{"id":1561,"date":"2018-02-26T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T10:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldinsight.com.au\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2018-02-26T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T10:10:14","slug":"thousands-of-greek-australians-rally-in-melbourne-for-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldinsight.com.au\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Greek Australians rally in Melbourne for Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n\t<div class=\"slideshow_container slideshow_container_style-light\" style=\"height: 400px; \" data-slideshow-id=\"1574\" data-style-name=\"style-light\" data-style-version=\"2.3.1\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_loading_icon\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_content\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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Macedonia was, is and will always remain Greece,&#8221; he shouted stressing that the voice of the Greek diaspora needs to be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Oakleigh MP Steve Dimopoulos addressed the crowd saying that the Victorian government is committed to supporting Greece regarding the Macedonia name dispute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMacedonia is a as Greek as the Acropolis. No one can steal Greek history and culture,\u201d Mr Dimopoulos said.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was overall a peacefull one although it was expected to have a larger turnout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Thousands of Greek Australians of all ages rallied yesterday in the heart of Melbourne chanting \u201cHellas-Hellas-Macedonia,\u201d and waving their Greek flags. 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