Greece
Crime
Man Shoots Mother and Son Dead Over Parking Disagreement Near Kavala
An insignificant row over a parking spot turned into a tragic double homicide in the town of Chryssoupolis near Kavala in Northern Greece on Thursday.
A 42-year old man shot his neighbor and his mother dead following a heated argument they...
Greece
Birdseye View of Magical Kavala, Greece (video)
The magic of Kavala, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia, is captured in this video by Up Drones.
The city is amphitheatrically built on the slopes of Mt. Symvolo and forms one of the most picturesque towns in Greece.
Initially, the...
Greece
Part of Bridge in Kavala Collapses, No Injuries (video)
A portion of the bridge in front of the old hospital of Kavala, in northern Greece, collapsed on Friday afternoon. There were no injuries but traffic was interrupted in the city.
The section that collapsed was approximately 15 meters in...
Business
New Luxury Resort to Be Built in Kavala, Northern Greece
Kavala, a major port-city of the Macedonia region of Northern Greece, is about to see a large seaside resort being built inside the municipality’s boundaries.
The new project is expected to cost more than €30 million ($35 million) and will...
Greece
ParkCloud Expands Network in Greece to Include Thessaloniki and Kavala Airport
As a result of the steady increase in tourism over the past few years in Greece, ParkCloud, an online parking reservation system, has decided to expand their network in Greece to include Thessaloniki Airport and Kavala Airport.
“As demand across...
Education
Kavala Student, 16, To Participate in Microsoft Championship in Florida
Efi Ziota, a 16-year-old student at 6th Kavala High School and Greek champion in "Microsoft Office Specialist", will represent Greece in the final contest in Florida, the U.S.A. in August.
The Pan-Hellenic final of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship was...
Economy
Fraport Greece to Invest over 10 Million Euros for Kavala Airport
The development of the Kavala "Alexander the Great" Airport is estimated to cost over 10 million euros, and will be ready by 2019, Fraport Greece's managing director Alexander Zinell, said on Tuesday.
At a presentation of the company's plans, Zinell...
Greece
Greek Jewish Holocaust Victims Remembered in IHRA Event in Kavala
The Swiss embassy in Greece is organizing a one-day conference in Kavala on October 21-22 in memory of the thousands of Greek Jews of Eastern Macedonia who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps during the occupation of the area...
Archaeology
Italians to Walk Ancient Egnatia Road from Thessaloniki to Kavala
A group of Italian researchers and students are to walk the ancient Egnatia Odos (Egnatia Road) from Thessaloniki to Kavala, in an effort to revive the ancient thoroughfare as a hiking trail of civilization, from Durres to Constantinople.
The project...
Crime
Holocaust Memorial Vandalized in Kavala, Northern Greece
A Holocaust memorial in Kavala, northern Greece, was partially destroyed on Wednesday night, local media reported. The vandalism occurred only a few days after a holocaust monument in Arta was desecrated with paint.
As reported by Ekathimerini, the vandals appear...
Greece
CIA: USSR Wanted 'Republic of Macedonia' With Thessaloniki, Kavala, Alexandroupolis in 1950
A CIA document recently declassified and published on its website, refers to a Soviet Union plan to create a "Republic of Macedonia" including Thessaloniki, Kavala, Alexandroupolis and all Macedonia and Thrace regions.
The document written in 1950, one year after...
Greece
Fire Causes Damage at Nea Kavala Migrant Center, No Injuries Reported
According to sources, on Monday morning in northern Greece a fire broke out in a migrant reception center in Nea Kavala, Kilkis.
Officials are not sure how the fire began at around 6 a.m. and are looking into possible causes...
Greece
Refugee Crisis: Ferries Carried 11,000 Refugees to Piraeus and Kavala
The Greek government decided to transfer thousands of refugees to the port of Kavala, only one day after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras openly admitted that the country would not be able to deal with the refugee crisis on...
Education
Kavala, Greece To Host CERN Computer Summer School
The computer school of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known by its French acronym CERN, will set up at the Kavala Institute of Technology (TEI) in September bringing together 60 students and 10 foreign professors from around the world.
To...
Ancient Greece
6,000-year-old Wine Discovered in Kavala
In the prehistoric settlement of Dikili Tash were discovered the oldest samples of wine that were ever recorded in Europe. The samples date back to 4200 BC and reverse existing data regarding the way of living during the Neolithic...