Nikos Aliagas on Newsbomb.gr: “History has been written at Panathinaikos Stadium, it is very moving” – Newsbomb – News

Nikos Aliagas moved at the Olympic Flame delivery ceremony, in Kallimarmaro

Moments of emotion at the Panathenaic Stadium, at the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame from Greece to France, just 90 days away from the Olympic Games in Paris, in August 2024.

At the packed Panathinaikos Stadium on the afternoon of Friday, April 26, a large number of people were present, while important personalities watched the emotional handing over of the flame.

Nikos Aliagas, a “landmark” person for Greece-France relations was the presenter of the event, speaking in Greek and French.

Nikos Aliagas spoke to the Newsbomb.gr camera and expressed his emotion and feelings about the presence of France in Kallimarmaro and the handing over of the Olympic Flame.

“It is very moving because history has been written here, here the idea of ​​the Olympic Games, the idea of ​​antiquity, was reborn after so many centuries. Greece and France coexisted here and it is nice that the Olympic Games take place and that they always start in Greece”

About the emotions he feels when Greece hands over the Olympic Flame to France, two countries that are an integral part of his life, Nikos Aliagas says with great emotion:

“For me Greece and France are both countries in my heart so it is a feeling of satisfaction and emotion when I see the two peoples being close and generally they are close we share nice things

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