About 50.000 people massed in the streets of northern Greece's biggest city Thessaloniki on Sunday in a protest over the Macedonia name dispute between Athens and Skopje, police said.
Hardliners in Greece are seeking to block any deal that contains the term Macedonia in UN-brokered talks to resolve the long-running row over the name.Read more
Strikes in Greece caused transport chaos and slowed hospital care and shipping Friday as workers protested against changes to a 36-year-old industrial action law demanded by the country's creditors.
Sailors and hospital doctors participated in the walkout, as did staff at the Athens metro, causing huge traffic jams in the capital as commuters used their cars instead.
Some 9,000 people were demonstratingRead more
Strikes in Greece caused transport chaos and slowed hospital care and shipping Friday as workers protested against changes to a 36-year-old industrial action law demanded by the country's creditors.
Sailors and hospital doctors participated in the walkout, as did staff at the Athens metro, causing huge traffic jams in the capital as commuters used their cars instead.
Some 9,000 peopleRead more
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday requested restraint from the country’s influential Orthodox church amid renewed efforts to resolve a 27-year name row with neighboring Macedonia.
The move came a day after the church said it was opposed to any compromise including the name ‘Macedonia’, which is also the name of a northern Greek province over which wars wereRead more
Macedonia and Greece have a real chance to solve a festering quarter-century-old name dispute by July, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday.
"I believe it's possible to find a solution by the end of the first semester of 2018," Zaev told Greece's Alpha TV in an interview.
The quarrel between Skopje and Athens dates back to Macedonia's declaration ofRead more
The Turkish foreign ministry on Saturday slammed a decision in Greece to grant asylum to a Turkish helicopter co-pilot, who fled the country after last year's failed coup, as "politically motivated" and warned of a negative impact on bilateral relations.
The co-pilot -- who flew seven other Turkish military officers to Greece -- was granted asylum after Greek authorities ruledRead more
Some 20,000 people demonstrated in Greece on Thursday as a general strike against new budget cuts and labour reform paralysed the civil service and disrupted transports.
Around 16,000 mainly Communist demonstrators marched in Athens while another 4,500 protested in Thessaloniki, local police said.
Some of the protesters held banners in support of Palestine and against the US decision to nameRead more