Thrace

The Friendship, Equality and Peace (DEB) party representing the Turkish minority, which is adjacent to the Muslim Greek minority residing in eastern Thrace, northern Greece, has secured the first place for the European Parliament elections in the electoral districts...

A reduction of 5.9 percent in the average annual income per capita has been reported for the year 2011. Average income in Greece dropped to 1,171 euros per month, according to data published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)...

The statement made by Turkish Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, that Turkey’s borders reach Thessaloniki, provoked an angry reaction from the Greek government. Responding to a reporter's question about the Turkish Prime Minister’s statements in Kessani, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

The Greek Supreme Court, with a recent decision, puts the sacred law of Shariah above the laws of the Greek State, thus Greek Muslims cannot draw up a will, as this is something that is not included in the...

As officials of the Louvre in Paris seek to raise another one million euros to renovate the famed sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace that was stolen off that Greek island by a Frenchman in the 19th Century, Greece has...

The revival of the Wine Festival took place with  success in the city of Alexandroupoli, the capital of the Evros regional unit in Thrace. According to first estimations, more than 25,000 people visited the site where the events took...

The local community of Chrysa, the western quarter of Xanthi, in northern Greece, is devastated after learning the tragic news that a  32-year-old mother of two underage children committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam.  The woman was...

Bulgarian officials presented an outrageous map according to which Thrace belongs to Bulgaria. The Greek Ministry of Defense reacted strongly. Air Marshal Evaggelos Tournas sent a protest letter to his Bulgarian counterpart, Air Vice Marshal Constantin Popov after the inaccurate...

The silk production in the Greek city of Soufli has a long history dating from Byzantium ages. The families of Soufli which were involved with the silk industry could not even imagine that this "noble" raw material would be...

Turkey expects a lot of foreign interest in its estate market, but is imposing restrictions on investments from neighboring countries, including Greece. According to recently announced reciprocity regulation, Greek citizens are prohibited from buying estate on the coastal provinces...