Protesters wave Greek national flags and shout slogans during
a rally against the use of the term "Macedonia" in any solution to a dispute
between Athens and Skopje over the former Yugoslav republic's name
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Tens of thousands of Greeks staged a mass rally in Athens Sunday, urging the
government not to compromise in a festering name row with neighboring Macedonia.
As a huge Greek flag flew over central Syntagma Square
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Hats , Greeks from all over the country and abroad chanted “Hands
off Macedonia,” “Macedonia is Greek” and “We won’t leave until we are
vindicated.”
Athens objects to Macedonia’s name, arguing it suggests that Skopje has
claims to the territory and heritage of Greece’s historic northern region of the
same name.
However, leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been considering a
resolution to the 27-year-old dispute
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angering many opposition members and his own nationalist coalition partners.
Among those in the crowd was former Premier Antonis Samaras, who was foreign
minister when the name dispute began in 1991, along with mayors, senior clerics
and army officers. Organizers said they expected around a million participants
on Syntagma Square.
“Macedonia is Greek and only Greek. They are trying to steal history. We all
have to fight and let the world know
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said Allia Sarellis, who flew in from the United States.
Around 2,500 buses from northern Greece and two ships from Crete brought
thousands of demonstrators, reports said.
Some protesters wore traditional garb
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including the uniform of Greek guerrillas who fought Bulgarian bands and Ottoman
forces in Macedonia in the early 20th century.
“Thousands of Cretans have shed their blood for Macedonia,” a bearded Cretan
protester told Skai TV.
The protest, the second on the Macedonia issue in a fortnight, was organized
and funded by Greek Diaspora groups
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Hat , with the support of retired officer associations, cultural
unions and church groups.
Renowned Zorba the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was the keynote speaker
despite battling health issues at 92.
Theodorakis has trouble walking, but was galvanized after self-styled
anarchists vandalized his home with red paint late Saturday.
“I am calm and ready,” the resistance icon said after the incident
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Hat , urging rally participants “not to be intimidated”.
Two weeks ago, tens of thousands had protested in Thessaloniki, the capital
of Greece’s Macedonia region. Police estimated the turnout at over
90,000
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Hat , while organizers claimed at least 400,000 attended.
The name dispute has remained unresolved since the former Yugoslav republic’s
independence in 1991. Greece sees the name “Macedonia” as part of its own
cultural heritage.
(Agencies)
Broadway is situated at the heart of the Cotswolds. It got its name because
of the wide street and has been a traditional coaching stop for centuries. The
town is extremely pretty and so very English. The buildings are made from local
honey-coloured stone so characteristic of the area.
The main street
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tourists and during the summer months it can be bursting at the seams! With a
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Lygon Arms
One of the best known
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Abbots Grange
Towards the centre of Broadway is a triangular green
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In the late eighteen hundreds American
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Broadway Tower
Overlooking the town is Broadway Hill. This is
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Dormy House
This seventeenth century building was
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Broadway and the surrounding areas
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demand for wool changed the character of the English countryside from forest and
woodland to enclosed grassy fields with dry stone walls.
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