Thousands of Greeks protest against Macedonia name compromise

Tens of thousands of Greeks staged a mass rally in Athens on Sunday, urging the government not to compromise in a festering name row with neighbouring Macedonia.Organisers claimed some 1.5 million people from across Greece and the Greek diaspora turned out to express their opposition to attempts by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government to broker a deal."The million protesters that the organisers imagined was wishful thinking," Tsipras said in a statement released by his office.