Giannis Vroutsis

Fans returning to stadiums

Sticking to the government's pledge, Deputy Sports Minister Giannis Vroutsis told Parliament on Monday that fans will return to soccer stadiums on February 13 after a ban imposed last December in response to a spate of sports-related violence. 

Measures announced to tackle sports violence

Deputy Sports Minister Giannis Vroutsis introduced new measures to combat fan violence on Wednesday. 

Proposals include restricting each team to a single fan club, mandatory electronic security systems in Super League and Basket League stadiums, and fines ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 euros for "low-level fan violence."

200 hardcore hooligans to be investigated by the Supreme Court

Citizen Protection Minister Yannis Oikonomou and Deputy Minister of Sports Giannis Vroutsis submitted a comprehensive catalog containing approximately 200 names of hooligans active across all sports teams on a national scale to Prosecutor Georgia Adelini of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. 

Bomb drops… There will be slashes to pensions! (video)

George Romanias, General Secretary of Social Security, dropped a bomb during his interview with the morning show on private TV ANT1 by stating that he will not cancel out the ‘zero deficit’ clause on pensions but will ‘freeze’ these indefinitely. “Whether the ‘zero deficit’ clause is abolished or suspended, there will be pension reductions,” he said.