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Football: AEK Athens vs. Brighton

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma goes on the attack in a UEFA Europa League match against AEK Athens in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 30, 2023.

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Football: AEK Athens vs. Brighton

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (R) vies for the ball in a UEFA Europa League match against AEK Athens in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 30, 2023.

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Diving pool for 2004 Athens Olympics remains dry

ATHENS, Greece - The diving pool used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens remains dry as seen in this file photo of Aug. 21, 2014.

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Athens Olympic baseball park covered with weeds

ATHENS, Greece - The baseball park used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens is covered with weeds as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Athens Olympic canoe competition venue remains dry

ATHENS, Greece - The canoeing competition venue at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens remains dry as seen in this file photo of Aug. 21, 2014.

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Elections in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, leader of the opposition SYRIZA party, votes in the second round of Greek local elections and European parliamentary elections in Athens, Greece, on May 25, 2014.

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Elections in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras (R), leader of the radical left SYRIZA party, hugs a supporter after casting his ballot on May 18, 2014, in Athens, Greece, where local government elections were held.

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Woman votes in local elections in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - A woman casts her vote during the first round of local elections in Greece at a polling station in Athens on May 18, 2014, ahead of a runoff and a nationwide vote for the European Parliament.

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Free meals in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Photo shows a facility serving free meals for poor people in Keratsini near Athens, Greece, on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Demonstrators march in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 6, 2013, during a general strike against the government's austerity measures.

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Demonstration in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - About 10,000 demonstrators protesting Greece's ultra-rightist Golden Dawn party march in Athens on Sept. 25, 2013. The rally followed the fatal stabbing of a rapper known for his anti-racist stance by a supporter of the party.

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Greek state media

ATHENS, Greece - Former employees broadcast the news at Greek state broadcaster ERT near Athens, Greece, on Aug. 7, 2013. The Greek government closed the television and radio operator in June 2013, but the fired employees have occupied the building and have continued broadcasting through the Internet and analog radio.

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Greek state media

ATHENS, Greece - Former employees work at Greek state broadcaster ERT near Athens, Greece, on Aug. 7, 2013. The Greek government closed the television and radio operator in June 2013, but the fired employees have occupied the building and have continued broadcasting through the Internet and analog radio.

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Greek state media

ATHENS, Greece - Photo shows the headquarters of Greek state broadcaster ERT near Athens, Greece, on Aug. 7, 2013. The building has been occupied by former employees -- fired by the Greek government after it closed the television and radio operator in June 2013 -- who have continued broadcasting through the Internet and on analog radio.

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Greek state media

ATHENS, Greece - Photo shows banners including one reading "NOT FOR SALE" on the building of Greek state broadcaster ERT near Athens, Greece, on June 18, 2013. After the government closed the television and radio operator, fired employees have occupied the building and continued broadcasting through the Internet and satellite.

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Greek state media

ATHENS, Greece - Journalists and other personnel work at Greek state broadcaster ERT near Athens, Greece, on June 18, 2013. After the government closed the television and radio operator, fired employees have occupied the building and continued broadcasting via the Internet and satellite.

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Food provision in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People prepare lunches for kindergarteners and elementary school pupils in Athens on May 23, 2013.

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Protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - About 100,000 demonstrators fill an area near the parliamentary building in Athens on Nov. 7, 2012, in protest against Greece's austerity measures, which passed parliament early on Nov. 8.

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New gov't to be formed in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - File photo shows Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party. A government supportive of an international bailout package is set to be formed in Greece as the moderate Democratic Left party, which is opposed to austerity measures, expressed support on June 20, 2012, for a coalition led by the pro-bailout New Democracy party.

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Merkel on cover of Greek political magazine

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken in Athens in May 2012 shows the cover of a Greek monthly political magazine, on which German Chancellor Angela Merkel is given the finger by the Venus de Milo.

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Greece leftist politician Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, president of the Synaspismos leftist political party, exchanges greetings with a supporter near Athens on June 8, 2012.

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Greece heads for fresh elections in June

ATHENS, Greece - People watch a TV news program at a cafe in central Athens on May 15, 2012. Greece will hold fresh elections in June after political party leaders failed to form a coalition government the same day.

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Soup kitchen in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - A woman eats spaghetti she received at a soup kitchen at the rear of a Greek Orthodox Church facility in Athens on May 5, 2012.

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Historic building damaged in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Photo shows damage to the historic Attikon cinema from arson in Athens, Greece on Feb. 14, 2012, after demonstrators clashed with police in protest against austerity measures.

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People line up for free meals in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People line up for free meals in Athens, Greece on Feb. 13, 2012, provided by a support facility for the poor and homeless. The facility aided by the city serves 2,000 meals a day.

