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Posts by Nikos Skoutaris
Breaking up is hard to do
On Sunday 25th November 2018, 885 days after the Brexit referendum took place, 606 days after the UK triggered the Article 50 TEU process and 124 days before the UK officially withdraws from the EU, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May travelled to Brussels to take part in the meeting of the European Council, which officially endorsed the text of the Withdrawal Agreement.
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385)
They have a name for it
One of the most bizarre disputes in the history of international relations may be coming to an end. Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have reached an agreement on the name dispute. This opens the door for the membership of the latter to the EU and NATO.
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Greece (495)
What's in an Irish border?
In the first film of what could be loosely considered Theo Angelopoulos’ Trilogy of Borders, The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991), there is an image of a stranger standing on a bridge poised over the dividing line between two countries. He has one leg suspended in mid-air, like a stork. ‘If I take one more step I am... somewhere else, or... I die’.
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385)
No country for reluctant peacemakers
It seems that reports of a solution to the Cyprus issue were greatly exaggerated. Again. This is far from a surprise. All negotiations concerning this age-old dispute follow the same pattern. There is optimism in the beginning, frustration as time passes by and sheer disappointment at the end.
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385)
Conference on Cyprus: foot-dragging towards a dead end
The latest negotiations of the Cyprus issue take place in Crans-Montana where the two communities, together with the three Guarantor Powers, are meeting under the auspices of the UN. What can we expect?
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385)