mo4ch:>Greek defense minister resigns, PM Tsipras calls vote of confidence in govt | Mo4ch News

Greece’s defense minister has resigned in protest against a deal that would end a years-old dispute with Macedonia over its name. Panos Kammenos’ exit could endanger the ruling coalition government ahead of national elections.Kammenos submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday. Speaking after the meeting, he said that “The Macedonia name issue... doesn’t allow me not to sacrifice the minister’s chair.”Following the news, Tsipras announced that he will call a confidence vote in his government next week.Greece has a province called Macedonia and has repeatedly called on Skopje to change its country name, which Athens considers an affront to Greek sovereignty. For years, Athens has blocked Macedonia’s entry to the European Union and NATO, citing the name dispute.The two countries recently agreed on a name change – the Republic of North Macedonia – but Kammenos said any deal including "Macedonia" in the name of the Balkan state to Greece's north was…