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Greek Police Arrest 3 Antiquity Smugglers at Grevena

Hellenic Police on Saturday arrested three men at Grevena, northwestern Greece, for illegal possession of antiquities of particular archaeological and scientific value. According to the Athens News Agency, the three men, 42, 52 and 63 years old, had in their...

Greek Politician Promises to Donate Land if Elected

The Greek 85-year-old landowner Militadis Tzalalidis has promised to donate 3,000 hectares of land in Grevena, northern Greece to citizens of the country if he is elected as a member of the Greek Parliament in the elections of January...

Fossil of Gigantic Bear Found in Grevena

A 3-million-year-old fossil of a gigantic bear discovered in the village of Milia in Grevena in northern Greece proves once again that the Greek palaeo-environment was favorable to the development of creatures of such enormous size. In the past,...

A Free Coffee for Thessaloniki’s Less Fortunate

Every day begins with a cup of coffee......at least for most of us, but what happens with the refugees and the homeless? Now, shop owners of Greece took the initiative to create the program “A cup of coffee is...

ARCPIN Project Protects Bears in Grevena

In October 2013, a series of actions will start being implemented in the Municipality of Grevena, a mainly mountainous and agricultural area located within the administrative region of Western Macedonia, Greece, for two years, in the framework of the...

Modern Centre of Paleontology to be Built Near Grevena

The Prefecture of Grevena and moreso, the village of Milia, will acquire a modern Centre of Paleontology which will host important paleontological findings from the excavations conducted there by the Geology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for...

Valia Kalda National Park Becomes Candidate for "Model Forest"

The municipality of Grevena, in Western Macedonia, has recently submitted its candidacy for joining the International Model Forests Network (IMFN), for the designation of the Valia Kalda National Park, also known as the Pindos National Park, as a ‘Model...

Japanese TV Crew Shoots "Mushroom Hunt" in Grevena

Utterly impressed by the flavors of mushrooms and the various activities developed relating to their exploitation in Grevena, the Fuji Channel crew shot pictures and videos from a local tavern serving the earthly delicacies, the nearby shops selling goods...