Thessaloniki

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs announced on Tuesday that the PanHellenic Exams for admission to higher education for children of Greeks abroad and children of Greek officials serving abroad will be held from September 7 to 11 at...

Syrian refugees have flooded numerous hotels in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, according to Greek newspaper "Ethnos." Refugees that can afford to stay at hotels, book one or two nights as a layover in their trip to central or northern Europe. The...

The evolution of biological human history is finally recomposed and will be narrated during the "Ancient DNA: a window to the past and future" exhibition, hosted at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki through May 31, 2016. The Museum worked together with the Democritus University of Thrace not...

Former Thessaloniki Mayor Vasilis Papageorgopoulos was released from prison on Monday after serving twenty nine months of his twelve year prison sentence. Papageorgopoulos had been found guilty of embezzling money from the city of Thessaloniki during his tenure and had been sentenced...

A television show in Russia decided to film around the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, tracking a significant and rare dog breed, the Greek tracker dog. At the same time, while exploring the hidden charms of this particular breed, the...

A team of passionate Greek students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, led by professor Leontios Hadjileontiadis, is considered to be one of the 12 best student innovation teams in the world. On...

The 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art has promised an entertaining and educative summer to the public, filled with exhibitions in various cultural venues across the northern Greek city. The Biennale opened on June 24 and will continue through the...

The number of charter flights to six regional airports in Greece has dropped by 2%, according to Greek Travel Pages (GTP) quoting a report released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). The local airports of Rhodes, Chania, Heraklion, Thessaloniki, Corfu and Kos...

Forty-five travel, lifestyle and urban bloggers from Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Poland participated in Blogtrotters 2015, an annual event for the promotion of Greece and especially Thessaloniki, Halkidiki and Mount Olympus. This year, the event...

Young British actor Douglas Booth -known for his roles in films such as "Romeo and Juliet" and "Noah" where he starred alongside Emma Watson and Russell Crowe- visited the Greek island of Lesvos. Booth, a UNHCR supporter, visited Lesvos...