Thessaloniki

The Canadian table at the annual ethnic Food-for-Good Festival in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki was a huge success this year, thanks to an overwhelming number of volunteers of all ages, who came out to help. The festival, which is hosted by the...

Saturday's petrol-bomb attack on police in Thessaloniki guarding the city's Turkish consulate has seen prosecutors launch a probe into the incident. Police representatives have also described the attack by a group of masked assailants as attempted murder, saying the gang...

Greek authorities are investigating a petrol-bomb attack on riot police in the northern city of Thessaloniki. Saturday's incident took place during a shift change outside the city's Turkish consulate. According to reports, barriers were thrown up when riot police crossed to...

The northern Aegean Sporades islands will have a new sea link to Greece's second-largest city later this month. Golden Star ferries will launch its Thessaloniki-Sporades ferry route on June 15 after getting the green light from the Greek Shipping Ministry. With...

  A committee at a Greek university plagued by on-campus crime has said drafting in police officers has stemmed a tide of lawlessness. Thessaloniki's Aristotle University is one of the dozens of third-level institutions in Greece which has suffered from a...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday said it would be a great victory to put a designation before the term "Macedonia" in the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Tsipras spoke after a meeting with Thessaloniki Mayor...

Cutting-edge electric and hybrid cars will converge in the northern city of Thessaloniki this weekend. The 11th Hi-Tech EKO Mobility Rally, an electric and hybrid car rally organized by the Institute of Electric Cars, will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has described Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris -- victim of a shocking mob attack at a Pontic-Greek genocide commemoration last weekend -- as a symbol of democracy. Meeting Boutaris in Greece's second biggest city on Friday, Tsipras...

An off-duty police officer was identified and charged for the attack by a group of extreme nationalists against mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris last Saturday. The 44-year-old officer was identified by video footage of the assault that took place in...

A Thessaloniki misdemeanors court, on Wednesday, found three men guilty over a mob assault against City Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, who suffered minor injuries. Two of the assailants, both aged 20, were given a 14-month and 21-month suspended prison sentence respectively,...