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PM hopes North Macedonia visit, debt relief decision will provide lift
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to North Macedonia this week and the rising chances of Friday’s Eurogroup approving the disbursement of almost 1 billion euros have given the government the opportunity to go on the attack following successive corruption allegations.
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In Skopje, Tsipras focuses on name deal positives as trademark issue looms
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens believes that the first official visit by a Greek prime minister to North Macedonia went smoothly on Tuesday.
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Tsipras visits Skopje to highlight name deal positives as implementation work continues
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe beginning of a new era in bilateral relations between Greece and North Macedonia is the main aim of Alexis Tsipras’s trip to Skopje on Tuesday, which will be the first visit by a Greek premier to the neighboring country.
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With June EU Council looming, ND clarifies stance on North Macedonia and Albania
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece and North Macedonia are coordinating their steps, ahead of a crucial EU Council meeting in June that will determine whether the latter will receive the much-anticipated date to begin accession talks with the Union.
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Athens eyes implementation of name deal as Skopje homes in on NATO membership
PoliticsForeign PolicySkopje can expect to get the green light for its NATO accession following the ratification of the Prespes Agreement by the Greek Parliament on Friday
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Tsipras set to secure support for name deal after delay to vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe vote on the Prespes Agreement is due to take place at around 14.30 on Friday after extra time was allowed on Thursday because of the high number of MPs who had asked to speak during the debate.
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Ball in Greece's court after Skopje completes approval of name deal
Foreign PolicyGreek PoliticsAthens is expecting this week to receive a note verbale from the government in Skopje with which the latter will officially announce that it has successfully completed its obligations deriving from the provisions of the Prespes Agreement, which was signed by the foreign ministers of both countries, last June.
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Macedonia name deal enters crucial and contentious phase
PoliticsForeign PolicyAn intensification of the processes and political developments regarding the Macedonia name deal is expected at the beginning of 2019.
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Athens and Washington agree plan for closer ties as Skopje paves way for name deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe first Strategic Dialogue between Greece and the United States was concluded in a very convivial atmosphere in Washington on Thursday.
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Parties trade blows over name deal, corruption claims in fraught atmosphere
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA and New Democracy continued on Wednesday the spat that was sparked by the allegations from opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament regarding the Macedonia name deal being the product of an exchange between the government and Greece’s lenders over the pension cuts that were due next year.