The whole world lives XXV. winter olympic games. On Friday, February 6, 2026, they were ceremonially opened by Italian President Sergio Mattarella. “I hereby declare the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo open,” Mattarella said. The 2026 Olympics are the first ones Olympic Gameswhich officially hosts two cities – Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzobut in reality the games will take place on a huge area of more than 22,000 square kilometers.
The Olympics is also currently reigning in the media. In the main news program STVR, they compared the costs of the Italians with the previous organizers of the sports festival. It was said in the report that ZOH 2026 stand Mrapproximately 5.2 billion euros, which is more than they originally planned. The organizers stand by the fact that they tried to keep every expense as low as possible. According to the information that was heard on public television, it is still a lower amount than the hosts clicked in the past.
An infographic showing how much the previous Olympic Games cost also appeared on the TV screens. However, many viewers were struck by the fact that next to 2018, the flag of the DPRK, supplemented by the name of the North Korean city of Pyongyang, is shining. It is a huge one misstep, since the Winter Olympics were then held in South Korea and not in the North. The venue was Pyongyang, South Korea. The Winter Games have never been held in the DPRK.
But it wasn’t just a mistake in the infographic. The embarrassment was compounded by the words of editor Tamara Vargová. “The Winter Olympics cost Russia about 42 billion euros in 2014. Later in 2018, the Olympics cost North Korea almost 11 billion, and four years ago, China spent at least 32 billion euros on the previous series of games.” it was announced in the STVR News. You can find a shot of the infographic in the PHOTO gallery.
