Greece News 2024

NEWS ARCHIVE - July 2024

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July 13, 2024 Saturday

Fighting and gunshots outside Panathinaikos stadium

Story at Ta Nea [Greek]

Albania Supreme Court upholds 2-year prison term verdict on Beleris

Story at ABC News [English]

Antetokounmpo will be flag bearer at upcoming Olympic Games

Story at Eurohoops [English]

No more UK tourists?

Story at MSN UK Daily Record [English]

Counter-accusation: PM of North Macedonia says it is Greece that doesn't honor the Prespa Agreement

Story at Real [Greek] – A 2018 look at the controversial "name deal" between then PM Zeav and former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras – Irish Times

Real estate demand shifting to smaller homes

Story at Powergame [Greek]

Guard union at Acropolis objects to private visit program

Story at The Star [English]

Nearly four million visitors to Cyprus so far this year

Story at Cyprus Mail [English]

How long to expect the heat wave to last

Story at Protothema [English]

Fire close to Athens-Corinth National Road shuts down local train service

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Rubikon anarchist group attacks home in Chalandri

Story at Parapolitika [Greek] [Map of Chalandri]

Zelensky and F-16s for Ukraine

Story at Skai [Greek]

Greek navy advancing in ability to down unmanned drone vehicles

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Man holding child hostage has situation diffused by "cool-headed" neighbor in Amfilochia

Story at Protothema [Greek] [Map of Amfilochia]

Video captures night time robbery of butcher shop in Menidi

Story at Parapolitika [Greek] [Map of Menidi]

Mitsotakis "We cannot only rely upon the USA for our defense"

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Summer holidays remains an elusive dream for most Greeks who treat it as a luxury

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

European Travel Plug Adapter for power and charging of electronics while overseas – VINTAR International Power Plug Adapter 2 pack with ports of 1 USB C, 2 American Outlets and 3 USB Ports, 6 in 1 Travel Essentials to Most of Europe including Greece and Italy (Type C) – AMAZON

Population is now estimated at 10.482 million, but half of that number is squeezed into only 13% of Greece

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

The two most populous areas are Thessaloniki and the center of Athens where 2.09 million (20.0% of the total population) live in 2.8% of Greece.

More Ratings and Stats of Greece

Greek artists and "The Shadow of Lord Byron"

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

How alive Lord Byron is in the minds of the Greeks? It is a unique matter that is international and especially impresses the English... The foyer of the War Museum in Athens has become an amphitheater of exhibition space hosting the works of 50 contemporary visual artists with a concentration that the works of sculpture and paintings converse with the idea of Byron...
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