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Costa Navarino Celebrates Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Enhances Sports Offering

Costa Navarino celebrates the Olympic Games 2024 with landmark events and enhances its sports offering, with a new summer camp.

Paris 2024 Olympic Flame Lit at Ancient Olympia, Countdown to Games Begins

The 100-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics began on April 16 from Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

Athens’ Panathenaic Stadium to Welcome Paris 2024 Olympic Flame on April 26

The Paris 2024 Olympic flame will arrive at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on April 26, after beginning its journey from Olympia.

France Prepares for 2024 Olympics with ‘Soil’ from Ancient Olympia

In the runup to the Paris Olympics 2024, representatives of France’s Terre de Jeux 2024 label visited the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Greece - Ancient Olympia - where they collected 2,024 grams of soil to transport to Paris as a symbolic gesture.

Greece and China to Boost Cooperation in Tourism, Culture

Greece and China are further strengthening ties aiming to create a “gateway between Asia and Europe”.

Olympic Flame for Beijing 2022 Lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece

The Olympic flame for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 was lit on Monday during a ceremony in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

The Olympic Flame Goes from Athens to Tokyo

The Olympic Flame began its journey from Greece to Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, following the Handover Ceremony that took place in Athens.

Lighting Ceremony of Olympic Flame will Not Have Spectators

The Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony will take place as scheduled on March 12, but without the presence of spectators.

Hollywood Actor Gerard Butler to Carry the Olympic Flame to Sparti

Hollywood actor Gerard Butler will visit the Greek town of Sparti this month to participate in the Olympic torch relay, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Rio 2016: Greece Hands Over Olympic Flame to Brazil

The Olympic Flame was handed over to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro delegation on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening of the Olympic Games, at a ceremony at the Panathenian Stadium in Athens, in the presence of 30,000 spectators.

Sky Team Donates to SOS Children’s Villages

Sky Team aviation alliance (which celebrates its eighth year) together with Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, recently donated 15,000 euros to the international child welfare organization SOS Children's Villages in Greece.

Greece Receives Double Honor in China

Greece was the country of honor at the World Travel Fair in Shanghai where it also received the award for "Most Popular European Destination" from Shanghai municipality.

Olympic Flame Arrives in China

Greece handed the Olympic flame to China, the host of the 2008 Games, on March 30 at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens. Beijing Games Organizing Chief and Beijing Communist Party Secretary Liu Qi received the flame and said: "In 130 days the 2008 Beijing Olympics begin and we and...

Blue Star Ferries Supports Special Olympics

The Olympic Flame for the European Special Olympics begin held in Italy until the 6th of the month, sailed from Patras aboard Blue Star's ferryboat Blue Horizon.