northern Greece

A total of 18 migrants, including five children, were rescued on Monday in the rushing waters of a torrent in ​​Itea Feres in Evros, northern Greece, as the van carrying them fell in a torrent. The migrant smuggler; who was...

Thessaloniki will receive over 3,000 chefs from every corner of the world that on March 21 will gather for French Gastronomy Night of the "Gout the France" project. The French embassy together with the French consulate of Thessaloniki is organizing the fourth French...

More bad weather has impacted the northern Peloponnese and western Macedonia regions of Greece. In western Macedonia over 40 villages were faced with complete power outages Thursday following heavy overnight snowfall. Many villages in Kozani and Voiou are experiencing problems on Thursday with...

According to sources, on Monday morning in northern Greece a fire broke out in a migrant reception center in Nea Kavala, Kilkis. Officials are not sure how the fire began at around 6 a.m. and are looking into possible causes...

Continuing aftershocks following the 5.5 richter quake that shook Ioannina late Saturday night are causing great concern for residents in the area. The latest aftershock struck around 3 a.m. on Wednesday and registered at 4.4 on the richter scale. There were...

A tornado whizzed through Xanthi, a city in Thrace, northeast Greece, spreading panic and destruction in its path early on Tuesday. The extreme weather phenomenon came in the wake of three earlier tornadoes that had swept through the plains...

This weekend from May 21 through May 23 the unusual ancient folklore and legend of fire-walking lives on in Greece. Dating back to Pagan times, Anastenaria is a traditional ritual of fire-walking celebrated in a few places in Northern Greece...

  Wine tourism has quickly grown in Greece, becoming a new trend among tourists who decide to spend their vacation in the country. Greece's vast variety of wines and the large number of vineyards in the country offer a perfect opportunity...

The construction of new hosting areas aiming at decongesting Idomeni and Piraeus port was discussed at Friday's meeting of the Refugees and Migration Policy Government's Council chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Maximos mansion. According to sources, top...

51,393 refugees and migrants were on Greek territory on Thursday while 377 new arrivals were recorded by 8 am. According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body figures, 28,451 of the refugees are in northern Greece among them 11,324 at...