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Greece to Participate in the Beijing Olympic Games with Five Athletes
Five athletes who will represent Greece in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, 2022 departed from Athens on Sunday.
There will be two athletes carrying the Greek national flag during the opening...
Greece
Greece Regains Its Seat on International Olympic Committee
After four years of absence, Greece regained its representation on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which appointed ten new members on Wednesday.
Among them is the head of Greece's Olympic body, Spyros Capralos, who was elected by 60 votes out...
Greece
Botsis Foundation Honors 17 Greek Journalists
The “Athanassios Botsis” Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism presented its prestigious annual awards to 17 Greek journalists yesterday at the Old Parliament House in downtown Athens, Greece . The ceremony was attended amongst others by the President of the Hellenic...
Greece
Athens Olympics Leave Mixed Legacy, 10 Years Later
AP - In an obscure corner of a park sits a forlorn reminder that, 10 years ago, Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics. The crumbling miniature theater is inscribed with the words "glory, wealth, wisdom, victory, triumph, hero, labor"...
Europe
Greek Olympic Committee President Allegedly Involved in London 2012 Tickets Scandal
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to conduct a thorough investigation into the case of Olympic officials selling thousands of tickets to the London Olympics 2012 events on the black market. According to the UK newspaper Sunday Times, officials...
Greece
Crisis Will Not Affect Greek Leg of Torch Relay
Greece has lined up enough sponsors to fully fund its leg of the Olympic torch relay in May despite the country's financial crisis.
The relay will go through 40 towns and cities on a 1,800-mile journey before the flame is...