Giorgos Koumoutsakos

New Democracy said on Thursday that the government's "propaganda" about the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has been 'demolished' after the Balkan nation's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev referred on Wednesday to a "Macedonian army" that will join NATO.

The Greek conservative opposition has criticized a rally by Muharrem Ince, Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for the upcoming snap presidential election, planned for Thursday in Greece's northeastern Thrace region, which has a Muslim minority.

Turkey seems "unable or unwilling" to understand that Greece's judicial system is independent, New Democracy's shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Thursday, responding to Turkey's foreign ministry which accused Greece of shielding "putschists."

New Democracy shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos on Tuesday accused Defense Minister Panos Kammenos of undermining the government's ongoing efforts to negotiate a solution between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the latter's name, after the minister said the two sides are unlikely to reach an agreement.

Greece's conservative opposition has urged the European Union to use the full force of its diplomatic influence after President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.

Greece's conservative opposition has criticized Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias over comments he made during a trial where he was representing the Greek state, in Nicosia on Monday.

An MP with Greece's main opposition party on Sunday questioned the government's handling of name talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) after the Balkan country's prime minister said Skopje is unlikely to agree to two of Athens's key requests.

The government and the main conservative opposition New Democracy party clashed Thursday over the progress of United Nations-mediated talks aimed at breaking a deadlock between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter's name.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will on Wednesday brief New Democracy's shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos on the progress of his recent talks in Vienna with his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Nikola Dimitrov, on ongoing United-Nations mediated talks on the "Macedonia" name issue.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday was to start briefing party leaders on the progress of his talks in Vienna last week with his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, on ongoing United-Nations mediated talks on the "Macedonia" name issue.