ATHENS, Greece — Well over 100,000 protesters from across Greece converged Sunday on Athens’ main square to protest a potential Greek compromise in a dispute with neighbouring Macedonia over the former Yugoslav republic’s official name. “We are trying to show the politicians … that they must not give up the name ‘Macedonia’,” said 55-year-old protester Manos Georgiou. The country is recognized by international institutions as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, even though about 130 countries refer to it simply as Macedonia. Officials in Skopje counter that their country has been known as Macedonia for a long time. “We’re expecting them to hear us,” protester Maria Iosifidou said of Greece’s politicians.

Source: National Post February 04, 2018 15:33 UTC