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Greek cup matches to resume without fans
Before the threat of Greece facing expulsion from all international football competitions by FIFA and UEFA, Greek Deputy Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to resume the Greek cup competition.
Greek Olympic Committee Prez. Kapralos says Olympic team could be banned from Rio 2016
President of the Greek Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos did not rule out the possibility of the Greek Olympic team being banned from taking part in the 2016 Rio Games, in an interview to sports radio ‘Sport FM 94.6″, Wednesday.
Economist: Possibility of a Grexit remains 60% until 2020
The possibility of Greece’s exiting euro zone is still 60%, said Executive Editor of The Economist Daniel Franklin addressing Greece-Germany Business Forum held in Berlin, while expressing great concerns about the stability of the Greek economy.
According to Mr. Franklin, as the economy continues to shrink the possibility of a Grexit is 60%.
International Dance Festival in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Dance Festival will be held on 9 and 10 April at the at the Congress Center “I.Vellidis “and Pavilion 12 of Thessaloniki for second consecutive year.
More than 1,500 dancers from 33 countries will participate in the TDF among them athlete-dancers from Romania, Russia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bosnia, Spain, Cyprus, Greece and others.
FIFA and UEFA threaten Greek football with ‘Grexit’
The global governing body of football, FIFA and its European branch UEFA have threatened Greece with expelling all its clubs and the Greek national football team from all international competitions, after a meeting between their representatives in Athens and Greek Deputy Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis came to an impasse.
Merkel pledges to cooperate with Belgium to bring terrorists to justice
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would closely cooperate with Belgium to track down the terrorists and bring them to justice, hours after the attacks rocked the capital of Belgium, Brussels. The Chancellor heard of the news of the terror attacks in Brussels while she was on the phone with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.
Germany, Austria to Discuss Differences over Caps on Migrant Arrivals
Austria and Germany plan to discuss differences in their approach to the number of migrants each of the two EU member states allows to enter its territory, the AP reported on Tuesday.
A meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Austrian Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner will take place in Berlin on Wednesday.
Leicester City in 'surreal dreamland' ahead of trip to title rival Arsenal
It's difficult to talk about Leicester City's remarkable season without slipping into cliché. So much is being written about our little unfashionable club that it is hard to find original words. For me it's also difficult to write objectively about the subject.
Athens voted second Best European Destination for 2016
Athens was chosen as the second Best European Destination for 2016 competing 19 selected destinations for the prestigious title of Best European Destination 2016.
Voting ended on February 10 and after more than 288,000 votes, Zadar in Croatia was elected Best European Destination 2016.
Water polo: Serbia crushes Greece to reach EC final
Serbia reached the final of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade after comfortably beating Greece 13-7 (4-3, 2-0, 4-1, 2-3) on Wednesday.
Serbia, who bid for their consecutive European gold, will in the final play either Montenegro or Hungary, who are meeting tomorrow.
Greek students are EFL champions in WUDC
The team of National Technical University of Athens was crowned champions of the English-as-foreign-language (EFL) category at the World Universities Debating Championship which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Maria Roussi and Theodoros Ntounias,19, won in a finals debate about the use of photographs depicting the difficult situations that refugees face.
Ranieri meets success by learning from his failure with Greece
Claudio Ranieri, dismissed by Greece in November 2014, has revealed how he turned to Jurgen Klopp last Christmas after experiencing anguish. Following the defeat to the Faroe Islands Greece sacked the 64-year-old that led to heartbreak, but the Leicester manager watched Klopp coach Borussia Dortmund players at a sunshine camp during winter break.
Greek ambassador to Czech Republic recalled in diplomatic episode
The Foreign Ministry of Greece has recalled the Greek ambassador from Prague as a result of insulting comments made by Czech President Milos Zeman. The Czech President told the TASR Slovak news agency on Friday, December 18, that his country would apply for euro entry after a Grexit.
Greek PM has meetings with German Chancellor and French President in Brussels
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has scheduled a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the European Council of leaders on Friday. The three are expected to discuss the refugee crisis in Greece.
Greece has 24 hours to implement the prior actions
Euro Working Group approved on Thursday the disbursement of the 1 billion euro aid tranche for Greece after Greek government withdrew the parallel economic program following lenders’ reaction.
However, Greece has first to complete two or three technical steps, such as the publication of decisions in the official journal.