Greek riot police lock clash with protesters
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Greece's new name deal with Macedonia. -AFP
Greek police have fired tear gas at protesters angry at a deal to allow the country's northern neighbor call itself the Republic of North Macedonia.
Youths wearing gas masks threw stones at police in the city of Thessaloniki, where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras later spoke about his economic plans. Many Greeks say only the northern Greek region of Macedonia should use the name and not the former Yugoslav state.
Macedonians will vote on the name change at the end of the month. Thousands of demonstrators reportedly took part in the protests on the streets of Thessaloniki, many of them waving Greek flags.
