Greece, often hailed as the cradle of Western civilization, is steeped in rich history and cultural significance. From its ancient origins to its modern achievements, here are some intriguing insights into this captivating Mediterranean nation:
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The 29-year-old athlete won the first gold medal in the history of Greece in artistic…
The modern-day Olympic Games have always been a time of contradictory feelings for GCT’s writer…
Spyridon Louis was born in Marousi, north of Athens, on January 12, 1873. His father…
This year is the year of the Olympic Games. Emmanuel Macron is going to Greece…
Antigoni Drisbioti, the Greek race walker, is heading to Melbourne, Victoria to prepare for the…
Eleftherios Petrounias is fantastic! With a total score of 15.066 and a silver medal, he…
An architectural masterpiece, the Athens Olympic Stadium once stood as a testament to Greece’s ability to host the world’s greatest sporting spectacle. However, today this iconic structure is now at the centre of safety concerns, leading the Greek government to consider its indefinite closure.
The Olympic year is approaching, and several Greek athletes have already secured their qualification for…
The first Armenian who participated in the Ancient Olympic Games and won the Olympic Games…
Pyrros Dimas was a member of the Greek ethnic minority in Albania and competed for…
As has become tradition, the ceremony starts with a celebration of the host country, followed…
From 776 BCE to 393 CE the Ancient Olympic games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies.
Born on August 12, 1800 in Lampovo in Northern Epirus, Zappas was a fighter in the Greek War of Independence and later, a businessman, philanthropist, national benefactor and founder of the modern Olympic Games.
After losing half of his right leg in a car accident at the age of three, Arz Zahreddine was Lebanon’s only parathlete to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Arz recently spoke to Greek City Times to tell us more about his story.
On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn…
This stadium was the site of the first Olympic Games in 1896, and it’s no…
Representatives of France’s Terre de Jeux 2024 have collected soil from Ancient Olympia, the birthplace…
The Archaeological Site of Olympia, in the historic and culturally rich region of Ilia, Greece, was a fitting venue for an event held this week by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, designed to kickstart a government initiative to strengthen synergies between culture and tourism.
Olympian, Emmanuel Karalis who placed fourth in the men’s pole vault at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2021, has opened a wine bar ‘Angelo et Manolo’ in the centre of Athens, calling it “The first Greek black-owned wine bar from two kids that love wine and cheese, by Angelo & Manolo!”
