{"id":729,"date":"2024-11-29T06:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T06:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/thessaloniki-metro-grand-opening-gritty-threats\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T06:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T06:20:25","slug":"thessaloniki-metro-grand-opening-gritty-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/thessaloniki-metro-grand-opening-gritty-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki\u00a0Metro: Grand opening, gritty threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1254845\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/06a425ebd5d5aed298ac341a5a2450f9_Demokratias-8-320x200.jpg?v=1732827992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/06a425ebd5d5aed298ac341a5a2450f9_Demokratias-8.jpg?v=1732827992\" alt=\"Thessaloniki\u00a0Metro: Grand opening, gritty threats\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/06a425ebd5d5aed298ac341a5a2450f9_Demokratias-8-960x600.jpg?v=1732827993\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>As the opening of the Thessaloniki Metro draws near, final preparations are under way. However, the excitement was overshadowed on Thursday by threats from supporters of the city\u2019s Aris soccer club to \u201csmash up\u201d the inauguration ceremony on Saturday and vandalize the metro. Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Nikos Tachiaos filed a report with the prosecutor. The threats were linked to the club\u2019s recent penalty of playing two matches behind closed doors, a decision that sparked strong reactions from fans. Despite the unsettling situation, Aris denied any involvement in inciting violence, emphasizing its commitment to legality and denouncing any form of hooliganism. The inauguration was also impacted by a weather forecast predicting heavy rain, prompting the cancellation of various events, including the Christmas tree lighting and the city\u2019s \u201cWhite Night\u2019\u201dshopping event, both rescheduled for next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/multimedia\/images\/1254845\/thessaloniki-metro-grand-opening-gritty-threats\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the opening of the Thessaloniki Metro draws near, final preparations are under way. However, the excitement was overshadowed on Thursday by threats from supporters of the city\u2019s Aris soccer club to \u201csmash up\u201d the inauguration ceremony on Saturday and vandalize the metro. Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Nikos Tachiaos filed a report with the prosecutor. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Thessaloniki\u00a0Metro: Grand opening, gritty threats\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/thessaloniki-metro-grand-opening-gritty-threats\/#more-729\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thessaloniki\u00a0Metro: Grand opening, gritty threats\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/06a425ebd5d5aed298ac341a5a2450f9_Demokratias-8-960x600.jpg?v=1732827993","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}