Olympic torch lit in Olympia
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24 March 2008
The Olympic torch has been lit today in front of the Temple of Hera on the historic grounds of Olympia, in the birthplace of Olympism, where the Ancient Olympic Games took place. The flame was lit successfully by a Holy Priestess, according to the traditional ritual, using the sun’s rays and […]
The Olympic flame left Ioannina to head for the mountain region, north of Greece, going through Metsovo, Grevena, Kozani and Veria on Wednesday.The flame started its third day journey in 9:00 and traversed azigzag mountain road with snow and frost on trees along Mountain Pindes before reaching Grevena.
The flame arrived Grevena in 13:30 and gave […]
Beijing will buy 2,800 buses to expand the city’s reserve and replace outdated buses in preparation for the Olympic Games, according to Liu Xiaoming, director of the Beijing Municipal Transport Commission.
In addition, the city’s transportation department will open 34 bus routes to the Olympic venues, he told the Beijing Daily.
Liu also promised to make at […]
 The torch relay in Greece entered its third day on Thursday starting at 9:00 a.m. (GMT+2) from Ioannina.After a ceremony and overnight stay in Ioannina, the torch of the Beijing Olympic Games, entitled “Lucky Clouds,” set out for the northern part of the country. It will climb over a snowy hill in unexpected coldness on […]
The Olympic Torch departed Ioannina at 9:00 a.m. (GMT+2) to continue its third day’s journey in Greece to a hill town named Metsovo, 57 kilometers away.Passing through in the mostly mountainous areas of northern Greece, the route from Ioannina to Metsovo was covered by snow and heavy fog in the morning. With the help of […]
The Supervision Committee of the Games of the 29th Olympiad held its 17th full session on Monday to outline its tasks for 2008.The meeting reviewed the instructions of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and recent speeches of BOCOG president Liu Qi on the Olympic preparations; heard […]
Beijing should erect a monument in honor of Olympic volunteers, said a deputy to China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress, on Monday.”Besides the sports facilities, the Beijing Olympic Games should also leave some intangible heritage for the nation,” said Zhou Hongyu, a lawmaker from the central province of Hubei.
The spirits of the volunteers […]
A meeting for volunteer drivers during the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games convenes.
(BEIJING, March 4)Â – Volunteer drivers for the Beijing 2008 Olympics and Paralympics took part in a meeting on Tuesday afternoon alongside representatives from various government agencies, education groups, transportation authorities, foreign investment enterprises, and other organizations. Almost a thousand people were present at […]
Meet Li Na, a second year graduate student from Beijing Language and Culture University. This jolly, good-humored “Good Luck Beijing” volunteer has earned the nickname “Supergirl” due to her unending efforts and infectious spirit in helping the capital city gear up for the Games.A Sleepless Night
“Supergirl,” as her Iranian athlete friends like to call her, […]
The Beijing Olympic and Paralympic volunteer applicant pool has surpassed one million, reports the volunteer department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). And the city volunteer program applicant pool has already reached 1.2 million.The department said that as the Games draw closer, recruitment has won wide support from […]
