Thessaloniki
Economy
Protesters Boo Ministers During St. Demetrios Celebrations in Thessaloniki
Protesters booed and yelled slogans at two government ministers attending the festivities of St. Dimitrios Day in Thessaloniki October 26.
Defense Minister Panos Beglitis and Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yannis Magkriotis attended the city’s St Demetrios cathedral on the occasion of...
Economy
Greece Talks Trash to Garbage Collectors
ATHENS - With rubbish piling up and even blocking some streets after two weeks of a strike by rubbish collectors, public health authorities said the government might bring in private companies to pick it up, signaling what could be...
Greece
Explosion in Thessaloniki Kills Kurdish National
An explosion in the basement of an apartment building in Thessaloniki killed one person late Tuesday night, police said.
Anti-terrorist police, firefighters and police officers cordoned off the area in a residential neighbourhood near the centre of the city. Explosives...
Greece
Mayor of Thessaloniki Feels Closer to Turkey than Germany
“I feel much closer to Turkish people than to German”, said Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki during his interview. “I don’t have much in common with a German but with a Turk I actually have a lot. First thing...
Greece
50% of School Books Distributed in Thessaloniki
The students of schools in Thessaloniki have received 50% of their school books for the coming year. The staff of the school managed to gather books from students of previous years and share the stock existing in the warehouse.
Within...
Economy
Greek Workers Threaten Action Strikes, Papandreou’s Security Bill In
ATHENS – As the Greek government readied more pay cuts and tax hikes for the country’s beleaguered workers, middle-class, poor and pensioners, the main civil servants union ADEDY said it’s ready to strike back, angry over a scheme that...
entertainment
Middle Eastern Friendship Camping Starts Tomorrow!
On August 10, the Middle East Friendship Camping event will open in Kalandra in Chalikidiki, Northern Greece.
The camping event will go till August 19th, The event is organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under the scope of...
Greece
Indignants of Thessaloniki Remove Tents from White Tower
Mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris said on Greek channel ET-3 that he has spoken with general prosecutors in order to decide how they will deal with the Indignants, and whether they will remove the tents from the square of...