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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...

11 Migrants Dead as a Bus Crashes Into a Truck in Northern Greece

According to local news portal ''Xanthi Times'', eleven people, all of which were migrants, were burned alive on Saturday morning after the bus that was transferring them to Greece's city of Thessaloniki crashed into a truck, near the city of...

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...

Awesome Clouds Form Over Northern Greece (photos)

As most of Greece basks in a three-day heatwave which could send temperatures in the capital soaring to around 36 degrees Celsius (96.8F), storms have hit the northern parts of the country. Social media users from the city of Kavala...

Migrant Children Among 6 Dead in Greek Van Crash

Six undocumented migrants, believed to be Iraqis, were killed and more than 10 were injured when the minivan they were travelling in crashed near the northern Greek city of Kavala on Friday. Among the dead are three children. Some of...

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...

'Fake Doctor' Worked in Greek Hospital for 17 Years

A doctor who reportedly served as a general practitioner in a northern Greek hospital for 17 years has left the job when it was discovered he was unqualified. Local media report that the unidentified doctor in Kavala left when all...

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...

Four Migrants Killed in Police Chase in Northern Greece

Four migrants were killed and five others were seriously injured on Tuesday when their vehicle crashed near Nea Peramos, on a provincial road between Kavala and Thessaloniki in northern Greece. According to reports, eight illegal migrants were on-board the vehicle...

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...