Protestors believe name deal does not do enough to protect term for ancient Greek kingdom Up to 100000 Greeks converged on Athens on Sunday to demonstrate against a name-change deal with the Republic of Macedonia, days before a vote in parliament on the accord.
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Source: theguardian.com