Police and demonstrators clashed in Athens’ Syntagma square on Sunday, as tens of thousands protested against the naming of Greece’s northern neighbor as « Northern Macedonia. »
The small Balkan country has agreed to change its name from the « Republic of Macedonia » to the « Republic of Northern Macedonia » under the deal between the two nations.
The change, which comes with amendments to the constitution already ratified in Skopje, aims to pacify Greeks who feel the use of the name Macedonia implies territorial claims on a province in Greece named Macedonia.
