Voula Patoulidou

The Olympic Games in Paris have begun and we will once again be invited to watch the world’s best athletes take part in many different sports, which require not only total concentration on the goal at hand, but also an excellent physical condition. Amongst us, it is always at the Olympics that the moments of athletics and swimming – whether synchronised or freestyle – stand out.

Authorities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, will be evacuating thousands of people from their homes on Sunday as bomb experts attempt to disarm and remove a large World War II bomb.