Greece

Thessaloniki Mayor Giannis Boutaris was chosen as the world's best mayor for the month of October in an online poll of City Mayors.com, a website that had ranked previously New York’s and London’s mayors the best for other months. “If...

According to Salonica Press News, the new mayor of  Thessaloniki Giannis Boutaris witnessed the growing garbage problem.  He reached a decision to seek aid from the Ministry of National Defense. As a result, he employed Greek army trucks to collect garbage in order to...

The new Mayor of Thessaloniki, Giannis Boutaris stated in an interview to the Slavomacedonian newspaper “Utrinski Vesnik”, that FYROM's government should compromise and make efforts to find a fair solution to the name issue. Boutaris claims that the most...

Thousands of people marched on the streets of Thessaloniki on Saturday, June 22 to mark the city's 8th Pride celebration. This year, Thessaloniki Pride commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, when people at the gay...

Fifteen statues created by the Chinese artist Xu Hongfei will be installed at Pier I of the port of Thessaloniki between December 17 and December 24 as part of Culture Week and a worldwide exhibition of the artist's sculpture,...

Greek municipalities held an emergency meeting earlier today in Athens after the government ordered the country's public sector operations to transfer excess funds in a common account to the Bank of Greece (BoG) in a dramatic attempt to cover its...

Statements that will be discussed made once again Thessaloniki Mayor Giannis Boutaris, who was photographed naked for a city’s magazine in support of the Gay Pride Parade. Talking to "Adore" magazine, Boutaris pointed out Thessaloniki’s prospects to become an...

Events marking the Pontian Greek genocide in Asia Minor are to be held in Athens and Thessaloniki on May 19. Hellenism all across the world will commemorate the tragic historical event. The date has been chosen by Parliament as a...

He became known to the people of Thessaloniki when he was chosen as the head of the local church in April 2004. After that, he managed to provoke the interest not only with his action as Mitropolitis but also...

Greece's Unions of wine-makers plan to open the doors of their vineyards to the public during the weekend of May 18-19. Under the ''Open Doors'' initiative, scores of vineyards across the country will welcome travelers, tourists and oenophiles who will have...

This morning, a symbolic sit-in at the office of Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris was staged by the city's municipal employees. The sit-in was scheduled as part of the "work freeze" ordered by the municipal employees' POE-OTA union. The municipal employees were protesting...

Half of the bank accounts of the Municipality of Thessaloniki have been blocked by a legislative act by the Greek Ministry of Finance, because the municipality has not given stamp duty to the tax office for 17 consecutive years. The...