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Tokyo Olympics: Greece Wins Silver in Water Polo Final Against Serbia
Greece made history on Sunday during the water polo final, and despite losing 10-13 to Serbia, won its first silver Olympic medal in history.
Greece
Greece Closes Border to Serbia
Greece is closing its borders with Serbia as of Monday at 6 am, stopping Serbian citizens from entering, due to the surge of Covid-19 cases in the neighboring country.
The health authorities decision was expected because there has been a...
Diplomacy
Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria To Ease Travel, Nix Quarantines June 1
Greece will ease travel restrictions with the nations of Bulgaria and Serbia beginning on June 1, according to remarks made by the Bulgarian Prime Minister on Tuesday.
“We have agreed with Greece, as of June 1, to allow travel without...
Greece
Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania Plan to Host the World Cup
Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania on Saturday announced a joint effort to host the 2030 World Cup and 2028 Euros.
"We are starting a common course, with optimism, with a smile, seriousness, awareness of reality and basically for better days...
Greece
Greece, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria Bid to Host EURO 2028, Mundial 2030
Aleksandar Vucic, the President of Serbia, following the joint meeting held in Belgrade between the leaders of Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania announced that the four countries will submit their joint candidacy to potentially host two major football competitions,...
Cyprus
Second Cyprus-Serbia Conference Held in Nicosia on Friday
Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus, and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, will chair the Second Intergovernmental Conference between Cyprus and Serbia. The event takes place on Friday in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia.
The two sides are expected...
Greece
Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania Announce Plans to Bid for 2030 World Cup
Sports ministers of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia agreed on Friday to apply to jointly host the World Cup in 2030.
Meeting in Belgrade the ministers declared their country's readiness to host the 2030 World Cup while recognizing that it...
Crime
Greek Police Arrest Man Who Stormed Serbian Embassy Wielding a Knife
Greek police on Saturday morning arrested a man who stormed the Serbian embassy in central Athens wielding a knife.
The incident occurred at around 9.30 a.m. and led to police and a special negotiator being dispatched to the scene but the...
Economy
First Greek-Serbian Tourism Forum Held in Thessaloniki
The First Greek-Serbian Tourism Forum to increase the growth of tourism and develop specialty tourism between the two countries throughout the year was held in Thessaloniki on Friday.
A total of 97 tourist agencies and organizations attended from Serbia and 135 from...
Greece
Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania to Jointly Bid for 2030 World Cup
Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania are planning to propose a joint bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2030, the four state leaders decided on Friday.
The four men met on the sidelines of a summit in the Bulgarian...
Basketball
Basketball: Greece Closing in on World Championship Spot After Serbia Win
Greece remained perfect in the World Cup Qualifiers and improved their Group L record to 7 – 0 by beating Serbia 70 – 63 at Heraklion, Crete.
The Greek national team is now tied with Germany at the top spot...
Greece
Watch Serbian Minister Sing Greek Duet with Visiting Kotzias (video)
Political visits are often stuffy, formal occasions but for Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, a trip to Belgrade ended in an unlikely musical duet with his hosts' deputy prime minister.
Footage from Serbian news site Blic, shared across Greek media,...
Diplomacy
Tsipras: Greece Supports Serbia's EU Bid
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterparts of Bulgaria and Romania have pledged support for Serbia's membership bid in the European Union, saying it would boost stability in the Balkans.
Tsipras made the pledge at the 2nd quadrilateral summit between...
Business
Alpha Bank Sells Serbian Real Estate Subsidiary for €8.4 million
Greece's Alpha Astika Akinita, an Alpha Bank subsidiary, said it has sold its Serbian subsidiary Alpha Real Estate to Mat Real Estate for 8.4 million euros ($9.9 million).
The transaction was carried out on November 28, Alpha Astika Akinita, a...
Crime
Greek Police Believe Serbian Man Arrested Could Lead to Chief of Cocaine Ring
A 33-year-old Serbian man arrested for the 135 kilograms of cocaine found in an apartment in Athens, is believed to be the guard of the drugs, who was directly connected to the mastermind of the ring that brought the...