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Farmers Take Over Thessaloniki With Tractors (video)

Farmers from over 22 blockades from Central Macedonia entered Thessaloniki with tractors and agricultural vehicles, and camped outside the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry. In the rally, there was participation from people of the primary sector from the districts of Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki,...

FYROM Opens Borders to Only 100 Refugees

FYROM authorities announced this morning that they will allow only 100 refugees to pass through the borders. In the meantime, the situation continues to be strained, as the camp in Idomeni hosts over 3,000 people, the former military camp...

18th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

The 18th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival "Images of the 21st Century" will be held on March 11th until the 20th. The annual international institution will host 72 documentary screenings and a plethora of events open to the public, viewers, volunteers...

IN-EDIT Music Documentary Festival, Greece Edition (video)

IN-EDIT Festival returns to Athens! From February 24th until the 28th, the biggest international festival for music documentaries will present the best and most interesting recent music documentaries. The idea began in 2003 in Barcelona, where for the first time, a...

Legendary Photojournalist Giannis Kyriakides Dies at 92

One of Greece's top photojournalists, Giannis Kyriakides, who wrote history in the field of photography through his unique style of work, has died at the age of 92. Based in Thessaloniki, Kyriakides for 70 years captured the biggest events inside...

What to Do When Visiting the Greek City of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, the second largest Greek city, is located in northern Greece, in the administrative region of Central Macedonia and is commonly known among Greeks as the country's co-capital. It is Greece's second major economic, industrial, commercial and political center,...

Farmers Stand Firm; New and Tougher Blockades Include Banks and Airports (video)

Even though PM Alexis Tsipras has opened the door for an open dialogue as soon as he returns from Brussels, farmers insist on their roadblocks and take tougher actions. Farmers have been divided in sides, between those who wish to...

Greek Farmers Intensify Blockades

The Greek farmers unions have decided to intensify blockades during the weekend and for an indefinite period of time, while tractors filled the main roads of Thessaloniki stopping traffic. Several key points of Greece's main thoroughfares will be blocked for...

Riot Police Clash with Protesting Farmers in Thessaloniki

Thousands of Greek farmers in Thessaloniki who were protesting against the Syriza-led government’s plans for pension reform experienced police brutality under Greece's first ever leftist government in the postwar era. Farmers were confronted by the notorious riot squad known as MAT...

Greece to Honor Holocaust Survivors on Monday

Greece will be honoring the memories of thousands of Greek Jews killed by Nazis during World War II, the government announced on Wednesday. The government gazette said, “Today we celebrate with the rest of the Greeks, the ‘Day of the...