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Greek police fire teargas at demonstrators protesting FYROM name deal at TIF 2018

9/8/2018

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Thousands of Greeks protested in the city of Thessaloniki on Saturday over a deal with neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to end a decades-old dispute over its name.

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Athens and Skopje reached a deal in June ending years of acrimony between the two countries over the name of the tiny Balkan state, but it has triggered a furious response from many Greeks.

On Saturday, police fired teargas at a group of individuals who broke away from a main group of demonstrators and hurled stones at riot police.

State TV showed images of riot police chasing protesters near barriers erected around a commercial park where the 83rd annual Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) was taking place. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivered a policy address later at the heavily guarded venue.

Greece has been at odds with FYROM since 1991 over the name of the Balkan state, arguing the name implies territorial claims over its province of the same name, and an appropriation of ancient Greek culture and civilization.

Thessaloniki is the capital of Greece’s northern province of Macedonia.

The FYROM has called a referendum on Sept. 30 on the agreement with Greece to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia. But many Greeks oppose any name that includes Macedonia.

On Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged people in FYROM to embrace the deal with Greece in order to secure membership of NATO and the European Union.

Source: Ekathimerini English

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