Konstantinos Varouxis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Βαρουξής) was a

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journalist and a publisher. Varouxis was born in Pyrgos and was descended from a family of journalists. The family had familial ties with the Spilotopoulos family from

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, which participated the

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of 1821. In 1892, he ran the weekly paper ''Avgi''. Varouxis was exiled in

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in 1895. He stood trial on the island and was found innocent. In the same year he ceased publishing Avgis and from 1910 started to publish the '' Ileia'' newspaper. That ended in 1915. He stopped writing entirely in 1931.

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''Sto Pyrgo kai stin Ileia tou 1821-1930'' (''Στον Πύργο και στην Ηλεία του 1821–1930,'' = ''In Pyrgos And In Ilia From 1821-1930''),

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*'' Patris'', Pyrgos 2003 *Vyron Davos ''Newspapers Of Ilia'', in ''Patris'', Pyrgos, 2003 Greek journalists People from Pyrgos, Elis Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Greece-journalist-stub