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Europe
Russia: Greece’s Consulate General, Torchbearer of Sochi 2014
Greece’s Consulate General, Yiannis Plotas, participated in a unique and impressive ceremony of Sochi Winter Games Torch Relay that took place in Russia. He received an invitation from the Russian Olympic Committee, which was an honor for Greek Consulate...
Greece
Despite London-like Rain, Athens Hands Olympic Flame Over to UK
Despite the rainy weather, thousands of Athens' residents gathered at Panathenaiko Stadium on May 18 to celebrate the handing over of the Olympic flame to London.
The flame, symbolizing purity because it comes directly from the sun, has been carried...
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Olympic Flame Reaches Chania
The Venetian port of Chania greeted the Olympic Flame. The flame relay will travel to London on July 27, heralding the 2012 Olympic Games. But people participating in the Olympic flame relay, lit in ancient Olympia, still have many stations...