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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Greece

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Greece’s attention is Football (7.3%, 3.4× the world). The news sounds darker than usual.

Greece’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Read more than coveredNew gadgets38×
Reading and news · 549.4k · Solid

Greece · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country located mostly on the Balkan peninsula of Southeastern Europe, with thousands of islands extending geographically to Asia Minor. It has a population of around 10 million. With nine regions and up to 227 inhabited islands, it has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean basin. The Ionian Sea is west of the mainland, Albania northwest, and North Macedonia and Bulgaria north. Turkey is east both by land and the Aegean Sea. The capital, Athens, is the largest Greek city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.

From Wikipedia: Greece · CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Ποιες αεροπορικές "προσγειώνονται" στην Ελλάδα με νέα δρομολόγιαcapital.gr · 2 outlets
  2. METLEN–Tsakos renewable energy project enters construction phaseinewsgr.com
  3. Βίντεο-σοκ μέσα από το κτίριο που κατέρρευσε στη Νέα Υόρκη -8 νεκροί, ανάμεσά τους δύο παιδιάiefimerida.gr
  4. HALC: Ζητεί από τις ΗΠΑ να μπλοκάρουν την υποψηφιότητα Σινιρλίογλου για τη θέση του ΓΓ του ΟΗΕenikos.gr
  5. Ο βρετανός συγγραφέας επιστημονικής φαντασίας Μάικλ Τζον Χάρισον κερδίζει το βραβείο Bookerin.gr
  6. Καλώδιο: Αποκλιμάκωση μέχρι νεωτέρας - Ξεκινούν οι έρευνες του Abeille Marengocyprusnews.eu
Headlines via GDELT

Pictures

  • People in Athens celebrate the liberation from the Axis powers, October 1944. Postwar Greece would soon experience the Greek Civil War and political…
    People in Athens celebrate the liberation from the Axis powers, October 1944. Postwar Greece would soon experience the Greek Civil War and political…Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Santorini, a popular tourist destination, is ranked as the world's top island in many travel magazines and sites.[285][286]
    Santorini, a popular tourist destination, is ranked as the world's top island in many travel magazines and sites.[285][286]CC BY 3.0
  • Close-up of the Charioteer of Delphi, a celebrated statue from the 5th century BC
    Close-up of the Charioteer of Delphi, a celebrated statue from the 5th century BCLarry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0
  • Narrow path between village houses on the island of Astypalea.
    Narrow path between village houses on the island of Astypalea.Magnus.chronicles · CC BY 4.0
  • Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù, the first theatre and opera house of modern Greece
    Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù, the first theatre and opera house of modern GreeceMarc Ryckaert ( MJJR ) · CC BY 3.0
  • Cretan dancers of traditional folk music
    Cretan dancers of traditional folk musicPublic domain

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Greece · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Donald Trump

    521 stories

  2. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Russell Brand

    226 stories

  3. Alexis Tsipras

    179 stories

  4. Vladimir Putin

    163 stories

  5. Archangel Michael

    28.5× last week

    114 stories

  6. Jesus Christ

    103 stories

  7. Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Katy Perry

    101 stories

  8. https://silverscreen.in, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Anirudh Ravichander

    New

    73 stories

  9. Alice Huang

    New

    68 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    154 stories

  2. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    46 stories

  3. United Nations

    41 stories

  4. Labour Party

    35 stories

  5. Nations League

    2.3× last week

    35 stories

  6. Sun Group

    New

    32 stories

  7. Supreme Court

    23 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Greece · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in Greece

What Greece’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

Greece

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