Karditsa

Greeks have been fascinated for decades over the legend that Ali Pasha, an Ottoman ruler, has left an enormous treasure hidden somewhere in Greece. Search parties, have so far, , failed to uncover the hidden riches, but some still persist...

The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport announced a package totaling 290,000 euros for the upgrade of sport facilities in the Karditsa prefecture of Thessaly in central Greece. The package will be spent for the upgrading of the pitch of...

Greek-Jews thanked the residents of the village of Amarantos in Karditsa on Sunday who protected them or their relatives from the Nazis during World War II, during the unveiling of a monument of "eternal gratitude and recognition" to commemorate...

The government is going to apply a plan-b in order to manage the refugee and migrant issue, which entails decisions for the temporary accommodation of 100,000 refugees, even in camping, stadiums and abandoned factories. Meanwhile, the European Commission is...

Dimitris Chaidas, an industrial designer and lab assistant at the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly in Karditsa, Greece, has designed the first wooden solar-powered charging bench. Chaidas' innovative creation, having a small but powerful photovoltaic system on its roof, can charge smartphones, tablets and other...

A weak magnitude quake rocked the citizens of Trikala and Karditsa earlier today, in Thessaly, central Greece. According to data from the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the size of the seismic event, recorded at 7:40 a.m., was 3.8 degrees on the...

A baptism celebration in Karditsa, central Greece, turned to tragedy when the 35-year-old godfather from Chania, Crete, was hit in the head by a stray bullet (balothia). Balothia is a Cretan custom according to which, during feasts, weddings and celebrations, Cretans shoot in...

XTERRA, one of the world’s premier triathlon Championships will be held in 2014 in Greece, for the second time. After the success of the event last year, it is scheduled to take place again on June 21, in and...

On June 23, inhabitants from the region Kalivia Pezoulas in Lake Plastira, Karditsa,  broke their own record by making the biggest kontosoubli (pork or lamp meat on the spit) in the world, 186,30 meters in length! Their record last...

By Aspasia Zontanou Placed in the heart of the Altstadt, the so-called old city of Düsseldorf, for more than a decade the Irish Pubs Fatty´s and Sutton's have been managed by two Greek brothers. In a traditional Irish decoration, various...