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Athens after violent clash

ATHENS, Greece - A man hoses down the street in central Athens on Feb. 13, 2012, a day after demonstrators clashed with police during a protest against austerity measures. The Greek parliament approved the measures on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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Protest in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 13, 2012, shows Syntagma Square in Athens a day after demonstrators clashed with police during a protest against new austerity measures necessary for Greece to receive the second tranche of bailout funds from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The Greek parliament approved the austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors on Feb. 13.

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Aftermath of riot in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 12, 2012, shows a street where rioters and police clashed the same day near Athens' Syntagma Square over new austerity measures necessary for Greece to receive the second tranche of bailout funds from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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Aftermath of riot in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 12, 2012, shows a street where rioters and police clashed the same day near Athens' Syntagma Square over new austerity measures necessary for Greece to receive the second tranche of bailout funds from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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Protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Demonstrators protest Greek austerity measures in front of the parliament building in Athens on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Mourning wreath in front of Greek parliament

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2012, shows a mourning wreath placed by demonstrators in front of Greece's parliament in Athens. Parliament approved an austerity bill on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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Power vacuum unlikely in N. Korea after Kim Jong Il's death: expert

ATHENS, United States - Han S. Park, 72, a professor at the University of Georgia who has visited North Korea more than 50 times, talks about the country's prospects following the death of its leader Kim Jong Il during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 21, 2011 in Athens, Georgia.

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Christmas section at store in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Not many customers are seen in the Christmas section of a department store in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 1, 2011.

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Greece picks Papademos as new PM

ATHENS, Greece - People watch a TV news program at a cafe in central Athens on Nov. 10, 2011. The president's office said the same day that former Vice President of the European Central Bank Lucas Papademos will head Greece's coalition government.

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Demonstration in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - People demonstrate near the parliament building in Athens on Nov. 4, 2011. Many demonstrations have been held in protest at the Greek government amid the debt crisis. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's Cabinet narrowly survived a confidence vote in parliament earlier in the day.

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Aftermath of protests in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Employees at a shop in Athens clean up broken glass on Oct. 21, 2011, in the aftermath of two days of a general strike against the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government.

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Protests in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People demonstrate near the Greek parliament in Athens on Oct. 20, 2011, the second day of a general strike against the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government.

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Protests in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People demonstrate near the Greek parliament in Athens on Oct. 20, 2011, the second day of a general strike against the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government.

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Greek demonstration

ATHENS, Greece - Demonstrators burn a trash bin near the parliament in Athens on June 28, 2011, protesting against austerity measures prior to voting in the Greek parliament the following two days. Government services and transportation including flights were disrupted on the first day of a 48-hour walkout.

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Strikes in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Members of public and private sector labor unions protest in the streets of Athens against austerity measures on June 28, 2011, prior to voting in the Greek parliament in the following two days. Government services and transportation including flights were disrupted on the first day of a 48-hour walkout.

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Demonstrators in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Demonstrators protest against a new austerity plan, raising a banner mocking Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on June 21, 2011.

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A day after 3 people killed in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - A woman places flowers outside a bank branch in Athens on May 6, 2010, a day after three bank employees were killed there as protesters against government planned austerity measures threw petrol bombs.

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A day after 3 people killed in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - A man places flowers outside a bank branch in Athens on May 6, 2010, a day after three bank employees were killed there as protesters against government planned austerity measures threw petrol bombs.

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(21)2004 Athens Olympic Games close

ATHENS, Greece - The Olympic flame holder comes down during the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 29.

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(19)2004 Athens Olympic Games close

ATHENS, Greece - A large Chinese lantern-shaped float appears at the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games on Aug. 29. Beijing will host the next Olympic Games in 2008.

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(23)2004 Athens Olympic Games close

ATHENS, Greece - The Olympic flame holder is lowered before the flame is put out during the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 29.

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(1)Brazil's De Lima marred in Athens marathon

ATHENS, Greece - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima (C) looks back as Italy's Stefano Baldini (L) runs past him after he was pushed off the road by a spectator late in the race in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 29.

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(22)2004 Athens Olympic Games close

ATHENS, Greece - The Olympic flag is carried away from the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 29 during the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

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IOC gives Murofushi gold in men's hammer throw

ATHENS, Greece - Koji Murofushi speaks during a news conference at the Athens Olympic main press center on Aug. 29 as he was awarded the gold medal for the men's hammer throw earlier in the day after Hungarian winner Adrian Annus was stripped of his title for violating doping rules.

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Hammer throw winner stripped of gold, Murofushi given gold

ATHENS, Greece - In this photo taken Aug. 23, silver medalist Koji Murofushi of Japan (L) and gold medalist Adrian Annus of Hungary hold up their medals for the men's hammer throw final at the Athens Olympics. Annus was stripped of his gold medal on Aug. 29 after the International Olympic Committee found him to have violated doping rules.