Orestias was a small ancient Greek settlement^{[citation needed]} founded next to the Maritsa (or Evros) river, which now forms the modern border between Turkey and Greece. Orestias was located in present day Turkey^{[citation needed]}, near Edirne, across the Maritsa river from the Greek town of Kastanies.

Legends claim that Orestias was founded by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.

Orestiada (or Nea Orestias or New Orestiada) is a modern Greek town founded on a separate site in 1922 to house displaced Greeks after population exchanges with Turkey.

Dan Meirion Walker is an English sports journalist. He is the current presenter of Football Focus, the BBC's Saturday lunchtime football show. He has also been seen presenting sport on the BBC News Channel and BBC Network News, as well as regularly reporting for Score, Football Focus and Match of the Day.

He was born on the 19th March, 1977 in Crawley, West Sussex and earned an honours degree in History at the University of Sheffield, before continuing to attain an MA in Journalism at the same institution.

Walker's first foray into broadcasting was co-presenting two shows on the University of Sheffield's Sure FM student radio station - the midweek sports-themed evening show and 'Dan & Edd In The Afternoon', for which he and co-presenter Ed Hoyland were nominated for a BBC Radio One Student Radio award.

Gained as the prize for winning a competition for young sports commentators, Dan's professional broadcasting career started with work experience at Sheffield's Hallam FM, working with presenters such as Emma Scott, Anthony Gay, Daryl Denham and Scottie McClue. In 1999 Walker moved to a full-time career with a 4 year stint as a sports presenter and commentator for Manchester's Key 103 radio. In his time at Key 103 he presented the regular midweek sports show (often broadcasting from UEFA Champions League matches at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground, and also appeared as the resident sports correspondent for Mike Toolan's breakfast show.