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AEK Fans Occupy Training Ground

The AEK Athens supporters' group Original 21 occupied the struggling Greek club's training facilities on Dec. 14, in protest of the failure of the administration to secure new investors. The club has been operating on a shoe-string budget following a...

Greece's Apocalypse Now, The World's Later

The world might indeed end on Dec. 21, although it's more likely Greece's soccer team will win the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 if the earth is still around. If the end is nigh, it might even be...

Olympiakos Beats Montpellier; Hopes for Champions League Advancement

(AP) - Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou scored in injury time as Olympiakos came from behind to beat struggling French champion Montpellier 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Gaetan Charbonnier's first Champions League goal was not enough for the hosts,...

Τhe Naked Truth About Merkel's Visit to Athens

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Athens on Oct. 9 brought out protesters of all stripes, including people dressed as Nazis and even a naked man who ran through a crowd in downtown Athens, which applauded while he displayed...

A Black Dawn Is Settling Over Greece

Imagine a United States where unemployment is 24 percent – 55 percent for those under 25 – where wages have been cut and pensions and Social Security slashed 30 percent, property and income taxes doubled, gasoline at $10 a...

Greece Will Seize Ex-Minister's Foreign Properties

As former  Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos remains in detention during an ongoing probe into charges he stole as much as 1 billion euros, or $1.27 billion, from defense contracts when he was in office, a magistrate investigating the...

In Crisis, Greek Football Teams Prefer Greek Players

ATHENS – The Greek economic crisis and days of austerity are making even its Super League soccer teams cutting back, preferring to sign homegrown players instead of dealing out big bucks to foreign players who have failed to help...

Demi Moore on Mykonos, Roman Abramovic on Kefalonia

The list of celebrities spending their summer vacations in Greece this year was long indeed. After John Travolta, Robert DeNiro, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and many others, actress Demi Moore was the next Hollywood star to arrive. Residents of...

Hearts of Manchester United FC Fans Beat in Greece

Manchester United is perhaps the most famous football (soccer) team in the world, with millions of supporters in many countries, and now it has a fan club in Greece. The Manchester United Greek Supporters Club is officially recognized by...

Exclusive: Yiannis Alafouzos Talks About Panathinaikos, SKAI TV and Greek Politics

In an exclusive interview with Greek Reporter, the Managing Director of SKAI Media Group and Panathinaikos FC fans' coalition group, President Yiannis Alafouzos, talked about the future of the Greek team, the goal of Panathinaiki Symmaxia (Panathinaikos Alliance), with the...