The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games had a strong Greek color with the French honoring our country in a special way as the birthplace of the event.

Hellenic Red Cross (HRC) is gathering food and medical supplies to aid those affected by the recent fires in Northeastern Attica. The items being collected by the HRC include:

With the conclusion of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team Hellas is departing with eight new medals to add to its total, bringing this to 129 since the start of the modern Olympic Games.
These include a gold medal won by Miltos Tentoglou in the long jump, a silver medal won by champion swimmer Apostolos Christou in the 200m backstroke and six bronze medals won by Theodoros Tselidis in the 90kg men's category in judo, the team Antonis Papakonstantinou-Petros Gaidatzis in the men's lightweight double skiff, Milena Kontou-Zoi Fitsiou in the women's lightweight double skiff, gymnast Lefteris Petrounias in the rings event, Emmanouil Karalis in the men's pole vault and Dauren Kurugliev in freestyle wrestling.

A fierce battle against the flames was being fought on two fronts, those of Grammatiko and Kallitechnoupolis, while the situation in Dionysos, Varnavas and Mikrochori was visibly better, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vasilis Kikilias said on Monday.