Greece Current Affairs, GK & News

Harshada Sharad Garud

May 5, 2022

Eighteen years old Harshada Sharad Garud has become India’s first weightlifter to have won a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships that is being organized in Heraklion, Greece from 2nd to 10th May 2022. In which category did she win the gold medal? She has secured the gold medal in the women’s 45 ..

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France- Greece sign defence deal

September 29, 2021

France and Greece signed a multibillion-euro defence deal on September 27, 2021, to boost the defence capabilities. Highlights The defence deal includes Athens’ decision to buy three French warships under a strategy of boosting its defence capacities across the Eastern Mediterranean amid recurring tensions with Turkey. President of France Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis ..

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International Olympics Organization to postpone Tokyo Olympics 2020

March 23, 2020

Recently, Greece handed over the Olympic Flame to Japan. However, due to the increasing threats of Corona Virus, the International Olympics Committee is considering postponement of 2020 Olympics. The organization might postpone Olympics to 2021. Highlights The International Olympics Committee has set a time frame of 4 weeks to make a decision about the postponement ..

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Greece hands over Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020 organisers

March 21, 2020

In a ceremony at iconic Panathenaic stadium of Athens, Greece has handed over the Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020 organisers. The ceremony did not include the planned cultural ceremonies from Greece or Japan, due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Governing Olympic body of Greece, Hellenic Olympic Committee’s President Spyros Capralos handed the torch over to the ..

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Katerina Sakellaropoulou sworn in as first female president of Greece

March 14, 2020

Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who recently sworn in, is the first female president of Greece. She was a former High court judge. Before two months, she was unanimously elected as the President of the country by the Greece Parliament. The swearing-in ceremony took place before selected lawmakers and journalists without public participation, as part of measures to ..

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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony

March 13, 2020

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the Tokyo Games 2020, was organised. It was however closed to the public. The Olympic Flame The Olympic Flame is a symbol of the Olympic Movement and denotes the continuity between the ancient and modern games. It is lit several months before the Olympics ..

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