North Macedonia

'For us, war is not the solution, nor is a Cold War based on frozen clashes. If you permit a clash to fester for a long time then the ice melts only through clashes as we see in many parts of the world,' the former PM said.

The Greece-North Macedonia Prespa Agreement may have solved the naming problem, but it creates a series of problems in a number of areas.

Despite being pressured by the moderator and Zaev to say whether his party will honour the agreement if it comes to power, the main opposition leader refused to answer.

Citizens do not forget that it was the ruling party, SYRIZA, which while in the opposition encouraged incidents at parades, the worst of which was the jeering of then president Karolos Papoulias.

'Before the ink of the signatures on the Prespa Agreement dried, the Ambassador of North Macedonia to the European Unioreferred to her country as "Macedonia" during an official preparatory meeting,' said ND spokesperson and MEP Maria Spyrakis

From the start, many observers noted that even if the Prespa Accord solved the name problem, it created many others because North Macedonia became a state that in all other respects remained 'Macedonian'.

The artist Kostas Varotsos later expressed his outrage when the culture ministry denied that Minister Myrsini Zorba had ever made the proposal.

In Athens, the Russian state-run Sputnik’s report was viewed as the next stage in Moscow’s fervent opposition to the Prespa Agreement and to North Macedonia’s admission to Nato,

The attacks came even as Kammenos’ Independent Greeks party lost the status of a parliamentary party (which requires five MPs).

Recent comments by Zaev have fueled criticism that the agreement permits Skopje to interpret it as it sees fit.

'The EU perspective is very present. The Council last year set forth a clear path toward the opening of accession talks in June, 2019.'

For those under the age of 25 there was a sub-minum wage of 510 euros a month which was abolished today by the cabinet.

The agreement recognises that that country is inhabited by Macedonians and not North Macedonians and that they speak Macedonian and not a South Slavic language.