Georgios Karaiskakis

Olympiakos has taken the first step to reach the last 16 of the Europa Conference League as it beat Hungary's Ferencvaros 1-0 in Piraeus on Thursday.

This was also the debut of new Olympiakos manager Jose Luis Mendilibar, with the Spaniard starting his career at the Georgios Karaiskakis with victory.

The work of Karl Krazeisen (1794-1878), a Bavarian captain and self-taught artist who spent time in Greece in 1826 and is responsible for capturing images of the pantheon of 1821 War of Independence heroes, is the subject of a timely exhibition at the National Gallery.

Arsenal will play Benfica in the second leg of their Europa League last-32 tie in Athens due to Covid-19 travel restrictions in the United Kingdom regarding arrivals from Portugal, UEFA said on Friday.

The match will kick off at Olympiakos Piraeus' home ground in the Greek capital at 7.55 p.m. local time on February 25.

Olympiakos has opened a six-point gap at the top of the Super League table after beating AEK 3-0 in Sunday's derby and Aris suffered an unexpected 2-0 reverse at Lamia on Monday.

The Greece 2021 committee on the bicentennial of the declaration of the Greek War of Independence has undertaken a symbolic, albeit very important task. It is in fact a national task that could help revive the country's image.

The bicentennial of the start of the Greek War of Independence, which Greece will mark in 2021, is indeed important and we ought to celebrate it. It could also serve as a catalyst to bring Greeks of the diaspora closer to the homeland and an opportunity to rebuild the Greek brand, which has suffered tremendously as a result of the financial crisis.

Croatia is the rival of the Greek football national team for the 2018 World Cup qualifying barrage round.

The first match will be held in Croatia and the second Greece, probably in “Georgios Karaiskakis”.

FIFA will soon be announcing the exact dates of the matches.

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos lauded the example set by the hero of Greece’s independence war in 1821, Georgios Karaiskakis, on occasion of the celebrated warrior’s 188th commemoration anniversary.