Thessaloniki

In a somber ceremony commemorating a dark day in Greek history, Jewish residents of Thessaloniki gathered on March 16 to note the 70th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of the northern Greek city’s Jews to Nazi extermination camps...

On March 15, 1943, the first train to Auschwitz left Thessaloniki, taking about 2, 800 Jews from the city. In memory of the first Holocaust victims from Thessaloniki, memorial events will take place in the city titled, Never Again....

Some 220 Turkish women came to Thessaloniki to mark a Woman's Day celebration on March 8 at the Grand Hotel Palace where they were welcomed by Mayor Yiannis Boutaris and Seçil Doğan, Vice Consul of the Turkish Republic. The event...

Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Omer Celik met with Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, in Ankara and thanked him for his sensitivity over the protection of Turkish and Ottoman artifacts in Thessaloniki. Boutaris told Turkish reporters about the construction of...

With tension still high with the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) for trying to claim Alexander the Great as its own, Thessaloniki has responded with a theme park called Alexanderland to present his life and work. It is...

The port city of Thessaloniki will be organizing and hosting one of the most important and prestigious sports events in October 2014,  winning the 2014 World Coastal Rowing Championships. The decision came from the World Rowing Federation (FISA) delivered during...

The Cultivation of Tobacco, the monumental artwork created in 1960 by one of the greatest Greek engravers Tassos (Anastasios Alevizos) and his wife, also an engraver, Loukia Maggiorou, is returning to Stavroupouli in Thessaloniki. The Greek masterpiece shows men and...

Turkish Airlines aims to make Thessaloniki a global city, the airline’s director in Thessaloniki, Utku Yazan, said on Jan. 31 during the airline’s renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Thessaloniki Hotels Association. He expressed his belief that 2013...

A Greek court has imposed life sentences on two men convicted of dealing in ancient treasure worth an estimated €12 million, which had been illegally excavated from a cemetery in northern Greece. The court in the northern city of Thessaloniki...

Bulgarian winter resorts of Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo expect a surge in Greek visitors for Christmas and New Year's Eve. The Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, reported that Greek tour operators are getting requests only for nearby destinations and cheap...