Greece

Although the original plan for selling off a portion of the Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) was to reallocate only 51 percent of the stakes and to sell off the remaining 16 percent at a later date, sources have reported...

After refusing to sign concession contracts resulting in stalling the privatization procedures of the Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) for over two months, Shipping Minister Theodoros Dritsas is out of a job. Dritsas' departure from his post has officials close to the...

On Thursday, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) announced a change in the conditions of the ongoing tender process for the acquisition of the majority of the share capital of the Thessaloniki Port Authority in Northern Greece. The tender process for the Thessaloniki Port...

After eight candidates have stepped forward in response to the tender announced by the Hellenic Republic Asset Developement Fund (TAIPED) for the 67% stake of Thessaloniki Port Authority, Skopje has expressed interest in buying 7% of the organization. The Skopjan...

This is the story of a Greek Jew of Thessaloniki called Vital Hasson who collaborated with the Nazis during WWII.  By Sarah Abrevaya Stein I learned a lesson when conducting research for my recently published book, Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey...

The source of the strange booming sound plaguing residents of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki was finally located on Tuesday. Nearly every night since December, residents of the city have been jolted awake by the banging noise they describe...

After the country announced the presence of a total of 203 new cases of the coronavirus in Sunday, Greece decided to take swift action and introduce new measures to combat the spread of the virus this Summer on Monday. All...

Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew by a significant 5.4 percent in January 2020 in comparison to January 2019, the Civil Aviation Authority of Greece said in a report on Monday. Total passenger traffic came to 2,250,000 passengers, up from...

 Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city and the capital of Macedonia, donned its festive Christmas wear this past weekend and the opinions on this year's decorations are overwhelmingly positive. Locals as well as tourists have been enjoying the expanded, more stylish and brighter decorations...

Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew by 5.1 percent in the period from January - October this year, totaling 60,262,301 passengers, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority said in a report on Thursday. This figure is an increase from the 57,350,192...

The recent announcement by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis regarding the removal of antiquities found during the construction of Thessaloniki's Venizelos Metro Station has sparked fierce reactions from Greece's main opposition party as well as archaeologists. Mitsotakis made the announcement during...

Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew by 5.3 per cent during the first half of 2019 (period between January and June), it was made public on Wednesday. A total number of 25,531,312 passengers was recorded in the first half of...

Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew 8.4 percent in the first four months of the year, totaling 10,709,690 passengers, from the 9,880,700 passengers seen in the corresponding period last year. The figures were part of a report released by...

Greek airports recorded a total of nine percent more passenger traffic during the first three months of this year so far, compared to the same period in 2018. This impressive statistic was revealed in a report released by the country’s...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Greece released the latest data on Thursday measuring passenger traffic through Greek airports for the months of January and February, 2019. According to the data, total passenger traffic through Greek airports grew by an impressive...