Amid ongoing opposition to name deal, protesters jeer minister

In an indication of the intensified opposition in northern Greece to the country's recent name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of the Macedonia (FYROM), protesters on Friday heckled Shipping Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis in Serres.

Kouroublis, who was visiting the northern city to mark the 105th anniversary of its liberation from occupying Turks, was jeered by a group of protesters as he was laying a wreath at a monument in the city's main square.

The protest did not appear to be an organized one, with lone demonstrators calling Kouroublis a traitor over the compromise on FYROM's name. 

In comments shortly after the incident, Kouroublis defended the accord, saying, "It gives us a lot of things that we have been asking for all these years," and claiming that it makes Greece "a dominant force in the Balkans."

"We all love our country and I believe that...