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WATCH Greek Police Use Tear Gas Amid Macedonia Name Row Protests in Thessaloniki
WATCH Greek Police Use Tear Gas Amid Macedonia Name Row Protests in Thessaloniki
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WATCH Greek Police Use Tear Gas Amid Macedonia Name Row Protests in Thessaloniki
06:35 GMT 09.09.2018 (Updated: 07:15 GMT 09.09.2018) Rallies against the Greek government were held during a visit by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), where he was giving a speech on economic policy.
The demonstrators protested against a deal between Athens and Skopje to resolve a decades-long dispute over the Balkan country's name, signed in June. Both countries confirmed that the "Republic of Northern Macedonia" would be an optimal choice.
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Greece has urged its neighbor to change the name of the country, stressing that the term "Macedonia" should only refer to a Greek region or the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.