Name issue protested in Thessaloniki tomorrow in Athens

Protesters had also come from other cities.

For tomorrow in Athens in Syntagma Square, the biggest protest following the 1990s protest on the same issue is envisioned. Over 1500 buses are reserved to bring protesters from various provinces.

It will also be supported by opposition parties, so many of their presence have confirmed the opposition New Democracy and its leader, Kyriakos Mitotakis.

The party in the ruling coalition “) is expected to participate in the protest, including independent Greeks” and Church leaders. Meanwhile, the Ruvikonas anarchist group has warned that the “Sunday in the square will be bleeding”.

The Supreme Court prosecutor, following this stance, has immediately launched investigations. Meanwhile, authorities in Greece are investigating the possible sender of the threatening letter to Greek diplomacy chief Nikos Kotzias, in which the previous day “said we have three bullets for you”. The Greek government has officially confirmed that Kotzias during the week has had threats even by telephone.

Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toscas has praised the threats to diplomacy's chief as a serious danger. On the other hand, US Ambassador to Athens Jeffrey Pajet has commented on current developments in Greece. In an interview for Sky TV, Pajet has expressed US support for the Nimic mediators, giving no comment on the International Community's B plan in the event the deal efforts fail.

“hypothetical answers to such questions are not the assistant of the process, which is below. I want to point out that we're strong in support of Matthew Nimic. I was in Thessalonica on Monday, and I heard many things later. Greece has a functioning democracy. Our governments believe that Western Balkan countries must continue the Euro-Atlantic process. We believe these countries should be part of the EU. All these countries, understood by their choice, should be part of NATO”, said Jeffrey Pajet, US ambassador to Greece.

On Thursday we left behind, UN mediator Matthew Nimic remained in Macedonia, where he also met with state leaders and political actors.

Nimic, not commenting on the concrete proposal for possible name, estimated that issuing this opportunity for achieving dialogue could be tragic for the region. Nimic stressed that from the Greek side, there has been no ambition for violating the identity of the people living in Macedonia.