Nationalist anger flares in Greece, but lawmakers should pick regional peace

On Sunday, violent protests swept through Athens with demonstrators wielding clubs and firebombs. Their cause for outcry? A 2,000-year-old territorial claim over the name Macedonia. Greek lawmakers must reject that nationalist anger in favor of regional peace.

Today, there are two areas known as Macedonia: a northern region of the modern country Greece and the country Macedonia (officially known as the the Republic of Macedonia or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).