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A dispute over coronavirus procedures led to cancellation of a friendly football game between Turkish Galatasaray and Greek Olympiakos and turned political on Monday. Galatasaray claims “discrimination, rude and unfair treatment by Greek officials at the airport, Greek authorities claim procedures against the Covid-19 by the book. The dispute started …

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A Greek court ruled on Wednesday that Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner Vangelis Marinakis is to face trial on charges of match fixing in Greece. The 49-year-old shipping magnate  and media boss is the most prominent among 28 people who will be put on trial on felony charges following a …

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Greek Super League Play-Offs. The football match between Panathinaikos and PAOK was interrupted and ultimately cancelled when players got involved in a brawl and PAOK coach Vladimir Ivić Ivic got injured by a beer can that landed on his head. Coach Ivic was transferred to a hospital in Athens on …

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The mastermind of Paris Attacks, the meanwhile dead terrorist, Abdelhamid Abaaoud is confirmed to have stayed in Athens last winter. Based on cooperation between Greek and French police authorities, DNA samples found in two Athens apartments confirm that Abaaoud was in Athens in last January. According to Greek media, the …

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Turkish fans booed the silent minute held for the victims of Paris attack on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred short before the friendly soccer match between Greece and Turkey kicked off in Basaksehir Stadium in Istanbul. Present were Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras who …

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I just came up with this post idea, when I saw the picture of Angela Merkel and Antonis Samaras while the Greek Prime minister was visiting Berlin in August 2012. The question that immediately popped up in my mind, while watching the deep looking into each others’ eyes was: Can Samaras …

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