Ta Nea tis Megalopoleos
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Ta Nea Tis Megalopoleos is a monthly newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 published in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 and produces local news for Megalopolis
Megalopolis, Greece
Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...

. It is one of the headquarters situated outside of Megalopolis and it has editors primarily from that region in southwestern Arcadia
Arcadia
Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...

. The newspaper was founded in 1951 and marked its 50th anniversary in 2001 and its 55th in 2006. It has published around 770 monthly editions.

Information

Ta Nea Tis Megalopoleos features only news and sports and weather in unassorted sections from Megalopolis and southwestern Arcadia. It had covered events held at the ancient theatre (see the Megalopolis Ancient Theater), pavement and creation of roads in the 1950s and the 1960s, the earthquake that struck in 1965, the opening of its transmission plant (see the Megalopolis Power Plant) in 1970, the Megalopolis By-Pass and the GR-7
Greek National Road 7
The Moreas Motorway is a motorway in Peloponnese, Greece. Locally it is known as the Moréas , which was the medieval name of the Peloponnese. The A7 begins just west of the Isthmus of Corinth, branching off from Greek National Road 8A...

/E65
European route E65
European route E 65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chaniá, Greece. The road is about in length.-Itinerary:* Sweden** E 65: Malmö – Ystad* Baltic sea, ferry Ystad-Świnoujście* Poland...

 superhighway extension as well as its tunnel and the Megalopolis Bypass. It even had published population data from its villages and settlements around the area.

Slogans

Past slogans includes "Efimeris Ton Megalopoliton Ekdidomeni En Athinais" (Megalopolis' Newspaper Published In Athens) and its present slogan is Mninaia Efimerida to Megalopoliton.

Location history

It first had its headquarters at 6 Metaxa Street in Megalopolis
Megalopolis, Greece
Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...

. It was later moved to Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and was located at 10 Nikitara Street. It relocated itself to a suburb named Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni is a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue....

 at 20 Selefkias
Seleucia
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 Street where it presently publishes.

History

The newspaper was first published on June 20, 1951 after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and the Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...

. It celebrated its 5th anniversary in 1956, 10th anniversary in 1961, 25th anniversary in 1976, 50th anniversary in 2001 and recently 55th anniversary in 2006, the 55th anniversary featured a celebration on July 29, 2006 at "Archontiko Isari" at Isari
Isari
Isari may refer to:*Isari, Afghanistan*Isari, Greece, a village in the Arcadia prefecture...

 in southwestern Arcadia. The newspaper has published a book called Ta Thavmasta Kai Ta Mystiria Tou Lykaio Orous, a book dedicated to the mysteries of Lykaio mountains published in 2001.
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