Crime in Greece

Greek football is set to witness matches devoid of spectators for the next two months as a result of heightened incidents of violence. Pavlos Marinakis, the spokesperson for the Greek government, announced the prohibition, emphasizing a crucial need to address the surge in aggression.

In response to a request by the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) for elite referees to officiate derby matches of the Greek soccer Super League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin stressed that their safety in Greece "is a problem."

UEFA's National Associations Committee met in Athens on Tuesday.

The Greek capital last hosted a meeting of the European Confederation in September 2016, and Tuesday's was seen as a vote of confidence in the Hellenic Football Federation​​​​.

The president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), Takis Baltakos, said on Monday that he will ask for UEFA's assistance in bringing in elite and first-class referees for the remaining playoff matches of the Greek Superleague.

Olympiakos and Atromitos are threatened with relegation, while their owner Evangelos Marinakis and Giorgos Spanos, Portuguese coach Ricardo Sa Pinto and a dozen others are threatened with very serious sanctions, all for corruption and match fixing in Greek soccer, according to a report on Athens radio station Sport FM.

Everyone knew that he was going to speak about all the problems. Besides, everybody knows that it was Olympiacos that initiated this debate and brought to the fore all the forms of corruption and immorality associated with Greek Football.

The big loser of the meeting between the Big 4, of FIFA / UEFA and Lefteris Avgenakis was none other than Vangelis Grammenos. The EPO's president was marginalized and confronted by everyone.

Grammenos was marginalized by Savvides himself, who left his «own» Federation president unveiled.

The Christmas spirit does not appear to have reached Greek soccer, as the Super League has got suspended after the protest by the referees against Olympiakos' attack on the officials of the match against Volos and the assault at the home of one of them on Sunday.

Olympiacos FC leader and Piraeus City Councillor Evangelos Marinakis, who received the most votes in the recent municipal elections, told journalists after casting his vote today that,"A new day is beginning for the Greek people and all together we shall try to make a new Greece in which the sacrifices of the Greek people will be vindicated".

Former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was ordered back to prison to serve out the remainder of a 19-year sentence for bribe-taking and money laundering on Monday.