Thessaloniki

While everyone was interested in the political developments of the past 2 hours, the Ministry of Environment passed a new bill in Parliament concerning the lift of the circulation ban for diesel engine vehicles in the city of Athens...

According to police authorities,two men, aged 58 and 49, and a 55-year-old woman, were arrested in Thessaloniki, early on Wednesday, charged with migrant-smuggling.The three suspects are members of an international ring that promotes the entrance and transport of illegal...

In a recent survey held in Thessaloniki seven out of 10 interviewed responded that the White Tower[...]

Pictures and videos from the forced cancellation of several commemorative parades in Greece yesterday, on the occasion of the October 28 anniversary, have made up the forefront of many international mass media reports. According to Washington Post, CBS and ABC,...

Greeks protesting austerity measures sabotaged the national school student parades in many areas of Greece. In Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, the demonstrators heckled President Karolos Papoulias and other attending officials, calling them traitor.  Some anarchists spat at retired military officers. In...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...