World news about “Winter Olympics” published by euronews.
Socchi 2014: Celebration Cauldron On Wednesday, the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee presented the Celebration Cauldron for the Olympic Torch Relay, which gets under way on 7 October in… 13/06/2013
Photo Gallery: Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics medals unveiledThe Sochi 2014 Olympics medals got their first public airing on Thursday with organisers unveiling the prizes for Russia’s first ever Winter Games and… 30/05/2013
Safest Winter Games Sochi Winter Olympic organisers say authorities will ensure security at the ‘‘highest possible level.’‘ A deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon in April… 22/05/2013
Russia stores snow for Winter Olympics – nocomment Russia Olympics organisers in Sochi are storing up acres of snow for the 2014 Winter Games. 12/04/2013
Sochi gets preparedLatvia’s Tomass Dukurs is seen on the track reflected in a puddle during the men’s skeleton test event at the “Sanki” siding centre in Rosa Khutor, a venue… 16/02/2013
Russia: Putin throws official out in the cold ahead of Winter Olympics With just a year to go until the Winter Olympics in Russia, President Vladimir Putin and the President of the International Olympic Committee held a ceremony… 08/02/2013
Tickets go on sale for Sochi Winter Olympics Russia has begun selling tickets for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, exactly a year before the opening ceremony. A diamond-shaped countdown clock was… 07/02/2013
Rubles roll for Sochi Olympics Sochi is getting a face lift for the Winter Olympics in 2014. There’s a lot of construction going on around the subtropical resort city on the Black… 07/02/2013
Sochi 2014: One year to go – nocomment Celebrations are taking place in Sochi to mark one year to go until the start of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. A series of countdown clocks were launched in… 07/02/2013
Migrant workers abused at Sochi Winter Olympic sites As the Russian resort town of Sochi prepares to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, Human Rights Watch has released a damming report on the routine abuse of tens… 06/02/2013
Open for Olympic business For the first time in the country’s history Russia will host the Winter Olympic’s in 2014 in Sochi and with a little more than a year left until the games… 14/11/2012
Back in the Day: dawn of the Winter OlympicsJanuary 25, 1924: The French Alpine resort of Chamonix hosts the first edition of the Winter Olympics. The idea of an Olympic Games for winter sports had been… 24/01/2012