Thessaloniki

Greek writer Nikos Papadopoulos started playing around with his young sons toys in 2013. “We were pretending to go to bed using Playmobil – and it gave me the idea to recreate scenes not only about home life, but...

The hoteliers of Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, are looking to promote their town as an LGBT-friendly  (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) tourist destination as part of their aim to attract visitors from specialized market segments, their union said...

Winks, the new mobile application created by three talented graduates from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, was finally released on October 8, 2015, aiming to change the way people communicate with each other. "Through...

As the date approaches for Thessaloniki's 4th International Night Half-Marathon, organizers at a press conference on Wednesday said they expected a record of 21,000 people to take part in the two races taking place in the city on Saturday...

The film-documentary "Hail Arcadia"  will be coming to Athens and Thessaloniki theatres on October 15th. "Hail Arcadia" previously had a successful premiere at the 18th Annual Thessaloniki Documentary Festival where it was awarded by FIPRESCI for best film. Director Filippos Koutsaftis brings the viewer...

Professional and amateur fashion designers teamed up with talented architects, painters and theater people to entertain locals and visitors in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, with a unique fashion event entitled "New Beach - New Catwalk - Freedom of Expression On...

The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (TMP), in collaboration with the Mount Athos Center, present “Mount Athos: lingering between image and photographic gaze” exhibition, as part of the “Words and Images” cycle of the museum. Beautiful images from Mount Athos, the so-called "Holy mountain" in Chalkidiki,...

The ancient commercial roads that linked the city of Thessaloniki and Macedonia of the Roman era with the cities of the wider region of the Black Sea have been revealed by the coins found during the archaeological excavations at...

Speaking at the 80th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Sunday, New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis signalled his party's willingness to collaborate with the other political forces after the September 20 elections. "Clearly I will be prime minister and clearly I...

The independent artistic group Skyll of Yorick Productions, based in Thessaloniki, was formed in 2011 by Philip Modinos and Kassandra Dimopoulou in London and it focuses on organizing independent opera productions. Their main aim is to provide as much work...