Yiannis Boutaris

A new conflict has erupted between the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Anthimos and Mayor Yiannis Boutaris. It started after the mayor's statement that he would introduce some street name signs with Greek names together with names of foreign historic personalities who had lived...

The mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, met with Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu. During their discussion, Boutaris mentioned that there should be an open mosque in Thessaloniki, while he also added that he intents on turning Alaca Imaret and...

The Mayor of Athens Giorgos Kaminis and the Mayor of Thessaloniki Yiannis Boutaris, expressed on Wednesday their support to SYRIZA's proposal for the creation of cremation facilities. Kaminis and Boutaris with an announcement issued by the Municipality of Thessaloniki and signed by...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said his New Democracy Conservatives and coalition partner PASOK Socialists will hold together to win elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, but hinted he might need to bring another party into the administration. The...

The Mayor of Chania, Emmanouil Skoulakis, the Mayor of Peristeri, Athens, Andreas Pachatouridis and the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris will represent Greece in the international competition for the best mayor in the world for 2014. The 2014 World Mayor...

Northern European pensioners are creating an entire village in Northern Greece, in which young unemployed from Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy will have the opportunity to live and work. The village is an idea of the ProWork initiative. The ProWork...

After a long meeting that lasted over 10 hours and was accompanied by a heated debate, the Greek Central Archaeological Council favored the detachment of the Byzantine findings of Venizelos station of Thessaloniki Metro and their repositioning to a...

The Guardian featured an article today about George Soros and the opening of his “Solidarity Center” in Thessaloniki, Greece, the first of many he plans to open in order to help Greeks who were hit the worst by the...

Thessaloniki celebrated the arrival of 2014 with a wild party in which the city welcomed the title  of "European Capital of Youth." The upcoming months will be full of events, world championships, international exhibitions and competitions. It is also rumored...

Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, on Friday unveiled plans to build a Holocaust museum to honor some 46,000 Jewish residents deported and killed in Nazi Germany's death camps during World War II. "This is the fulfillment of a historic responsibility for...