Protesters are arriving in central Athens for a massive rally Sunday to protest a potential Greek compromise in a dispute with neighboring Macedonia over the former Yugoslav republic’s official name. Hundreds of buses were chartered to bring protesters from across the country to the Greek capital, while more were arriving on ferries from the islands. Greece argues use of the name implies territorial claims on its own province of Macedonia, home of one of the most famous ancient Greeks, Alexander the Great. Officials in Skopje counter that their country has been known as Macedonia for a long time. About 100,000 people attended a similar protest last month in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, the capital of Greece’s province of Macedonia.

Source: Egypt Independent February 04, 2018 09:56 UTC