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Greece
Spyros Louis: The First Greek Winner of the Marathon Run
In the summer Olympics of 1896 in Athens Spyros Louis took advantage of the opportunity to impress his love.
Greece
Olympic Stadium of Athens Shuts Down for Safety Reasons
The management of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA) announced on Friday that all activities at the Olympic Stadium and the Velodrome will be suspended for safety reasons.
All activities at the central circulation spine for the complex that connects...
Greece
Spyros Louis: The Original Olympic Marathon Hero Who Did it All to Impress a Girl
How did a young man born into a poor peasant family who helped his father make a living as a water carrier plot to catch the attention of the prettiest girl in Marousi? Easy. Win an Olympic marathon.
The summer...
Economy
Greek Sports Minister: Athens Olympic Games Were a Catastrophe for the Greek Economy
Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis characterized the Athens Olympic Games "a bad example" in an interview to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on the occasion of the European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Kontonis said that the way the Olympic Games were organized and the...
Economy
2004 Athens Olympics Cost Greece 6.5 Billion Euros
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games cost Greece a total of 6.5 billion euros and did not affect the country's economy, a Greek economic think tank has found.
The study on the economic impact of the Olympics on the Greek economy...
Greece
Euronews Dedicates Video on The Athens 2004 Olympic Games Venues
Ten years after hosting the Olympic Games, Greece is in the spotlight again, Euronews reports.
While some believe that Athens benefitted from the Games, images from Hellinikon seem to tell a different side of the story.
In contrast to the splendour seen in...