Tag Archives: Flag

Long jump gold medalist Miltiadis “Miltos” Tentoglou declined the proposal of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (EOE) on Thursday to be the flag bearer for the Greek delegation at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on Sunday. Tentoglou instead expressed his desire to be the Greek flag bearer at …

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Fans of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv have beaten a foreign national in downtown Athens, media report on Thursday. the victim has been taken to hospital with an ambulance. According to initial reports, the victim, a young man of Arab origin, was holding a Palestinian flag and was exiting the …

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Greek police have arrested a Palestinian man, who climbed up a street light  with Palestinian flag at pro-Palestinian rally outside the Parliament on Sunday. The 22-year-old climbed a light post and attached a pole with the Palestinian and Greek flags. Footage of his actions was later circulated on social media, …

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The pilots of the two French Rafale fighter aircraft and the “Patrouille de France” aerobatic display team found a special way to bid farewell to the city of Athens on Monday morning: They flew in formation above the Acropolis using the colors of the Greek flag. The formation was accompanied …

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In a symbolic move of solidarity with the Italian people hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the Greek Foreign Ministry raised the Italian flag at the central building in Athens. Present at the ceremony on Friday morning was Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Italian Ambassador to Greece Efisio Luigi Marras and …

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A silent funeral for a humble man. Manolis Glezos was laid to rest Wednesday noon in the A’ Cemetery of Athens in a grave donated by the Athens Municipality to honor the great man. Due to the lockdown restrictions, only his wife, the couple’s two children and their wives and …

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In front of the eyes of stunned members of the European Parliament, Greek Neo-Nazi and former den Dawn MEP Giannis Lagos teared apart a Turkish flag printed on a A4-size paper. His action triggered the anger not only of Turkey but also of Greece. Video “This soaked… blood-sk… blood-soaked flag …

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Under adverse weather conditions, the Greek  Coast Guard successfully rescued all 14 crew members of Liberia-flagged cargo vessel “NEW LEO” on Wednesday. Due to a mechanical failure, the vessel was sailing uncontrolled between the islands of Lesvos and Skyros in the Aegean Sea. The vessel was loaded with steel. Shifting …

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Thousands of Greek marched through downtown Athens and to the building of US embassy to protest US-led strikes in Syria on Saturday. The protest was organized by Communist Party KKE. The protesters chanted slogan anti-U.S. slogans but also against the NATO and the EU. Right in front of the embassy …

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With provocative and threatening slogans and banners, a group of Turkish nationalists launched a protest outside the Greek embassy in Ankara on Wednesday evening. The protest was staged by an organization called “Morality Foundation for Art and Science.” One of the banners was reading: “We will throw the Greeks again …

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Greek sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou was named Greece’s flag bearer for the upcoming 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, the Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday in Athens. With this decision, Bekatorou becomes the first female athlete in Greek Olympic history to have the honor of carrying the Greek national flag …

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Greek police detained film director Dimitris Collatos on Wednesday afternoon with charges of ‘insulting national symbols’. Collatos had hoisted a Greek flag on his balcony. The flag was featuring a German army boot over Greece in a lake of blood. A swastika was also to be seen. According to neighbors, …

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