Irredentism

Questions remain with regard to the early months of George Papandreou's 2009-11 Socialist administration.

The moment of truth, the one that Greece's politicians hoped to postpone forever, is arriving. The impasse in negotiations for a final name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia suited them; it did not oblige any government, party or politician to do what all fear - to take responsibility for a compromise.

At a party conference, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on party officials and supporters to join forces to "change Greece" and "get rid of the worst government of the post-dictatorship era."

Accusing the administration of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of lies and arrogance, Mitsotakis said it is ND's duty "to unite people, to persuade them that there is another way."

Launching the conservative party's 11th two-day conference on Saturday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to party officials and supporters to join forces in order to "change Greece" and "get rid of the worst government of the post-dictatorship era."

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) wants to find a way to break the 26-year deadlock with Greece over its official name, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska told the Guardian on Friday.

A unique database containing the names of people missing since the 1990s Yugoslav wars whose remains have still not been found will be created, governments across the region have agreed.

Boosted by her comfortable victory in the recent vote for the center-left leadership, Fofi Gennimata appears determined to occupy the political space eyed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's ruling SYRIZA party.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says the Albanians are "a nation with two sovereign states and a dream of joining Euro-Atlantic institutions."

Greece's budget deficits and public debt are the responsibility of politicians and senior public sector officials who have squandered state money. Also to blame are bankers and entrepreneurs, big and small, freelance professionals, as well as civil servants and pensioners.

A new opinion poll carried out by the University of Macedonia on behalf of Skai found that conservative New Democracy maintains a strong lead over ruling leftist SYRIZA, but Democratic Alignment (formerly PASOK) - apparently boosted by a leadership contest over the weekend - has risen to third place, knocking neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, which has been the third most popular party consistently in poll