Thessaloniki
Economy
French Clinics Offer Job to Greek Doctors
Vitalia, the second largest private hospital group in France with forty-seven healthcare facilities throughout the country, offers employment opportunities to Greek doctors of every specialty.
A number of Greek doctors already work in the group’s clinics and declare to be...
events
Greek-Australian Conferences in Thessaloniki, Lemnos
Two major conferences will be held in Greece next month, with the initiative of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association. The first will be held from July 7 to 9 in Thessaloniki with the cooperation of the Hellenic-Australian Chamber of...
events
Boutaris Backs Pride Parade
With the slogan “Free spirits, Free bodies,” the 2nd Pride Parade will take place in Thessaloniki under the auspices of the city’s Municipality, from June 14 to 15. Music, photography and theater events, as...
Greece
Klein Decries Beastly Austerity in Greece
The Canadian activist journalist and author Naomi Klein, declared her solidarity to the Greek people, who have been living under the shock doctrine the last years, as she stated in a press conference she gave at the Mikropolis Social...
Greece
Golden Dawn Airport Gun Firing
Panic prevailed at Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, shortly before three in the afternoon of May 30 when the gun of Antonis Gregos, Golden Dawn deputy, went off while he boarding Aegean’s flight 510 to Thessaloniki.
According to the procedure,...
Greece
Direct flights from Athens and Thessaloniki to Kiev
Ukraine International Airlines will launch a direct link from Athens to Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport on Friday, with four flights per week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while lates one more flight will be added Athens International Airport announced.
From 31st...
Greece
Thessaloniki’s New Profile Attracts Foreigners
The new touristic profile of the Greek city of Thessaloniki includes a number of foreign tourists more than double, new airline connections with 34 Russian cities, daily flights from and to Istanbul, attempted opening to China’s market, as well...
Greece
AP Photojournalist Denounces Illegal Detention
Nikolas Giakoumidis, photojournalist for Associated Press, filed a signed complaint against the way he was treated by the police in Thessaloniki on May 21.
Giakoumidis complained that while he was taking photographs of a homeless man sleeping on a bench...
Crime
Father Confesses to Daughter's Abuse
The tragic story took place in a village near Thessaloniki where the family lives. The 36-year-old father confessed that he had been sexually abusing his 16-year-old daughter for many years. The man who is an Albanian immigrant, was arrested...
events
Thessaloniki Gay Pride Draws Protest
The second Gay Pride Festival in Thessaloniki is scheduled for June 14-15 under the slogan Free Minds, Free Bodies.
The festival will start with a big street party, while an art exhibition will be hosted at a cultural space. Thessaloniki...