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Known Greek Criminal Allegedly Organized Heist in Trikala

Just 24 hours after the robbery at Piraeus bank in Trikala, more information has surfaced shocking the people of Greece. On April 2, a film-like heist took place in Trikala, central Greece, with three assailants grabbing 197,000 euros from...

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...

The Mill of Elves: Visiting Greece's New Christmas Capital! (Video)

  The city of Trikala in Central Greece has become known as a winter destination because of an innovative idea to turn an old mill into the largest Christmas theme park in Greece. Four years after its inception the project...

Trikala Pilot Scheme to Test First Driverless Buses in City Environment

The Greek city of Trikala in central Greece will be the first in the world to operate driverless buses in an urban environment, in a pilot scheme that city authorities hope will be up and running by September next...

Exclusive Video: Phevos the Tiger Begins Last Trip from Greece to California

"It's sad to see an animal leaving, after you have been together for 12 years," Phevos' caretaker said to Greek Reporter. Phevos is the only tiger that used to live at the Trikala zoo in central Greece. With the help...

British Businessman Raises Money to Free Tiger From Greek Zoo

A British businessman organized a fundraiser to rescue a neglected tiger kept in a Greek zoo. David Barnes, owner of a book store in the UK, has almost raised the £11,500 required to save the 485lb tiger, named Phevos, from a bankrupt Greek...

New Automated Bus System to be Launched in Trikala

The city of Trikala, central Greece, will be the first European city to host the automated buses that operate without a driver. Trikala won first place in the European program for automated road transport systems, CityMobil2, which is co-financed by the...

Trikala Prison To Be Turned into Tsitsanis Museum

The main building of the old prison in Trikala, Greece, will be turned into Tsitsanis Museum, according to Kostas Agorastos, Thessaly's regional governor. Greek media report the budget for the project is 2.8 million euros and will be 85% co-financed by the...

Trikala: Buses without Drivers

The city of Trikala, northwestern Thessaly, Greece, was selected along with five European cities for the implementation of the European pilot project for automated road transport systems, CityMobil2. Automated transport systems are made up of vehicles operating without a driver in collective...

Men from Trikala Wanted

It would appear that men from the Greek rural city of Trikala are extremely popular among women. According to information provided by the local registry office, in 2013 there were 249 marriages, four more than during the previous year. What...