Riot police fired tear gas at incensed protesters in Thessaloniki on Sunday (June 24) who had gathered to protest a Macedonia name deal.<br /><br />Nationalists oppose an agreement that would rename Greece's neighbour North Macedonia and allow the Greek province of Macedonia to continue to use that name. <br /><br />Video shows tear gas being fired and protesters running away. A series of loud bangs can be heard, as well as the sound of breaking glass. <br /><br />At least one protester can be seen hurling a chair in the direction of the riot police.<br /><br />A protester waving the national flag of Greece also confronts a riot police officer.<br /><br />The protest took place outside the offices of the country's ruling parties, Syriza and the Independent Greeks.<br /><br />Footage filmed earlier shows a large rally, with flares being set off.<br /><br />One elderly man holds a sign reading: "Macedonia is Greece. A state with history and culture. It is not a Slavic state."
