Conservative New Democracy expelled from the party, Konstantinos Michalos, the President of the Commercial and Industrial Chamber of Athens. In fast track procedures, the Ethics Committee of ND expelled Michalos who had refused to appear at the disciplinary meeting of the committee. Citing ND officials, media report the President of …

Dozens of far-rights and members of a local football club rioted in city of  Thessaloniki over the Macedonia agreement. Police used tear gas and stun grenades in attempts to break up protests that lasted until late on Monday night. Macedonia protesters chanted slogans and “Macedonia is Greek” and accused the …

Leader of ANEL and Tsipras’ junior coalition partner, Panos Kammenos, said on Wednesday, that he will ask the Prime Minister the Macedonia Agreement will pass through the Greek parliament with an enhanced majority of 180 votes. Kammenos statement comes the day the FYROM Parliament ratified the agreement. “We will do …

The European Commission and European institutions will continue to use the name “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” for Greece’s northern neighbour until the agreement signed by Athens and Skopje on Sunday is fully implemented, a spokesperson for European Commission Vice President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security …

Fake News had a party on Sunday, as police and protesters clashed for more than three hours in Psarades and Posideri, Northern Greece,  while Greece and FYROM officials were signing the Macedonia Agreement. The most stirking Fake News was the one based on unfounded rumors that a “woman first fell …

While officials from Athens and Skopje were celebrating the “historic agreement,” protesters clashed with police nearby and in some villages church bells rang in mourning. In the small village of Psarades at the Prespes Lake, Greece and FYROM signed the Macedonia agreement that will rename the Former Yugoslav Republic of …

One protester was injured during clashes with police outside the Greek Palriament in Athens on Saturday. Clashes started early in the afternoon and continued until in the night, during and after the no-confidence vote against the government over the Macedonia agreement. Again and again, groups of protesters tried to raid …

Greek government survived late on Saturday the no-confidence vote submitted by major opposition party, conservative New Democracy over the Macedonia Agreement. The motion against the government received just 127 votes in favor towards 153 votes against. MP Dimitris Kammenos (ANEL) voted in favor and was immediately expelled from the party.  …

US foreign affairs magazine Foreign Policy is praising the Macedonia deal, Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has reached with his FYROM counterpart, Zoran Zaef.  The two leaders created a model for solving identity clashes across the globe,” foreign policy expert Edward P. Joseph writes among others. Alexis Tsipras Deserves the Nobel …

Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are preparing for the ceremony to sign the Macedonia agreement amid fierce opposition in both countries. Originally the agreement was schedule dot be signed Saturday, but the ceremony has been postponed for Sunday, due to a no-confidence vote in Greek Parliament later …

Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis of conservative New Democracy announced Thursday noon that he is submitting no-confidence vote against the government over the Macedonia agreement. “I want to see if  Mr. Tsipras has 154 votes for the Macedonia agreement,” Mitsotakis told the Plenary with a clear hint to coalition government …

The hardliner Metropolit of Kalavryta and Aigialia,  Amvrosios, has ordered the churches to ring the bells in mourning until Saturday, when Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, and his FYROM counterpart, Zoran Zaef will sign the Macedonia Agreement. The bells will ring in mourning every morning from 11:00 am to 11:15 …

The Macedonia agreement of Tuesday has triggered political turbulence in both countries. Opponents of the agreement both in Greece and FYROM speak of “treason” even though they do not know the full text of the official deal. As Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaef prepare for the signing of …

Severna Makedonija, North Macedonia and Βόρεια Μακεδονία : The historic agreement the prime ministers of Greece and FYROM agreed upon may have been hailed by international organization but made a large portion of Greeks furious. They call the agreement a “national defeat” and are angry about the concession of term …

A breakthrough in a decades-long dispute. The Prime Ministers of Greece and FYROM finally agreed on a composite name for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. PM Zoran Zaef made the decisive phone call to his counterpart, Alexis Tsipras, on Tuesday afternoon. Right after the phone call, PM Alexis Tsipras …

Tsipras’ junior coalition government partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) made it clear that they will down vote an agreement with FYROM if it contains the term “Macedonia.” In an extraordinary press conference on Tuesday morning, ANEL leader and Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos, said: We are clear, we do not agree and …

The much anticipated phone call by FYROM Prime Minister,  Zoran Zaef, to his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras, over the Macedonia agreement took place at 3 p.m. on Monday. No further details about the content of the conversation have been revealed, except that the phone call was in a “positive atmosphere,” …

Thousands of Greeks filled the squares in 24 cities and towns mainly in the North of the country in order to protest the term “Macedonia” be included in an agreement with FYROM. From Drama to Ioannina and from Pella to Chania, protesters waved Greek flags, banners and religious symbols, and …

The Foreign Ministry of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has issued a travel warning over the Macedonia rallies in several Greek cities. FYROM is urging its citizens planning to travel to Greece on June 6th 2018, to avoid the cities where the rallies will be held “because they could …

Greece has sent a clear message to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. There will be no agreement on Macedonia name issue, “without erga omnes – for all purposes – and constitutional changes,” government spokesman, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, said on Friday noon. He added “there is no agreement at the moment,” …