A Champions League qualifier between the two clubs planned Tuesday was called off hours later by UEFA and its president, Aleksander Ceferin, will visit Greece next week to meet with Greece’s prime minister.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/08/11/scuffles-break-out-outside-athens-court-as-arrested-croatian-soccer-fans-testify-over-deadly-attack/

And Greece’s economy could be upgraded soon to “investment grade” by international credit agencies.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0519/How-truth-about-debt-sets-a-nation-free?icid=rss

An Ernst and Young study in 2019 found that fur was among Greece’s top 12 exports, with some coats selling for as much as 200,000 euros ($213,000).

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russia-sanctions-cripple-greek-fur-industry-181027

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is seeking to ban a far-right political party led by a jailed former lawmaker from participating in a general election later this year, with a legislative initiative that has gained cross-party support.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/02/jailed-leader-of-greek-far-right-party-faces-election-ban/

Blinken, who is visiting Greece for the first time under his current role, spoke of alliances created to support Ukraine and praised Greece’s role as one of the first to express its support.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/21/secretary-blinken-greece-athens-visit/

Fitch upgrades Greece’s credit rating to.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/gm-believes-many-of-its-evs-will-qualify-for-tax-credits-in-2024/

For his work bringing that ancient ideas to modern-day scholars through the Georgia State University Center for Hellenic Studies, Dr. Ruprecht has been granted Greece’s order of merit, the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix.

Source: https://www.globalatlanta.com/greece-bestows-order-of-merit-on-director-of-georgia-states-hellenic-center/

Full services will resume on April 11, including railway transportation between Athens and Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/22/trains-greece-back-after-rail-tragedy/

Gkaintatzis is the leader of a group of anastenaria — the devotees of St. Constantine who celebrate these centuries-old rites in a smattering of small villages near Greece’s border with Bulgaria.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/05/firewalkers-in-greece-honor-saint-constantine-in-mystery-shrouded-centuries-old-rituals/

Greece’s Minister of Transport, Kostas Karamanlis, resigned following the crash, calling it his duty “as a basic indication of respect for the memory of the people who died so unfairly,” AP reported.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-francis-prays-for-victims-of-deadly-train-crash-in-greece

Greece’s next parliament could have as few as four and as many as nine parties.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/greek-election-kyriakos-mitsotakis-looks-set-to-strengthen-pm-power/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Greece’s previous government, led by the once-radical left Syriza, sold the network for 45 million euros in 2017.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/greece-train-crash-deaths-are-a-result-of-privatisation-and-safety-cuts/

Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, considered part of the European sovereign debt crisis, was marked by massive strikes and demonstrations.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/23/april-23-2010-greece-bailouts-austerity/

Greece’s state coffers for natural disasters would be doubled to €600 million next year, funded by a tax on luxury accommodation, the premier said.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-pm-kyriakos-mitsotakis-vows-fresh-start-after-this-summers-crises/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Instead, they will head home to Europe May 31 to retire on the island of Corfu, off Greece’s northwest coast.

Source: https://www.100milefreepress.net/community/interlakes-community-centre-manager-leave-lasting-legacy/

Ioannis Sarmas, Greece’s caretaker prime minister, declared three days of national mourning, saying: “With our thoughts on all the victims of the ruthless smugglers who exploit human unhappiness”.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1780870/Dead-and-missing-after-Mediterranean-boat-sinks

Late Friday, the ratings firm Moody’s gave Greece’s economy a significant vote of confidence by raising the country’s credit rating by two notches.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/16/greece-wins-new-credit-rating-boost-from-moodys/

Places like Mycenae, Delphi, Meteora and the Acropolis will be included to showcase the history, culture and Greece’s natural beauty.

Source: https://thewillnews.com/grecian-journey-of-paris-2024-olympic-torch-relay-revealed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grecian-journey-of-paris-2024-olympic-torch-relay-revealed

Railway workers, who also lost colleagues in the accident, have staged rotating walkouts since Wednesday to denounce cost-cutting and underinvestment in the rail infrastructure, a legacy of Greece’s debilitating debt crisis from 2010 to 2018.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/05/thousands-protest-in-athens-after-greeces-deadly-train-crash/

Tasos, from Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, graduated from UAB with a degree in aerospace engineering.

Source: https://yellowhammernews.com/beloved-birmingham-staple-celebrates-50-years-of-business/