Violent Name Protests in Skopje, 7 Officers Injured

Violent protests accompanied the announcement of reaching the name agreement in Skopje, ending 27-year-old clashes with Greece.

Under calls “The” and “capitulation”, a group of collectors clashed with police in front of the Parliament building. The 25 detained and 7 injured effectives was the evening balance that overshadowed the euphoria of signing the pact in Prespa.

Protest also took place in the monastery city, organised by opposition party V MRO- The DPMNE, whose leader, Hristija Mickovski, said his party would never recognise the agreement, the discontent it has not missed on the other side of the border.

The historic pact took its toll with Kocia's foreign ministers' firms in Psarades and the hopeful speeches by Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev for the future of the neighbourhood of two Balkan peoples. The deal already opens to northern Macedonia or “Sverna Makedonijas” the possibility of opening membership negotiations with the European Union.

Attending the ceremony were the top government officials in Skopje and Athens, as well as those in Brussels: Chief of European DiCarlo Federica Moghrini and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, as well as top UN official Rosemary DiCarlo and Mediator Matthew Nimetz.

The decision must now be adopted in the parliaments of the two countries, where opposition parties have come under attack with the argument that it is harmful to their people. Awareers of political circumstances think however that Macedonia comes out of this deal, which allows it to preserve its identity and language, while Greece itself loses nothing.