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Greece Smashes Airport Passenger Traffic Records in 2019

The Civil Aviation Authority of Greece released the latest data on Thursday measuring passenger traffic through Greek airports for the months of January and February, 2019. According to the data, total passenger traffic through Greek airports grew by an impressive...

''Smart'' Radar To Protect Thessaloniki's Sheikh Sou Forest from Wildfire

Local officials from Thessaloniki announced on Wednesday that they have selected two new methods to fight wildfires in the city's peri-urban forest of Sheikh Sou, or Cedar Hill, as it is officially known. The two methods include three radar dishes, which...

Greek-Born Jewish Entrepreneur Joseph Nissim Dies At 100

Joseph Nissim, the Thessaloniki Jew who escaped from the Nazis, fought in WWII and later created the "Bolton Group" business empire in Italy, has died in Milan at the age of 100. Nissim's name is not very well known to...

Greek Fire Fighter Dies in Thessaloniki Blaze

A tragic incident involving the death of a firefighter took place near Thessaloniki on Friday afternoon. A 46-year old man who was a member of the fire brigade of Thessaloniki was attempting to extinguish a fire in Thessaloniki's Kalochori area...

'Oceanis' Storm Buries Northern Greece in Snow (video)

A wave of cold weather hit Northern and Central Greece on Saturday morning, covering most parts of the region in snow and pushing temperatures below zero. The storm that weathermen have named "Oceanis" left major cities in Northern Greece with...

Thessaloniki's Modiano Market To Be Completely Renovated

  The Central Council of Greece's Contemporary Monuments decided earlier this week to approve an architectural team's plan to renovate the historic Modiano Market in Thessaloniki. According to Morpho Papanikolaou, one of the architects who designed the project, the construction will take...

Workers in Food Delivery Services Protest in Thessaloniki

The union of workers for the food-delivery industry led a demonstration which took the form of a motorcade down the central streets of Thessaloniki on Monday morning. The union claims that incidents of physical and verbal abuse against the workers in...

Unstoppable PAOK Extends Lead Beating Olympiacos in Thessaloniki

PAOK beat Olympiacos 3-1 at Toumba Stadium on Sunday night to extend their lead to 9 points over Olympiacos, which is their closest rival for the Greek Super League race. At a very aggressive game, PAOK Thessaloniki continued its march...

2018 The Best Year For Greek Tourism Ever

According to data published on Friday by Fraport, the company that manages most of the Greek airports, the arrivals of tourists in December recorded an increase of 23.6 percent, with the total number of people visiting the country in...

European Council on Refugees Decries Facilities in Thessaloniki Camp

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) issued a statement on Friday regarding the living conditions of migrants in camps in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. The statement notes that ''newly-arrived asylum seekers in mainland Greece live in a makeshift...