Tag Archives: North Macedonia

Hit squads of neo-Nazi criminal organization and former party in Greek Parliament Golden Dawn raided an exhibition of artist Sergej Andreevsky from North Macedonia in Kalamaria by Thessaloniki on Wednesday afternoon. Wearing hoods and having their faces covered, they hang ribbons on the paintings and threw leaflets with nationalistic content …

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A 22-year-old Pakistani man was taken to Athens prosecutor on Saturday following his arrest for the murder of 17-year-old Nikoletta in Athens on Monday evening. The man had fled Athens and Greece after the crime and was arrested in neighboring North Macedonia on Friday. The man admitted the murder of …

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Οne of two men who went missing on Saturday in the sea region of Possidi, Halkidiki, was found and rescued 14 nautical miles off the area he went into the water. 30-year-old Ivan managed to survive 20 hours in rough sea thanks to a children’s ball he found randomly floating …

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Greek police smashed a gang trafficking cocaine and other drugs on the island of Mykonos. Among the arrested drug dealers is a young beauty and known social media “influencer” from North Macedonia whose role was to locate customers among the so-called “high society” on the island. Cocaine, XTC, MDMA, raw …

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Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, submitted his resignation as leader of the country and as president of ruling ruling Social Democratic Party (SDSM) after his party suffered a crushing defeat in the second round of municipal elections held yesterday, Sunday. SDSM lost both in the Skopje metropolitan municipality …

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Greece “strongly supports North Macedonia ‘s EU accession process,” President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou said during an official dinner in honor of North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski, the first visit,  on Tuesday. She added that the European integration of the West Balkans is a strategic goal. President Pendarovski …

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Greece and North Macedonia on Friday signed an agreement for the construction of a pipeline that will interconnect the natural gas grids of the two countries. The agreement was signed by Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas and North Macedonia’s Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi, in the presence of the Prime …

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Greece will supply its northern neighbors Albania and North Macedonia with 40,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the government spokeswoman said on Thursday. “Greece, in coordination with the European Commission, as most European countries do for their neighbours, will offer vaccines…20,000 doses to North Macedonia and 20,000 to Albania,” Aristotelia Peloni …

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North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski has appealed to the global seat of Orthodoxy in Istanbul to recognize the independence of his country’s Orthodox Church, Greek state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Monday. “I turn to you, on behalf of a large portion of my fellow citizens, who identify themselves as …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended the flight ban from several non-EU countries until the middle of the month August 2020 as the obligation to citizens from specific countries to enter only with negative Covid-19 test. These are new air instructions (notams) issued by the Civil Aviation Service, will be valid …

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Greece ‘s Civil Aviation issued several air instructions (NOTAMS) on Thursday regarding direct flights to countries such as Sweden and Turkey, Albania and North Macedonia, the entry of non-EU citizens as well as instructions related to Passenger Locator Form (PLF). Sweden The flight ban for direct flights from Sweden to …

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The Greek Foreign Ministry congratulated the Republic of North Macedonia for officially becoming a member of NATO. on Friday. “We congratulate the Republic of North Macedonia that joins NATO as the 30th member of our alliance. We welcome our neighbors to the NATO family & look forward to working together …

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Greece is deepening the lockdown to contain spread of coronavirus and decided to halt air- and sea traffic to European countries with high number of infections like Italy and Spain. The country also closes its borders to its northern neighbors Albania and North Macedonia, after these two countries closed their …

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he would allow North Macedonia and Albania to begin talks on joining the European Union if the bloc’s executive gave them a positive review next month. Macron’s comments at the Munich Security Conference look set to end his freeze on the two Balkan …

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Labor Minister Rashela Mizrahi in the caretaker government of North Macedonia triggered  a storm of reactions after she had a picture in front of a plaque bearing the country’s old name “Republic of Macedonia.” The Labor minister is a member of nationalist VMRO that opposed the Prespes Agreement with Greece. …

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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated Greece’s support for the EU accession prospects of North Macedonia. Dendias visited Skopje on Tuesday where he met with his counter part Nikolas Dimitrov, President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Dendias stressed that the European path of North Macedonia depends greatly on …

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Prime minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, has warned that a decision not to launch European Union accession talks with the Balkan nation may put the Prespes Agreement at risk as th ename deal and accession to EU are intrinsically linked. Speaking to the Greek edition of Euronews in Skopje …

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“I still believe that the Prespes Agreement was a negative agreement for Greece, but I will not expose the country to adventures,” Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said during an event in Thessaloniki. “Without risking the slightest destabilization we will closely monitor our neighbors’ obligations, our neighbors’ compliance with their …

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“We signed an agreement whose implementation depends on the volition of others. This aspect proves that this agreement is harmful, as we have said from the beginning,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday commenting on the Prespes Agreement and the French veto to accession talks between North Macedonia and …

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The architect of the Prespes Agreement, former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, has slammed the “irresponsible” European Union leaders for failing to give the Balkan state a date to start accession talks. “I admit I believed I had thought of all possible scenarios regarding the Prespes agreement,” Kotzias tweeted on Saturday …

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