The alleged protection racket emerged amid a police probe into a particularly violent hooligan rumble last week outside a football stadium in central Athens
According to reports, one mas was slightly injured in the central Athens square, who was alternately identified as an Iraqi or Egyptian national
As long as Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis remains a hostage to the Hellenic Football Federation’s system, the longer pro football in the country will be plagued by a “gangrene” eating away at its flesh – A “holistic” study produced by FIFA-UEFA has never been implemented in its entirety – Impunity of the Baltakos-Filippousis duo continues
The 31-year-old had been intubated for the past three weeks
The development frees 102 Croatian nationals, all young males and reputed “ultras” of the Dinamo Zagreb football club.
PM: "We’ll proceed with their immediate implementation, (of measures) which may have applied in the past but weren’t implemented by the teams.”
The teen was identified as the younger brother of an 18-year-old already in custody. His DNA was allegedly found on a hand-held flare launcher used last week in a near-fatal incident.
Another 10 Croatian nationals, all young men believed to be Dinamo Zagreb “ultras”, were released on Monday from pretrial remand, slightly more than four months after a deadly hooligan rampage outside the AEK Athens football pitch in northwest Athens’ Nea Philadelphia district. One local man, 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris, was stabbed to death outside the OPAP […]
Latest instance of hooligan violence in Greece after 2 recent fatalities may lead to suspension of pro leagues
The officer was hit with a highly incendiary distress flare fired by a flare gun of the type stored aboard vessels. Reports have the perpetrator firing directly at the victim, rather than a random shot.
A convoy of vehicles carrying Dinamo Zagreb “ultras” crossed half of Greece to end up directly outside AEK Athens’ home field