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Olympic athlete Tentoglou helps Grevena gymnastics club with donation
The Grevena Gymnastics Club in Western Macedonia expressed gratitude to two-time Olympic gold medalist Miltos Tentoglou for his generous donation, which will be used to purchase new equipment for the athletes.
GNTO supports sports combined with tourism
A series of activities combining international sports with tourism will take place in various regions of Greece in June, under the aegis of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).
Dendias: Greece will lend air defense system to France if written request is made
Greece will lend France a short-range surface-to-air missile system for the duration of the Olympic Games in Paris if it requests the same in writing, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has said.
Football - 2022 World Cup qualifier Northern Macedonia - Romania, line-up teams
Skopje, Sept 8 /Agerpres/ - Romania's national football team coach Mirel Radoi has made one change for Wednesday's match with Northern Macedonia's Group J in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers at the Todor Proeski Arena in Skopje, compared to the match with Iceland and seven compared to the match versus Liechtenstein.
North Macedonia’s Tarnished Football Icon Gets New Owner
Blue Sky Investment from North Macedonia is taking over the indebted football club FC Vardar from its previous owner, the Russian-born businessman Sergey Samsonenko, the City of Skopje which mediated the negotiations said on Wednesday.
Mura sail into next round of Champions League qualifying
Murska Sobota – Mura, Slovenia’s football champions, have made it to the second round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League after crushing North Macedonia’s Shkendija 5:0 in Murska Sobota last night to advance on an aggregate score of 6:0.
SportsMin Novak, impressed by first match hosted by Romania at EURO 2020: It was as if I was in another country
Minister of Youth and Sports Eduard Novak declared, on Monday, at the ministry's headquarters, that he was impressed by the first match hosted by Romania at UEFA EURO 2020, Austria - North Macedonia (score 3-1), stating that he felt like in another country on the National Arena in the Capital.
Bulgaria Remains Last at the EU Minimum Wage
In 2020 the minimum wage in Bulgaria stood at 1.87 euro an hour - the lowest in the EU.
North Macedonia Mourns Basketball Legend Killed in Crash
Basketball legend Blagoja Georgievski - Bushtur as he was known in North Macedonia and ex-Yugoslav countries - died aged 69 on Wednesday at around 11 pm after losing control of his vehicle on a wet, slippery road in the capital, Skopje, the North Macedonia Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Bulgarians Made 779,500 Trips Abroad in July 2019, or 7.2% More Year-over-year
Bulgarians made 779,500 trips abroad in July 2019, or 7.2% more than in July 2018, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a press release.
PAOK's title party gets postponed
The White Tower in central Thessaloniki was ready for the party. The flag and scarf sellers and the kebab makers had set up shop from the afternoon on Sunday. The TV crews were picking their best angles from the spot where the PAOK following would converge to celebrate the club's first league trophy in 34 years.
NSI: Bulgarians' Trips Abroad Increase 4.2% YoY in December 2018
In December 2018, Bulgarians made 478,400 trips abroad, 4.2% more than in the same month of the previous year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said. An increase was registered in the trips to Serbia, Turkey, Macedonia, Romania, Germany and Greece.
Members of Belgian-Serbian "football mafia" arrested
Among them are two Belgian football referees, and several club managers.
They are suspected of fraud related to transfer of players to Belgian football clubs Brugge, Anderlecht, Lokeren, Ghent, and others.
Organized crime prosecutors are currently taking statements from the suspects, the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime announced on Wednesday.
Balkan Police Help Crack Crime in Belgian Football
Serbia's organised crimes prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia took part in an international operation cracking down on corruption in Belgium's biggest football clubs, including Club Brugge and Anderlecht.
Police detain 10 suspects in beating of ruling party MP
Greek police have detained a total of 10 suspects in connection to an attack against a ruling party MP in the city of Kalamata, in southern Peloponnese, last Sunday.
Eight suspects were detained and led before the prosecutor on Monday night while another two were arrested on Tuesday.