Thessaloniki

Hundreds if not thousands of people gathered in Athens' Syntagma square on Friday morning to protest against an Educational bill the Greek government is bringing forward. Similar demonstrations took place in other major cities, including Thessaloniki, Chania and others. The demonstrations...

Tens of firefighters in Greece's second-largest city Thessaloniki assembled outside AHEPA University Hospital recently, where medical staff have been tirelessly offering treatment to COVID-19 patients for several weeks. AHEPA Doctors, nurses and paramedics found a few moments to go outside the...

Nikos Chardalias, the Greek Deputy Minister for Civil Protection, announced on Friday afternoon that the waterfront promenades in two major Greek ports will close in the coming days to promote social distancing. The waterfront promenade of the city of Volos,...

Authorities in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, have imposed a partial lockdown of the promenade as thousands of people ignored appeals for social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The decision comes after Thessalonians crowded the promenade last...

The EuroPride 2020 event, which had been scheduled to take place in Thessaloniki, Greece in June will have to be postponed, it was announced on Tuesday. The organizers have said that they still do not know when the event will take...

Greek authorities announced on Saturday evening that two more people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus in the country, that now has at least seven confirmed cases. On Saturday another person had been tested positive in the COVID19 Coronavirus in Thessaloniki. According...

Greek authorities are desperately trying to trace the recent movements of the 38-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the coronavirus on Wednesday, the first case of the infection in the country. It has emerged that the woman is a fashion...

Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew by a significant 5.4 percent in January 2020 in comparison to January 2019, the Civil Aviation Authority of Greece said in a report on Monday. Total passenger traffic came to 2,250,000 passengers, up from...

Volunteers from Greece's animal welfare organization ''ARCTUROS'' launched an operation recently to save a trapped female wolf from a house's iron fence in a village near Thessaloniki. The unfortunate, petrified animal had most likely been chased by dogs and became...

Father George (Georgios), the first African deacon in the known history of the city’s diocese, was ordained a Deacon by Thessaloniki’s bishop Anthimos recently. Father George, who hails from the African nation of Uganda, moved to Thessaloniki in order to study at...