Thessaloniki

"Greece is the last Soviet-type society and economy," Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris said, explaining that in Greece many citizens expect everything from the state, avoiding individual responsibility. Boutaris said that Thessaloniki has opened its door to the Turks, because it...

The 36th Book Festival of Thessaloniki opened on Saturday in the presence of Alternate Environment Minister Sokratis Famellos and Alternate Education Minister Kostas Zouraris, former ministers, MPs, Central Macedonia regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas and other officials. "It is an event-institution...

Today violent clashes in Thessaloniki and Athens broke out between masked youth and university students affiliated to New Democracy's youth party, DAP-DNFK. The incidents took place at both the Theological School at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and outside the...

Thessaloniki's public transport buses will stay parked in their depots for the ninth day in a row on Tuesday after staff in the city's public transport organization OASTH decided to continue strike action that began on May 15. OASTH employees...

A preliminary report into the causes of the fatal train crash in the village of Adendro, near Thessaloniki, Greece, last week confirmed it was due to excessive speed, a preliminary report delivered to Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis showed on...

A 14-year-old girl was the second recorded victim in Greece of the dangerous Blue Whale game played in the social media. The new victim is a teenage girl who inflicted serious wounds on herself with her parents believing that she...

The town of Lagada near the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki will once again revive the old tradition of fire-walking, known locally as "Anastenaria," for three days on May 21-23. The festival will coincide with the religious feast of Constantine...

A Thessaloniki first-instance court on Wednesday rejected a request by the Thessaloniki public transport company's (OASTh) management for a temporary injunction declaring a strike by its workforce illegal. The court said that the management's request had no basis in the...

Police arrested 15 people and seized drugs and guns in northern Greece as part of an ongoing operation to dismantle a large criminal gang that imported drugs from Bulgaria and sold them to various regions of the country. Authorities said...

About one in six businesses in Greece are late in payments, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras said on Thursday, addressing an audience at the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece (FING) in Thessaloniki. Stournaras said it is urgent to...