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During the competition of the European Youth Capital (EYC) 2014 that took place in Braga, Portugal, the Greek city of Thessaloniki won the title. The Deputy Mayor of Youth, Sports, and Volunteers, Maria Paschalidou stated, "The winning of the title...

Thessaloniki aspires to conquer the title of the European Youth Capital 2014. As a result, many activities have been organized in the framework of this program. On July 26-27, volunteers bikers are planning to cross the area from Salonica...

Thessaloniki celebrated the arrival of 2014 with a wild party in which the city welcomed the title  of "European Capital of Youth." The upcoming months will be full of events, world championships, international exhibitions and competitions. It is also rumored...

The European Youth Forum announced that it has concluded its selection process for the European Youth Capital (EYC) 2014. The three short-listed cities are: Thessaloniki (Greece), Heraklion (Greece), Ivanovo (Russia). All three cities were selected on the basis of their...

With Greece holding the symbolic rotating European Union Presidency until June 30, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, speaking in Brussels, said that fighting unemployment and investing in the bloc's human capital is a priority, although neither he nor his colleagues...

The bicycle-journey of 40-year-old Grigoris Verriotis from Thessaloniki just began. Verriotis has been assigned as “ambassador” to “Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014″ by Greek cyclists associations and civil organizations. The Greek biker will cycle on his solar bicycle 60,000 kilometers...

The Greek team "Mangatellers" using the techniques of Japanese comics, created the first Greek manga talking about Thessaloniki's history and current life. In the framework of the European Youth Capital 2014, Mangatellers were invited to create a magazine which would present the...

More than 30 young people from Italy, Portugal, Romania and Greece will be meeting in Thessaloniki from February 20 to 22, in order to participate in the international workshop The European Youth Capital 2014, organized by the city of...

According to National Geographic magazine, the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki is among the top international destinations that travellers should visit in 2013. The famous travel magazine, which has over eight million readers worldwide, is about to release its annual travel guide...

A documentary titled 'Greece...I am facing taxing times', by Serafeim Ntousias, will be presented on the 4th of March at Olympion in Thessaloniki under the auspices of the Deputy Mayor of Youth, Sports, and Volunteers. The documentary focuses on young...

This is the story of a Greek Jew of Thessaloniki called Vital Hasson who collaborated with the Nazis during WWII.  By Sarah Abrevaya Stein I learned a lesson when conducting research for my recently published book, Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey...

A U.S. State Department report drafted last August but released in early January of 2019 states that Greece is "a pillar of stability in a complicated region." The State Department's "Integrated Country Strategy" (ICS) for Greece recognizes the country’s position...

Over 427,000 people left Greece since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008, marking the third wave of mass emigration in the 20th and 21st centuries. The figures come from a recently released Bank of Greece report entitled "Fleeing...

It has been 50 days since the second SYRIZA-ANEL coalition Greek government was sworn into power on September 23, 2015. Less than a month and a half into the new administration, Greece has already been through adversity on the political, economic...

  By Thanasis Delistathis* / @tdelistathis Friends often ask me to opine on the Greek debt crisis. They are looking for some insight into what is going on and why the country is at the brink of bankruptcy. I suppose they...