Katerini
Crime
Greek Anti-Vaxxers Jailed for Abducting School Principal
A Greek court on Monday sent three anti-vaxxers to jail after they allegedly handcuffed and abducted a high school principal over virus restrictions in the town of Katerini, northern Greece last week.
The three will remain in custody until their...
Greek News
Woman Dies in Greece After Severe Weather Event
A rescue team recovered the body of a missing woman in northern Greece on Sunday. The woman was driving in her car when she got caught amidst the rushing waters of the Zliana stream in Katerini, Macedonia.
Her body was...
Greek News
Greek Anti-Vaxxers Handcuff School Headmaster over Covid Measures
Five Greek anti-vaxxers were arrested after they stormed a high school in the town of Aeginio in northern Greece and put handcuffs on the headmaster accusing him of enforcing “unconstitutional” measures against Covid.
The unprecedented incident carried out by members...
Greece
Fifty-One DJs Throw Huge Balcony Party in Greek City
Fifty-one DJs in the Greek city of Katerini on Saturday took their laptops and sound systems onto their balconies and invited all their neighbors to come out on their own and join in a party to exorcize the coronavirus.
Under...
Greece
Christmas Lights on a Car? Why Not, Says Man from Katerini, Greece (video)
We all love to put up Christmas decorations when it comes to this darker time of year, and who doesn't especially love twinkling Christmas lights during the holiday season?
We not only put lights on our Christmas trees, we string...
Crime
82-Year-Old Greek Woman Going to Trial for Selling Wild Greens
An elderly Greek woman is to due to appear in court in June charged with selling wild greens (horta) at a open market of Katerini, Macedonia in 2018. She is charged with selling the greens without a license.
82-year-old Parthena...
Business
Katerini-Based Firm Innovates with Hand-Crafted Replicas of Luxury Cars
Overcoming bureaucracy and a harsh economy, a firm based in northern Greece has innovated and thrived by carving out its own unique niche in the automotive market.
Replicar Hellas, based in the northern Greek city of Katerini, produces hand-crafted, exact...
Greece
Three Dead in Apartment Fire in Katerini, Northern Greece
Two men aged 82 and 78 and a 45-year-old woman were found dead after a fire broke out in a five-story building in Katerini late on Saturday night.
The three victims of the fire were relatives, according to neighbors' testimonies...
Greece
Floods Bring Chaos to Central and Northern Greece (video)
The weather front that has claimed at least 16 lives in western Attica is also affecting areas in central and northern Greece, as well.
In central Macedonia, fast-moving floodwaters brought the National Highway between Athens and Thessaloniki to a halt...
Greece
One Dead, Four Rescued in Seaside Apartment Fire in Katerini, North Greece
One person was found dead and four were rescued in an apartment fire that broke out early Friday morning at Katerini Beach, in North Greece.
According to the Fire Department, they received a call for a fire in a tourist...