Greece, the Prespes accord, and the Balkans of the 21st Century
Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, arrives in Greece on Thursday for meetings with Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In the lead-up to this visit, Kathimerini featured an in-depth interview with Prime Minister Zaev about the Prespes agreement, the strengthening of bilateral ties between Greece and North Macedonia, and about building the Balkans of the 21st Century.
Tom Ellis, the editor-in-chief of Kathimerini English Edition who interviewed Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, joins the Greek Current to talk about the relationship between Greece and North Macedonia, the impact of the Prespes agreement, and what it means for Greece’s broader engagement with the Western Balkans.
Read Tom Ellis’s interview with North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev here: Together for the Balkans of the 21st century
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
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