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Food to Address Vitamin D Deficiency from the TEI in Thessaly

An international research team led by Greek professor of biochemistry; Dimitris Moulas received high honors in a leading international conference. Moulas, professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the Technological Institute in Thessaly, and his team participated in the...

Europe’s Annual Thessalians Festival Took Place in Gütersloh, Germany

Europe's Thessalians gathered in the Stadthalle Hall at Gütersloh, Germany to celebrate the Jubilee (100 of Vasilis Tsitsanis). Led by the Thessaly Youth Europe the 11th annual event celebrated that Thessalian traditions, customs, dances and songs are still alive...

New Heat Wave in Greece This Week

With mercury expected to flirt with extremely high temperatures, there is no respite expected from the sizzling Greek heat until the end of the week. According to Greek meteorologists, temperature will reach 39C on Tuesday in Serres, Thessaly and central Greece,...

The Wild Magic of Meteora [Video]

Perched upon wild crags, the complex of Greek Orthodox monasteries called Meteora justify their name in Greek as each of the six monasteries looks like it is "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above." Built on natural sandstone...

3.8 Magnitude Quake Shakes Thessaly

A weak magnitude quake rocked the citizens of Trikala and Karditsa earlier today, in Thessaly, central Greece. According to data from the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the size of the seismic event, recorded at 7:40 a.m., was 3.8 degrees on the...

Municipality of Kalambaka to Be Renamed Municipality of Meteora

The Municipality of Kalambaka, resting on the northwestern edge of Greece's Thessalian Plain, will soon be known as the “Municipality of Meteora,” according to a decision recently taken by the Kalambaka city council. The decision for the name change was...

Greek Regions With the Most Aged Population

The mountain villages of Epirus and Thessaly regions have the most aged population in Greece. As Greek newspaper "Ethnos" reported, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), in the age map of Greece, the "champion" in the number of elderly people...

Greek Fraud Cops Bust Bogus Invoices and Expenses

The Financial Crime Unit (SDOE) is still finding more and more people who are stealing from the state through their profession by issuing bogus invoices or even not issuing receipts. Doctors, farmers, private sector employees and pensioners continue to...

Thessalians of Europe Celebrate 10 Years of their Federation

The Greeks from Thessaly, Greece, in Europe celebrated the tenth anniversary since the founding of their Federation with a festival that was held in Brühl of Cologne. Cultural associations from many parts of Germany responded to the call in...

Greek Priest Arrested for Illegal Trade of Icons

Police authorities in Thessaly, central Greece, arrested a criminal gang for illegal trade of icons and other items of religious and monetary value. Four Greeks were arrested, two men and two women, along with a 42-year-old man of Albanian origin....