April 2nd

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Macedonia on April 2nd. It would be the first visit by a Greek Prime Minister, and Tsipras promised he will undertake it as a sign of good will after the Prespa treaty which renames Macedonia and allows Greece to rewrite its history. It is expected that...
Balkans 15.02.19 | 10:28

Tsipras nominates Greek President Pavlopoulos for a second term in office

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proposed that President Prokopis Pavlopoulos is elected for a second term after his first term expires in 2020. Tsipras said that he believes that the President should be elected by consensus. Pavlopoulos comes from the conservative New Democracy party, but has cooperated...
Macedonia 01.02.19 | 14:00

Zaev and Tsipras will receive an award at the Munich Security Conference

Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will receive the Ewald von Kleist award that the Munich Security Conference, for the Prespa deal which renames Macedonia. MSC chairman Wolfgang Ischinger, who was a supporter of the process to rename Macedonia, announced the award. The two were also nominated for the Nobel...
Macedonia 30.01.19 | 14:01

Mitsotakis accuses Tsipras of dividing Greeks on the Macedonia issue, and Zaev of refusing to use the new name

Greek opposition leader and likely next Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of dividing Greeks, after Tsipras said that protesters against the deal to rename Macedonia are “extreme right wing populists”. Mitsotakis and his conservative New Democracy party...
Balkans 30.01.19 | 11:21

After the renaming of Macedonia, Tsipras sees himself as leader of EU’s southern socialist bloc

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried to portray the forced renaming of Macedonia as a win for “dialogue and European solutions”. Speaking at the summit of Southern EU countries in Cyprus, the Greek Prime Minister painted a dividing line between Europe’s North and South, insisting...
Macedonia 05.01.19 | 22:15

Tsipras remains confident he will push the treaty on “North Macedonia” through Parliament

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured journalists that his treaty with Zoran Zaev to rename Macedonia into North Macedonia will be sent before the Parliament during his term in office and will not be left for the future, most likely conservative led Government. Still, Tsipras did not specify whether...
Macedonia 21.12.18 | 22:54

Serbian President Vucic used “North Macedonia” in press conference with Tsipras

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic used “North Macedonia” to refer to the Republic of Macedonia, during his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The two discussed Serbian – Greek relations after the treaty between Tsipras and Zoran Zaev to rename Macedonia. – The...
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