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Mayor Boutaris and FYROM PM Enjoy Dinner in Thessaloniki

FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is spending the New Year’s holiday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki as the guest of the city’s mayor. Zaev and Mayor Yannis Boutaris dined Saturday night in one of the city’s top restaurants,...

Thessaloniki Mayor Boutaris to Host FYROM PM On New Year's Eve

FYROM Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, will celebrate New Year's Eve together with the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yannis Boutaris, after having accepted a private invitation from the unconventional mayor. FYROM governmental spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski, spoke to the press on Wednesday, and...

Thessaloniki Mayor Boutaris Declares: 'I Am Ashamed That I Am Greek'

Yannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki sparked controversy with comments he made on Sunday as he publicly claimed to feel ashamed to be Greek. While at a meeting organized by former PASOK ministers Diamantopoulou, Ragousis and Floridis, mayor Boutaris said...

Greek, Israeli Leaders Lay First Stone of Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin laid the foundation stone for a Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. "Thessaloniki’s Holocaust Museum is a tribute to the thousands of Greek Jews exterminated in concentration camps," Tsipras...

Greek Jewish Group Slams Desecration of Holocaust Statue

Greece's Central Board of Jewish Communities (CBJCG) has condemned the desecration of Thessaloniki’s Holocaust Monument which took place on Sunday. The words 'Golden Dawn' — the name of a Greek far-right party — were daubed on the base of the...

Vandals Attack Thessaloniki Holocaust Memorial

Outrage has followed the vandalism of a Holocaust memorial in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki. The words "Golden Dawn" -- the name of a Greek far-right party -- were daubed on the base of the sculpture which commemorates the 54,000...

Thessaloniki Mayor: "We Need to Compromise on a Composite Name for FYROM" (video)

"More than 160 nations call this country "Macedonia", so let's behave and compromise on a composite name," Thessaloniki Mayor Yannis Boutaris told Greek Reporter on the naming issue of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Boutaris spoke exclusively to Greek...

Construction of Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki to Start in January

The mayor of Thessaloniki announced that construction for the long awaited Holocaust Museum in the city, will begin in January. Yannis Boutaris said during a meeting of the municipal council on Tuesday, that the museum "will be a project of...

Migration Minister: Greece Will Keep 30,000-40,000 Refugees

Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said that 30,000-40,000 refugees will stay in Greece for a long time. Mouzalas headed a meeting on the migration issue in Thessaloniki. He said that the makeshift migrant camp in Idomeni, on the Greek-FYROM...

European Elections in Greece: The Search for Ulysses

In Greece, European and local elections will be held together. Many voters are undecided and, according to polls, the new political formation To Potami (The River) is on the rise.

Italian Cultural Institute in Thessaloniki Shuts Down

The Italian government forced by the financial crisis that has hit the country, has decided to shut down the Italian Cultural Institute in Thessaloniki, Greece, after 51 years of operation. Yannis Boutaris the mayor of Thessaloniki described the closure of the...

Thessaloniki Metro Work To Start Again

The construction of the Thessaloniki Metro is going to start again, following an agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the Mayor of Thessaloniki. The agreement concerns the protection of the antiquities which were found during the excavations. The challenging...

Thessaloniki Woos Tourists by Showcasing its Jewish Heritage

Thessaloniki is more than just Greece's second city; it is a place with its own unique and rich cultural heritage, including that of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who once called it home. This long Jewish cultural heritage is...

Indignants of Thessaloniki Remove Tents from White Tower

Mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris said on Greek channel ET-3 that he has spoken with general prosecutors in order to decide how they will deal with the Indignants, and whether they will remove the tents from the square of...

Twining of Thessaloniki with Durrës, Albania

On Tuesday, July 26th the mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris met with the general consulate of Albania, Riza Ponta to discuss about the procedures of the twining of Thessaloniki with the Albanian city Durrës. They also explained the...