Greek neo-Nazi MP arrested over Macedonia row

Athens: A neo-Nazi Greek lawmaker who was fleeing treason accusations for his outspoken stance against a contested name agreement with neighbouring Macedonia was arrested today, police said.

Constantinos Barbarousis of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party had gone on the run on Friday last week after an arrest warrant was issued.

He is accused of treason for comments he made in parliament about an agreement to allow Greece's northern neighbour to be called North Macedonia.

He called for the army to arrest Greece's president, prime minister and defence minister and to "carry their heads" to the Macedonian border.

A police source said he was arrested from the house of a friend in the Athens suburbs where he had fled on Friday.

The name of the former Yugoslav state of Macedonia has been disputed for

years.

Greeks say calling it Macedonia implies a claim over a region of the same name in northern Greece.