Greek media cover the protest in Skopje


“We are Macedonia: a new protest in Skopje”, “No to contacts with Athens, thousands of protesters in Skopje said”, “FYROM: Gathering in Skopje Against Changing the Name of the Country”, “New Protest for the Name Macedonia”, ” in Skopje against the change of the name “,” A big protest in Skopje with the slogan: We are Macedonians “are just some of the titles in the online editions of the Greek media for yesterday’s protest in Skopje.

In the short articles, without further analysis and comments, the media in Greece, referring to information from Reuters and the Macedonian media, also published photographs of the demonstrations.

– With the central slogan “We are Macedonia”, the civic organizations that participated in the protest called on the FYROM government not to agree on any change of name, but also to protect the language and national identity, writes the electronic edition of the newspaper “Efimerida ton syntakton”.

Greek media reported that about 5,000 people participated in the protest, and reminded that this is the second gathering in Skopje in a week.

– Thousands of FYROM citizens protested in downtown Skopje on Sunday against changing the name of the country, while on the same protest in Melbourne, Australia, demonstrators appeared to have burned the Greek flag, Greek TV Skai reported.

In last night’s central newscasts of Greek TV news, reporters put the emphasis in the articles on the protests organized by the Macedonian Diaspora in Australia.