{"id":2480,"date":"2025-01-24T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/skopje-rhetoric-faces-greek-pushback\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T05:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:14:11","slug":"skopje-rhetoric-faces-greek-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/skopje-rhetoric-faces-greek-pushback\/","title":{"rendered":"Skopje rhetoric faces Greek pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1259559\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hristrijan-Mickoski-1-320x200.jpg?v=1735847178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hristrijan-Mickoski-1.jpg?v=1735847178\" alt=\"Skopje rhetoric faces Greek pushback\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hristrijan-Mickoski-1-960x600.jpg?v=1735847178\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Greece criticized North Macedonia\u2019s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski after remarks about an \u201cunresolved and existing Macedonian issue\u201d during a speech to expatriates in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Athens called the statements a \u201cprovocation\u201d and stressed that North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession hinges on full respect for the Prespa Agreement on the country\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue is permanently and irrevocably settled,\u201d Greece\u2019s Foreign Ministry asserted, warning against nationalist rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry emphasized that adherence to the Prespa Agreement is crucial for bilateral progress and North Macedonia\u2019s EU path.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Mickoski\u2019s nationalistic stance and rejection of the Prespa Agreement have stalled Skopje\u2019s EU aspirations, effectively delinking its candidacy from that of Albania, which is now progressing independently.<\/p>\n<p>Greece has withheld ratifying key agreements with North Macedonia, citing Skopje\u2019s failures in updating public documents and signs with its constitutional name.<\/p>\n<p>Recent issues with expiring passports during the transition phase exacerbated tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Mickoski\u2019s alignment with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and apparent support from US conservative circles add another layer of complexity.<\/p>\n<p>Growing Russian influence in North Macedonia is also seen as an alarming factor for European stability.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1259559\/skopje-rhetoric-faces-greek-pushback\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece criticized North Macedonia\u2019s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski after remarks about an \u201cunresolved and existing Macedonian issue\u201d during a speech to expatriates in New Jersey. Athens called the statements a \u201cprovocation\u201d and stressed that North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession hinges on full respect for the Prespa Agreement on the country\u2019s name. \u201cThe issue is permanently and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Skopje rhetoric faces Greek pushback\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/skopje-rhetoric-faces-greek-pushback\/#more-2480\" aria-label=\"Read more about Skopje rhetoric faces Greek pushback\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hristrijan-Mickoski-1-960x600.jpg?v=1735847178","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}