Greece

Two people who were riding bikes died on Sunday after a car hit them near the city of Ptolemaida in Greece's West Macedonia region. The car hit a total of six bikers on the road that connects the city of...

A new malfunction at the Kardia III power unit on Monday afternoon, one of the four units comprising PPC’s Ptolemaida thermal power station (TPS), left the city of Ptolemaida, Greece, without heating amid freezing temperatures. “Our technicians are working tirelessly...

Greece is planning to ramp up the use of lignite as an alternative power source to natural gas, which has become extremely expensive in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Lignite, or brown coal, is formed from naturally compressed...

Japan is one of the most populated countries in the world. Increasingly, immigrants have flocked to Japan, including many Greeks.

Greek health authorities announced on Sunday that a patient hospitalized at the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki has died from coronavirus, bringing the total fatalities in the country to four. Total cases in the country have jumped to 331, with...

Greek health authorities on Saturday announced that two more people have died from coronavirus, bringing the total fatalities in the country to three. They both had serious underlying health problems, the Health Ministry said. Total cases in the country have...

Police in the northern Greek town of Ptolemaida used tear gas on Wednesday to break up a demonstration in the center of the town which had been called as a protest against the Prespa Agreement. One person was injured following...

Freezing temperatures prevailed over several parts of Greece on Tuesday morning, according to the Meteo station of the National Observatory of Athens. Highway traffic, rail and bus services were disrupted across northern Greece, where an all-time record low of -23...

Parts of central Greece were covered by snow on Friday, the first of the season. The mountainous villages around Trikala in Thessaly were the first to welcome winter, and meteorologists predict that temperatures will drop significantly over the next few...

A Greek engineer made the first known attempt to send a koulouri, the famous Thessaloniki round bread, into space. Thanasis Foukis attached the koulouri to a hydrogen balloon and released it from the town of Ptolemaida in northern Greece. The mission...

Public Power Corporation (PPC) worker unions are to meet on Thursday and Friday to discuss their reaction to the impending privatization of part of the company, according to chief of the technical employees union, Costas Maniatis. On Tuesday, Maniatis spoke...

The government of Greece has been slammed with a long list of violations against the environment by the local World Wildlife Fund (WWF). According to WWF Greece's annual report, the country hasn't improved much if at all from 2015's review...

Heavy snowfall has been recorded across Greece from early Wednesday. Central Greece is covered in snow and traffic in the mountainous areas is only conducted with the use of snow chains on vehicles. Problems have been reported on the Athens-Thessaloniki...

There has been serious reaction to the Greek Government's attempt to sell 30% of the Greek PPC (DEY), especially from the opposition party, SYRIZA, as well as several unions. Meanwhile, Greek citizens and tourists face the possibility of blackouts...

A 52-year-old father of four, from the city of Ptolemaida, in Macedonia northern Greece is accused of molesting five girls, aged nine to sixteen. Everything started last Sunday, when the 52 year-old  man molested a 9-year-old girl. When the girl returned home...