The crowds that gathered in downtown Athens, on Sunday, to protest the use of the term "Macedonia" by FYROM sent its own messages to the political world.

Thousands of protesters from across Greece converged Sunday on Athens' main square to protest a potential Greek compromise in a dispute with the neighboring the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the former Yugoslav republic's official name.

FYROM’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev referred in his statements on Bulgarian Nova TV station to a referendum as an “extra guarantee” on the name of his country.