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Ex-Vice-Mayor of Thessaloniki faces charges of money laundering

Ex-Vice-Mayor of Economics, Michalis Zorpidis, will be brought in front of  an investigator facing charges of money laundering. The authorities have brought evidence against him in the form of more than six million euros in his bank account that...

Police and Employees of the Municipality of Thessaloniki Clash

Tension was provoked between police and municipal employees on Wednesday morning outside the Town Hall of Thessaloniki. The employees are opposed to the possibility of of the privatization of the cleaning service of the main municipality. The employees, who went...

Thessaloniki: Central Aristotelous Square is Transformed Into a Beach

The Municipality of Thessaloniki has decided to cover central Aristotelous Square with sand for two days! Their rationale for this is that Thessaloniki will host a beach volley tournament in June. This is not a joke! Beach umbrellas, sunbeds and...

Thessaloniki Wants To Set Guinness Record for Largest Origami Creation

On May 31, Thessaloniki is going for the Guinness Record and everyone can be a part of it. Municipality of Thessaloniki invites people from Greece and across the world to help build the largest origami in the world alongside 6,000...

French Park to Beautify Thessaloniki in March

The Municipality of Thessaloniki has decided to beautify the town with parks from all around the world. The beginning of this new ambitious project will be in March, with the first park, the “Park of France”, to be located...

Thessaloniki Launches Green Greek Cities Network

The Municipality of Thessaloniki is launching a new initiative aimed at promoting the sustainable development of urban environments by launching a Green Greek Cities Network. The municipalities of Ioannina, Katerini, Kerkyra, Kalamata, Trikkaion, Komotinis and Thermi have already announced their...

Forest Fires Are the Biggest Threat for Seich Sou in Thessaloniki

Forest fires are the biggest danger threatening the Forest of Seich Sou in Thessaloniki, due to the local climate and its particular vegetation. To avert catastrophic fires, a series of interventions and measures have been introduced including the regular removal...

Municipality of Thessaloniki Distributes Fake Products to Institutions

(Οriginal story in Greek by Inga Athanasiadou) Fake footwear, clothing and household goods were distributed by the Municipality of Thessaloniki to different institutions of the city, such as the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki, the House of Arsi and the Social...

Former Thessaloniki Municipality Senior Officers Charged With Money Laundering

Former Thessaloniki Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, former general secretary of the Municipality of Thessaloniki Michalis Lemoussias, former deputy mayor Michalis Zorpidis and a senior employee of the Municipality were found guilty of money laundering by a court prosecutor on Monday...

Humanitarian Aid to Greek Schools in Ivory Coast

The Education Directorate of the Municipality of Thessaloniki will send humanitarian aid to schools ELLAS and ELLAS MACEDONIA in Ivory Coast. Besides the two schools teaching the Greek language to their students, the humanitarian aid mission will also support a...