They urged the Greek authorities to abandon the compromise with Macedonia on the name of the Macedonian state. The demonstrators chanted "Macedonia is Greece!" And "Hands off Macedonia!".

According to Western media, the rally was attended by former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Also participating in the demonstration are representatives of Greek authorities, army officers, clergymen.

Recall the dispute between Greece and Macedonia because of the name of the Macedonian state began in the 1990's, when Samaras served as Greek Foreign Minister.

In the United Nations, this country came under the official name "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".

As reported URA-Inform, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began consideration of options for resolving the conflict between the countries because of the name "Macedonia", which caused discontent among the Greek opposition and the ruling coalition.

The Greek authorities are opposed to renaming the neighboring state to Macedonia, stressing that most of the historical Macedonia is in the territory of Greece - in the same region in the north of the country. In the official Greek office work and on Greek maps The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is called Skopia - by the name of the capital of the country.