Thessaloniki

Retracing the steps that brought him to the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago, 92-year-old Holocaust survivor Moshe Aelion on Sunday took his wheelchair and joined others who marched in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to send the...

Thessaloniki will receive over 3,000 chefs from every corner of the world that on March 21 will gather for French Gastronomy Night of the "Gout the France" project. The French embassy together with the French consulate of Thessaloniki is organizing the fourth French...

A rally in solidarity with the two Greek soldiers held in Turkey for inadvertently straying into the country is being organized for March 25 -- Greek Independence Day -- in Thessaloniki. The demonstration organized by various groups through social media...

Footage has emerged of masked anarchists clashing with riot police in Thessaloniki on Saturday. Greece's second city had been hosting a gathering of anarchists from across the Balkans in response to a recent upsurge in far-right violence and property attacks...

An elderly man who drove 25 miles (40 kilometers) the wrong way down a Greek highway has been arrested. Officers detained the 80-year-old driver in Halkidiki, northern Greece, after a high-speed chase. Members of the public called police late on Wednesday...

Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, will pay tribute to the victims of the WWII Holocaust with a series of events starting next week. The northern city, which once had a pre-war Jewish population of 54,000, will host films, concerts and exhibitions...

For those who have made up their mind and are ready to visit Thessaloniki for the first time, there are a few must-do activities that are impossible to miss. Whether it is checking the traditional seaside walk, visiting famous museums...

"What are we afraid of, that out neighbors will take Thessaloniki from us? Now is the chance to close this issue. Skopjans are not cannibals." This was the latest declaration from Thessaloniki's outspoken mayor, Yiannis Boutaris to a meeting of...

Turkish and Balkan tourists flooded Thessaloniki for the last Carnival weekend, while at the same time trips to Turkey from Greeks resumed reluctantly. A slight increase in arrivals compared to last year was recorded, according to the president of the Association...

An exhibition of a previously unseen map collection of the Aegean archipelago has opened in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The rare 333-year-old maps commissioned by Louis XIV of France were found in the Thessaloniki University Library in 2016. This...