Volos

Hosts Greece upset defending champions USA to reach the semi-finals of the World Women's Junior Water Polo World Championships in Volos, central Greece, on Friday. Roared on by a crowd of 2,000 at the Volos National Swimming Pool, the hosts...

A tavern owner in Volos, Central Greece, fired shotgun shots in the air on Thursday, in order to scare away three tax auditors who fined him 500 euros for a series of tax violations. The three officials entered the tavern...

Hellenic Police (EL.AS) has sent a formal request to Interpol asking for information on the repeated cases of medical equipment theft in Greece, a Kathimerini daily report says. On May 15, 500,000 euros worth of medical equipment were stolen from...

Central and northern Greece have seen more snowfall on Tuesday. Authorities have reported that the specific areas of Ioannina and Volos experienced heavy snow which accumulated and left many roads closed to traffic. Schools were closed throughout the central and...

Snow has started to fall in the picturesque mountain villages of Pilio near Volos, also known as the 'Centaurs' Mountain', since early on Friday morning. Local authorities are battling to keep roads open with snow ploughs and salt as...

  A modern and innovative device that offers food and drink to stray cats and dogs while at the same time recycles plastic bottles and cans was recently placed outside the city hall of Volos in central Greece. This first-of-its-kind device...

Tsipouro or raki is a pomace brandy produced in Greece and in particular Thessaly (Tsipouro Tyrnavou), Epirus, Macedonia, Mani, and the island of Crete. It is a strong distilled spirit containing 40-45% alcohol by volume and is produced from...

Greek flour magnate Constantinos Loulis has donated a 25-acre farm and mansion to children's charity organization "Arc of the World." "Ark of the World" (Kivotos tou Kosmou) takes care of children who have experienced abandonment, racism and social exclusion, and now takes...

Romanian hopes of setting a Guinness Book World Record for dancing Greece's famous syrtaki dance from the 1964 film "Zorba the Greek" were dashed over the weekend. A storm struck the Black Sea port on Saturday making the ability...

An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter Scale occurred several minutes before noon in the Magnesia Prefecture in Greece The earthquake came from 159 kilometers North/NorthWest of Athens according to the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens. The...