Junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos announced on Sunday morning that he pulls all his ministers from the government and he also resigns from the post of Defense Minister. The leader of right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) has repeatedly warned that he would leave the government should the Prespes Agreement with the …
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“Your head in a ditch, traitor! “Prosecutor investigates threats against MPs to vote for Macedonia deal
81of the 120 lawmakers in FYROM’s Parliament voted on Friday evening in favor of the constitutional amendment to change the country’s name into “North Macedonia.” With FYROM to have fulfilled the majority of the terms and conditions of the Prespes Agreement, now the ball is in Greece’s court to ratify …
Read More »Landslide unearths pre-historic tusk in lignite plant in W. Macedonia
A landslide at the Amyntaio lignite coal mine unearthed a 2-meter-long tusk. The pre-historic finding was discovered by workers of the Greek Public Power Company when they went to inspect the landslide area last week. They immediately informed their director about the finding and on his part he informed the …
Read More »“Greeks save Macedonia”: Anti-Prespes protest during Oxi Day parade (videos)
Macedonia protests against the Prespes Agreement between Greece and FYROM were part of the official parade held in Thessaloniki to commemorate the Oxi Day, the historic day when Greece rejected the Italian invasion on 28. October 1940. “GREEKS SAVE MACEDONIA” was read on two placards held by children, when Members …
Read More »Tsipras asks Ministers’ commitment “to not bring down the gov’t over Macedonia”
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked the government ministers to commit themselves to not bring down the government on the Macedonia name issue. Tsipras was addressing a cabinet meeting of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government on Tuesday, with his junior partner Panos Kammenos to insist in not supporting the Prespes Agreement. …
Read More »Prespes Agreement opponents organize “National Conference on Macedonia name”
The Pan-Macedonian confederation organizes a “National Conference on the Macedonia name issue” later this month in Athens. Aim of the conference is “to launch multilevel actions for the Greek citizens in and outside Greece who are affected by the Prespes Agreement and their individual and collective rights are violated” of …
Read More »SYRIZA MP beaten by group asking him apologize for “selling out Macedonia”
SYRIZA lawmaker Petros Konstantineas was beaten and slightly injured by a group of people over the Macedonia issue. The incident took place outside the hangout of ‘Bulldogs’, supporters of local football club “Blck Storm” in Kalamata, Peloponnese, on Sunday afternoon. The MP had just left a football match and was …
Read More »“No other Macedonia but ours” says FYROM’s Zaev and angers Greece
“There is no other Macedonia but ours,” Prime Minister of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev said in an interview to FYROM’s state agency MIA on Friday afternoon. “The northern part of Greece is Greece, the western part of Bulgaria is Bulgaria. This is our Macedonia and there will …
Read More »US President Trump congratulates “Macedonia” on Independence Day
Not one, not twice but six times US President Donald Trump referred to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – as the country’s official name still is – as simply “Macedonia.” In his 7-lines long message Trump was his congratulation message to the Independence Day of FYROM on September 8. …
Read More »Wikileaks: FYROM wanted name “North Macedonia” already in 2008
For 10 years, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was struggling to get the name “North Macedonia” but also to reach an agreement with Greece that would grant them Macedonian language and identity. This is understood from a confidential document published by Wikileaks. The document has apparently compiled by then …
Read More »Greece angrily reacts to FYROM FM saying “I am Macedonian”
“I am a Macedonian,” FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said during a hearing at the European Parliament foreign affairs committee in Brussels on Wednesday. Dimitrov had responded to a question posed by New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis who asked how his people are going to call themselves after the Prespes/Macedonia …
Read More »Majority of FYROM citizens reject name change in North Macedonia
Things do not look good for FYROM Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, and his planned referendum on North Macedonia. Majority of his people reject the name change. A local news site conducted a poll about the name change agreement with Greece.The site reports that most ethnic Macedonians are against the proposition, …
Read More »Zaev admits there is no documentation “Greek-Russian businessman” funded anti-Macedonia protests
FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that there was no need for the country’s authorities to submit documents to Greece that want to begin investigations that it was a Greek businessman of Russian origin who was named as the financier for the protests of the fan group “Komiti” in “Macedonia.” …
Read More »Zaev claims “Greek businessmen” fund violent protests in FYROM against Macedonia deal
FYROM prime minister Zoran Zaev claimed that Greek pro-Russian businessmen pay for “violent protests” in his country with the aim to influence Referendum voters over the Macedonia agreement. In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Zaev claimed further that the aim of these actions is to stop his country from joining …
Read More »Ultra-nationalists form a new Greek party focused on Macedonia
A former lawmakers from Independent Greeks and a former high-ranking official at the Samaras government joint their forces and establish a political party. Ex ANEL MP, Dimitris Kammenos, and ex cabinet secretary Takis Baltakos, announce don Tuesday the formation of the new part. Main purpose of the new party is …
Read More »Greeks embrace extreme views when it comes to Macedonia deal, survey finds
Majority of Greeks are against early elections, considers the Macedonia Agreement “negative” and are pessimistic about the economy. What is cause of concern in the public opinion survey published on Sunday is that Greeks are eager to embrace extreme views when it comes to the Macedonia Agreement 18% agree with …
Read More »Kammenos warns “either elections or referendum or 180 ratification votes” for Macedonia Agreement
The Macedonia Agreement will not be ratified without the consent of the people, Tsipras’ junior coalition partner ANEL said on Tuesday morning. In a press conference called early in the morning, ANEL leader and Greece’s Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos said there has to be either elections or a referendum on …
Read More »Macedonia protesters clash with police in Athens & Thessaloniki
Macedonia protesters clashed with police outside the Greek Palriament in downtown Athens on Sunday. Carrying Greek flags and banners showing the Greek flag with the sun of Vergina, protesters defied the summer heat and gathered in central Athens to protest the Macedonia Agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic …
Read More »Pan-Macedonian orgs appeal to Greece’s Council of State over Macedonia Agreement
Pan-Macedonian organizations filed an appeal to Greece’s supreme court, Council of State asking for the suspension and annulment of the Macedonia Agreement signed two weeks ago between Greece and FYROM. The organizations claim, the Agreement violates the Greek Constitution. The 14 organizations and federations claim that the Agreement violates Article …
Read More »FM Kotzias has received more than 800 threat messages, “boxes with blood and soil” over Macedonia issue
Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, has said that he received hundreds of threatening messages over the Macedonia name issue. But also bullets and “boxes containing blood and soil.” In an interview with 247 FM, Kotzias said that he has received more than 800 threatening messages and is still receiving threats against …
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