PAOK FC,commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki or simply PAOK,is a Greek professional football club based in Thessaloniki,Macedonia. PAOK are one of the top domestic clubs,the most widely supported in Northern Greece and with the third largest fanbase in the country,according to the latest polls and researches. A research by Marca in August 2018,reported that PAOK are the most popular Greek football team on social media.
Panathinaikos Football Club,known as Panathinaikos,or by its full name,and the name of its parent sports club,Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO,is a Greek professional football club based in Athens,Greece.
Răzvan Lucescu is a Romanian professional football manager and former player,who is currently managing Greek Super League club PAOK.
Vasilios Tsiartas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Although he was famed for his lackadaisical playing style,his ability was never in question and he was in many ways the epitome of a classic "number 10" player. "El Mago",as was his nickname,was naturally left-footed but was just as dangerous with his right foot. A great football mind,a literally world-class vertical pass,amazing set-up and amazing long-range shots. His racing flaw was his lack of speed,which,however,was overshadowed by his great technical skills. Also characteristic of the incredible potential of his left foot is the fact that in addition to the many goals he scored with free kicks,long and short shots and penalties,sometimes in his career he scored with direct corner kicks. Thus,Tsiartas was the main set piece taker for the national and his club team. He was an important member of Greece,claiming two assists in Portugal towards Greece's ultimate victory at UEFA Euro 2004. In his entire career he did not receive a single red card. Although he played as a passer,Tsiartas was capable of scoring many goals due to his deadly footage and scoring abilities being one of AEK Athens' top scorers. He is considered one of the best Greek players in history.
Ilias Atmatsidis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the Director of Football at AEK Athens B.
Athanasios Papazoglou,commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou,is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Gamma Ethniki club Thermaikos.
Alexis Tsipras is a Greek politician of the political left,who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.
Dimitrios Siovas is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.
Youssef El-Arabi is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greek Super League club Olympiacos and the Morocco national team.
Anastasios 'Tasos' Papazoglou is a Greek former professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for the then Super League 2 club Panserraikos,for which he was captain.
Evangelos Marinakis is a Greek media mogul,shipowner,lyricist and member of the Piraeus city council. He is the founder and owner of Capital Maritime &Trading Corp and also the owner of the football clubs Olympiacos in Greece and Nottingham Forest in England.
Dimitrios Kolovos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Liga 1 club Dewa United.
Kosmas Tsilianidis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Andreas Papaemmanouil was a Greek professional footballer who played as a forward and a later manager.
Ioannis Fountoulis is a Greek professional water polo player. He is currently the captain of Greece men's national water polo team,with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships,a bronze medal at the 2016 World League,2020 World League and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He played for the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos since 2009,and in 2018 he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League with the Greek giants,scoring 4 goals in the final game against Pro Recco in Genoa. Is a very big scorer and leader is considered one of the top players in the world and it is typical how in 2016 and 2018 he was voted as the second top player in the world. Currently playing for the Greek club Olympiacos.
The Greek government-debt crisis is one of a number of current European sovereign-debt crises. In late 2009,fears of a sovereign debt crisis developed among investors concerning Greece's ability to meet its debt obligations because of strong increase in government debt levels. This led to a crisis of confidence,indicated by a widening of bond yield spreads and the cost of risk insurance on credit default swaps compared to the other countries in the Eurozone,most importantly Germany.
This article details the fourteen austerity packages passed by the Government of Greece between 2010 and 2017. These austerity measures were a result of the Greek government-debt crisis and other economic factors. All of the legislation listed remains in force.
Georgios Katrougalos is a Greek jurist and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from February to July 2019. He previously served as an Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs from 5 November 2016 to 15 February 2019,as the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity from 23 September 2015 to 5 November 2016 and from 18 July 2015 to 28 August 2015. From 27 January 2015 to 17 July 2015 he served as an Alternate Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction in Tsipras's first cabinet
A referendum to decide whether Greece should accept the bailout conditions in the country's government-debt crisis proposed jointly by the European Commission (EC),the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) on 25 June 2015 took place on 5 July 2015. The referendum was announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the early morning of 27 June 2015 and ratified the following day by the Parliament and the President. It was the first referendum to be held since the republic referendum of 1974 and the only one in modern Greek history not to concern the form of government.
Greece is one of the original members of the International Monetary Fund,joining it on December 27,1945. It has a quota of 2,428.90 million SDRs and 25,754 votes,0.51% of the total IMF quota and votes. Greece has been represented on the IMF Board of Governors by Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras since 2019. Greece elects an Executive Director on the fund's Executive Board with Albania,Italy,Malta,Portugal and San Marino. Michail Psalidopoulos is the elected alternate director. Greece has signed two loan agreements with the IMF:a Stand-By Arrangement from 2010 to 2012 and an agreement under the Extended Fund Facility from 2012 to 2016,borrowing a total of 27,766.3 million SDR. Greece owes the IMF 6,735.64 million SDR,and is the fund's third-largest borrower. In 2018,the fund began conducting annual post-program monitoring of Greece in addition to its annual Article IV consultation.
