Thessaloniki

The Council of State on Thursday judged the removal and subsequent return of the antiquities discovered during the construction of the Thessaloniki's underground metro to Venizelos station to be fully legal and constitutional, dismissing objections raised by the Thessaloniki...

The bicameral Macedonian tomb from 4th-3rd century BC bearing the name "Makridis Bey" -- after the Ottoman architect who discovered it -- is open to the public. The burial monument at Derveni, in the Thessaloniki prefecture, was discovered in 1910,...

All sides must respect Greek people and their sacrifices of the past six years, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday, speaking at his office in Thessaloniki after a meeting with local mayors. “Everything we do is fully...

(Drake Behrakis of the Behrakis Foundation of Boston, Panagiotis Behrakis, Director of the Public Health Institute of the American College of Greece, George Behrakis of the Behrakis Foundation of Boston, Dr. Panos Vlachos, President of Anatolia College) President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos attended the...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Greece on Sunday and Monday for talks on current issues and the inauguration of an exhibition in Thessaloniki. In the first part of his visit, Steinmeier will inaugurate an exhibition at the Macedonian...

A new shipment of humanitarian aid from American NGO “Orphan Grain Train” will arrive at Thessaloniki port on December 14, a social solidarity official from the prefecture of central Macedonia said on Monday, during a council meeting. The 20-ton shipment...

The most spectacular supermoon in nearly 70 years lit up the Greek skies on Monday. The full moon's technical name is perigee-syzygy of the Earth-moon-sun system. Scientists say that the last time the moon was this close to the...

On Thursday, thousands of Turks lined outside the house in Thessaloniki where Kemal Atatürk was born, to honor the day of his death on November 10, 1938. The house of the emblematic Turkish leader, which now serves as a museum, is...

The Thessaloniki International Film Festival will be running its 57th edition from November 3-11. The line up of talent to be showcased at the flagship Olympian cinema will start off with the hit film Paterson which recently premiered at Cannes...

The military parade in Thessaloniki in celebration of October 28 (OXI day) was the most impressive in recent years, culminating the three-day festivities event that started with the Feast of Saint Dimitrios, patron saint of the city, on October...