Matthew Nimetz

US Special Envoy on the name issue Matthew Nimetz warmly welcomed the agreement between Greece and FYROM on Tuesday, and called the decision "a mutually beneficial solution for the broader region." "I warmly welcome the announcement by Prime Ministers (Alexis)...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov completed on Friday a two-day round of negotiations in New York with the mediation of United Nations intermediary Matthew Nimetz. Negotiations between the two ministers will continue in Brussels,...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is meeting in Vienna on Tuesday with Skopje counterpart Nikola Dimitrov and UN mediator Matthew Nimetz to negotiate on the Balkan country's name. The two neighboring country’s officials started bilateral talks on Monday and will...

Greece has called on the UN mediator for the naming dispute with FYROM to refrain from interpreting Greece’s policy on the issue and making wrong assumptions. In a statement Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that he called Matthew Nimetz to...

Time is not on our side on talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter's name, said UN mediator Matthew Nimetz. The UN official spoke to Euronews after individual talks with the foreign ministers of...

UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said Thursday he had not heard any sources in Athens "denying the identity of the Macedonian people". He was speaking in Skopje after a meeting with FYROM Foreign Minister Nikolay Dimitrov who had said: "No one can deprive...

Republika GornaMakedonija (Republic of Upper Macedonia) is the new name Greece proposed for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Local media claim exclusive information from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests out of four names proposed to UN mediator Matthew...

On the eve of a senior UN mediator's visit to Greece, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has revealed that Athens is working on a draft deal on the naming dispute that will be presented to Skopje in February. The Greek proposals will...

The United Nations mediator on the naming dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has expressed optimism that a mutually acceptable solution will be found. On the eve of his arrival to Greece for two-day talks...

The timing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras brought to the issue of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia name looks suspiciously like it has been chosen to serve himself and his party, not necessarily for the benefit of Greek...