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Prespa Deal Saga Moves to Greece

The future of the Prespa Agreement now rests with the Greek parliament after FYROM's lawmakers took a decisive step to end one of Europe’s most intractable disputes. On Friday, The FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev made an amendment to the...

EU, NATO Congratulate FYROM Over Prespa Agreement Vote

European Union officials and the NATO Secretary General congratulated FYROM's PM Zoran Zaev for passing an amendment to the constitution to change the country’s name to North Macedonia on Friday. In a joint statement, High Commissioner Federica Mogherini and Commissioner...

FYROM Changes Its Name to North Macedonia

The FYROM parliament voted on Friday to pass an amendment to the constitution to change the country's name to North Macedonia. The name change is part of a deal which the country made with Greece, in order to resolve the controversial...

Zaev Secures Parliament's Support for Name Change

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev's government managed to earn the support of the FYROM parliamentary majority on Friday to formally rename his country. Four amendments must be approved in order to change the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

ANEL MP's Break with Kammenos' Request to Dissolve Coalition

Only two out of seven lawmakers from ANEL, the Independent Greek Party, backed party chief Panos Kammenos' request, which he made on Friday, to withdraw ANEL officials from their ministerial posts and dissolve the country's coalition government. With so few...

Crucial Coalition Meeting Between Tsipras, Kammenos Postponed

A greatly-anticipated meeting between Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras and his Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over the future of their coalition government has been postponed. Kammenos, the leader of the nationalist Independent Greek party (ANEL) had threatened to withdraw from the...

Zaev Delays Crucial Debate to Lobby FYROM MP's

Zoran Zaev held discussions on Thursday with F.Y.R.O.M.'s opposition M.P.'s in hopes of persuading them to vote in favor of his Constitutional amendments. The premier needs at least 80 votes before any changes to the country's constitution can come into...

FYROM's Parliament To Start Final Debates on Constitutional Amendments

The Parliament in Skopje begins a new, final round of debate today before the deciding vote on the constitutional amendments drawn up by the government of Zoran Zaev, according to the provisions of the Prespa Agreement. The debate may last up...

US Ambassador Reaffirms Support For Prespa Agreement

The Greek alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Katrougalos, met with American Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt in Athens on Tuesday morning to discuss the state of current affairs between the two countries. The two officials met in the Greek...

FYROM Parliament Set to Approve Prespa Agreement

A debate in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) parliament on the four constitutional amendments required by the Prespa Agreement is expected to begin on Wednesday. Two of the amendments submitted by the government of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev...