Thessaloniki

Customs officers on the island of Malta seized 90 kilos (198 pounds) of cocaine having a street value of almost €10 million on Boxing Day, December 26th. The drug shipment was apparently destined for Thessaloniki. The drugs were discovered hidden in two...

Greek police in Thessaloniki arrested two suspects for migrant trafficking after they discovered 44 migrants in a warehouse in the city on Christmas Day. Two Romanians, a 34-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, were taken into custody, accused of migrant...

The citizens of Thessaloniki will be the first residents of a Mediterranean city to have the opportunity to travel around the city on rented electric scooters from the Lime company. Commuters and other travelers can easily locate and unlock...

A white Christmas this year in Athens? It could happen. The National Observatory of Athens has just published new meteorological data about the times Athens experienced white Christmases. Its findings show that despite being a rare phenomenon, Athenians could definitely once...

Vandals spray painted a swastika on the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki, on Friday night. The Eleftherias Square Memorial, a bronze sculpture that depicts a menorah with human bodies intertwined into its flames, has been the target of far-right saboteurs in the...

Greece is a leading force in the Balkans and the East Mediterranean and there is no going back, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Thessaloniki on Friday in an address to his party. Tsipras spoke about the Prespa agreement with...

A day after widespread clashes between anarchists and police in central Athens and Thessaloniki, the scenes coming from the two city centers are shocking. Cars and motorbikes lie as burned-out hulks, shops are destroyed and streets choked with debris look...

An agreement called "The Charter for the Protection of the Byzantine Heritage Monuments" was unanimously ratified this weekend after a three-day meeting held in the city of Thessaloniki. Representatives from twenty-one countries agreed on a framework of principles for the protection of...

Rents for properties in central Athens increased significantly over the last year, mainly due to the demand for short-term occupancy by platforms like Airbnb, according to the Greek renting site Spitogatos. Central neighborhoods in the Greek capital such as Mets, Exarcheia,...

Born in the jungle of Congo, it wasn't easy to follow his dream of playing basketball, but perseverance, hard work and "God" helped Christ Wamba to overcome violence and poverty and reach one of Europe's best leagues, overnight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJACAVCJfU Christ Wamba,...