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'annexed' something that was historically theirs without a shot being fired, when the west bombed serbia for 78 days(hitting the chinese embassy, schools and hospitals in the process) in order to secure an independent kosovo no one in the west mentioned the term 'annexed' by the way its the germans and the EU that have mooted the idea of taking a greek island as debt repayment. and what have the EU done for greece ? are they looking out for greece ?? or demanding austerity, impoverishing our people and dictating when people should retire and what services should be cut and forcing us to charge our own people obscene property taxes in order to pay a debt that the those being asked to pay(the people) did not benefit from the loans. and what do other EU citizens think of us ?? they think of greeks as lazy tax dodging work shy and incompetent because thats the narrative they've been fed by the western media.

I can't believe what I am reading here! Are you guys a bunch of amerikanakia or what??? A nationalist Russia always has been a natural ally of Greece and a natural enemy of Turkey. Those historic ties need to be cultivated. Russia may not be able to offer much at this point but, I think, if the chips were down, Russia would do us more good than the EU and the US.

As far as I'm concerned, everyone is at fault. Previous Greek governments mostly. The Greek people also for only caring about their own self interest and voting along certain lines regardless of looking at policy. Don't get me wrong, we could talk about the corruption and inefficiencies of lots of other countries indefinitely, but the fact remains that Greece took it to a ridiculous level. And now they are paying. The EU is also greatly at fault. How did they think loading up a nation that is already in the red, with lots more debt would work out ? Purely by austerity ? Please spare me. The experiment of "growth" via "deflation" hasn't really worked out. All the EU is doing and has been doing since 2008 is pushing the problem down the road. To Greece's credit they are saying enough is enough and we need a better way. The only viable solution is growth. If someone has a 100K debt and you cut his wage from 50K to 30K he's not exactly going to be in a position to pay it back easily. If instead you get him a job paying 70K all of a sudden everyone wins. This is what Greece needs. Unfortunately, this sort of mini Marshall Plan can't happen for political reasons. Basically, it comes down to whining and precedent. If the EU helps out Greece then everyone else will want similar help. If the EU helps out Greece then there is no incentive for Greece to get its s%$#! together. The EU must help Greece but the EU can't help Greece. This is why in essence the EU as an economic entity is dysfunctional and always will be. It can't do what is require to "fix" things when they're broken. It either doesn't have the mechanisms or doesn't have the will. Giving it the mechanisms brings up issues of sovereignty which is a whole new ball game again. Thinks will essentially stay as they are give or take a few tweaks. Maybe Tsipras might improve things here or there, but any gains by him or any government in the next 10 or so years will be small incremental gains. Better than nothing I suppose. The only long term fix is the EU voluntarily breaking apart. Germany definitely never wants this to happen as the value of the DM would sky rocket and smash their export industries as well as the lost of prestige. No one wants to admit that a project they've worked on for decades is a failure.

i though i'd start this topic as i can name a few that will be part of the Ethniki in the next 3-4 years for example: Adam Tzanteopoulos - AEK Athens Fanis Tzandaris - Paok Dimitris Kolovos - Panionios Angelos Oikonomou - Bayern Munich Youth who else do you guys think will be part of the Ethniki?

After a 4-4 aggregate (2 away goals) result against Alajualense in the semifinals, the Montreal Impact has advanced to the Concacaf Champions League Final!! They are the first Canadian team to ever make the Final, and only the 2nd MLS team under the new competition format. The Final will be played over 2 legs, April 22nd (away) and 29th at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Here is a video made by Impact Media:

Russia's economy is in freefall and their army needs tow trucks to bring their armor to bear. This recent trip is very ill thought-out, even if it is only for posturing. Greece stands to gain little from dealing with an insipid dictatorship ruled by a pariah. Russia, on the other hand, might get some benefit out of playing Greece against its allies - you know, those countries that actually work together instead of annexing.

This is a great feature imo...

That island also exists. It is called Crete haha In all seriousness Russia could be a huge asset especially considering their small rivalry with Turkey in recent years. But like Lazarus points out, oxi polla polla , only use them as a poker chip

Diamantidis is one of the few athletes I genuinely like. Not just because he plays for PAO, not just because he is a legendary player, but he also seems like a top class guy.

Realistically it shouldn't matter if we play this game on sand if we fail to win we don't deserve to go to the Euros and we deserve the huge slide in FIFA rankings.

One thing we need to mention: Due to its climate, the Faroe Islands do not have pitches with natural grass. Our NT will be playing this game on artificial turf.

Nice post Athinaios. It's a reasonably realistic picture of what Greece would go through if they wanted Grexit. Still, I believe in the long run (I'm talking 2+ decades), it would be better because I think the basic structure of the Euro is fundamentally flawed. But who would sign up for that sort of pain ? I don't see it happening. That's why I keep saying a Grexit needs to be done with the consent of the EU. And this frankly, I can't ever see happening. Truly they are stuck. The best we can hope for is Varoufakis gets his way ie. loosens the conditions of the "austerity", and more importantly, can convince the EU to tie debt repayments to growth policies. Growth is what Greece needs, not austerity.