Sparks over WikiLeaks release

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis  reiterated his pledge on Monday not to ratify the deal reached between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter's name back in June, following the release by WikiLeaks of a cable which showed Skopje would have accepted the name "North Macedonia" in 2008 provided it included the recognition of the "Macedonian" language and nationality.

"Today's revelation from WikiLeaks, that Skopje had been asking since 2008 to name their country 'North Macedonia' and their people 'Macedonians' who supposedly speak the 'Macedonian' language confirms in the most tragic way what I have been stressing all those months. That [PM Alexis] Tsipras, [Defense Minister Panos] Kammenos and [Foreign Minister Nikos] Kotzias wanted to present their extremely damaging agreement - which satisfied what Skopje had been demanding for years...