Due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, OXI Day celebrations were cancelled across Greece. However, this did not stop students in Neo Souli, Serres, from commemorating the important National Holiday safely and…
Tag: Central Macedonia
A single-engine plane crashed into a small building in a village in northern Greece on Monday morning, News Bomb reported. The incident happened in the village of Proti, in the regional unit…
Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias announced that Thessaloniki, like Athens, is ready to start receiving tourists from June 15. After meeting with the health personnel that will…
15.5% of today’s population in the North Aegean islands are illegal immigrants compared to 1.4% in the South Aegean. With the exception of these two regions, whose islands are the first reception…
Greece’s Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) on Monday published a report suggesting that it is possible that a large portion of the country’s workforce could work from home. It is…
The Hellenic Police welcomed 70 new vehicles to their fleet. The cars are already painted in its colours and have been delivered to the specific regions, reported News Auto. These vehicles were…
Hellenic Police, in particular, the Immediate Action and the Crime Prevention Prevention Team (OPKE), conducted a wild pursuit of a migrant smuggler in Zagliveri, reported Security News. It all started when a…
The Hellenic Police are intensifying inspections at road tolls in Athens, ahead of Holy Week and the normal ‘exodus to villages’ for Greek Orthodox Easter, in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.…
Greek police reported an increase in the curfew violations imposed by the Government to contain the spread of coronavirus in Greece. According to authorities the violations had reached 974 incidents by Saturday…
The Greek Tourism Ministry on Monday announced the first batch of hotels that are exempt from a government decision ordering the temporary closure of the country’s year-round hotels, GTP Headlines reported. The…
Central Macedonia has become Greece’s most popular region for tourists, winning over international visitors and welcoming 7.9 million tourists in 2018, up by 22 percent against 2016, and accounting for 22 percent of…
Greece’s Culture Ministry has announced it is speeding up works at the historical Amphipolis Tomb in order for the site to be open to the public by the beginning of 2022. The Kasta…
A new study has shown that Greek exports will exceed 35 billion euros in value by the end of 2019, while a goal of reaching 40 billion euros by 2021 was feasible…
Eight-year-old Tasos Gerantidis has an IQ score of 148.5. Having not yet studied mathematics, it takes him seconds to complete long calculations in his mind. Currently attending the local school in his…
The Hellenic Statistical Authority released new unemployment figures on Thursday, showing the Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.9% of the workforce in the second quarter of 2019, from 19.2% in the first…
A wildfire has broken out and burned an area covered with pine trees on the Sithonia peninsula in northern Greece on Thursday, with strong winds hindering the efforts of the firefighters. A…
Greek police have announced the arrest of four foreign nationals from Afghanistan and Pakistan with charges of trafficking 65 illegal migrants, as well as their abduction and extortion. The arrests were made in a joint operation…
A 38-year-old male has reportedly shot and killed a 69-year-old woman and seriously injured her 74-year-old husband and 22-year-old granddaughter in Pella, central Macedonia. Local authorities later found the alleged gunman seriously…
by Aggelos Skordas FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov expressed his government’s optimism and determination to win the 30 September referendum, through which the people of the ex Yugoslav republic are called to…
The first proper heatwave for Greece this summer is on its way, after a wet and relatively cool June. According to local meteorologists, the heat will not be extreme, it will be…