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Greece
Awesome Clouds Form Over Northern Greece (photos)
As most of Greece basks in a three-day heatwave which could send temperatures in the capital soaring to around 36 degrees Celsius (96.8F), storms have hit the northern parts of the country.
Social media users from the city of Kavala...
Greece
Migrant Children Among 6 Dead in Greek Van Crash
Six undocumented migrants, believed to be Iraqis, were killed and more than 10 were injured when the minivan they were travelling in crashed near the northern Greek city of Kavala on Friday.
Among the dead are three children. Some of...
Education
Kavala Student, 16, To Participate in Microsoft Championship in Florida
Efi Ziota, a 16-year-old student at 6th Kavala High School and Greek champion in "Microsoft Office Specialist", will represent Greece in the final contest in Florida, the U.S.A. in August.
The Pan-Hellenic final of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship was...
Greece
'Fake Doctor' Worked in Greek Hospital for 17 Years
A doctor who reportedly served as a general practitioner in a northern Greek hospital for 17 years has left the job when it was discovered he was unqualified.
Local media report that the unidentified doctor in Kavala left when all...
Economy
Fraport Greece to Invest over 10 Million Euros for Kavala Airport
The development of the Kavala "Alexander the Great" Airport is estimated to cost over 10 million euros, and will be ready by 2019, Fraport Greece's managing director Alexander Zinell, said on Tuesday.
At a presentation of the company's plans, Zinell...
Greece
Four Migrants Killed in Police Chase in Northern Greece
Four migrants were killed and five others were seriously injured on Tuesday when their vehicle crashed near Nea Peramos, on a provincial road between Kavala and Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
According to reports, eight illegal migrants were on-board the vehicle...
Greece
Greek Jewish Holocaust Victims Remembered in IHRA Event in Kavala
The Swiss embassy in Greece is organizing a one-day conference in Kavala on October 21-22 in memory of the thousands of Greek Jews of Eastern Macedonia who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps during the occupation of the area...
Greece
New Railway Connection Agreement Between Greece and Bulgaria
A memorandum between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection between the two countries will be signed on 6 September in Kavala, Greece.
The new rail will be connecting the Greek ports of Thessaloniki, Kavala and Alexandroupolis and the...
Archaeology
Italians to Walk Ancient Egnatia Road from Thessaloniki to Kavala
A group of Italian researchers and students are to walk the ancient Egnatia Odos (Egnatia Road) from Thessaloniki to Kavala, in an effort to revive the ancient thoroughfare as a hiking trail of civilization, from Durres to Constantinople.
The project...
Crime
Holocaust Memorial Vandalized in Kavala, Northern Greece
A Holocaust memorial in Kavala, northern Greece, was partially destroyed on Wednesday night, local media reported. The vandalism occurred only a few days after a holocaust monument in Arta was desecrated with paint.
As reported by Ekathimerini, the vandals appear...